CMO Job Search Success Stories

How was your job search?

It took me a solid 9 months and was quite brutal indeed. I went through 16 rounds with one big healthcare tech company that would have been my dream job, only for them to be incredibly disrespectful the entire time the process unfolded, over the course of four months. Not sure I'm your poster child for this but I'm happy that I did eventually land something that aligns with my areas of strength, even if I had to switch industries.

Switching industries is a success story in itself these days. How did you make the case that your past experience was relevant to this new category?

My new company's customers were all staffing agencies so switching into staffing wasn't a hard sell, since I already understood and had lots of relationships within the industry.

Focus: They became interested in employee-owned companies (EOCs)

Networking: To better understand EOCs, they called an accountant friend who ended up introducing them to the company that hired them

Networking: They strongly encourage TT members to invite others into your journey – don’t go it alone!

Coach: They worked with a coach to help them refine their value prop and prep for board interviews (investment: around $5k)

Backdoor: Initially they were interviewing for a board position and it was through those conversations that the CMO role became an option

Time: It took them about 9 months to secure their new position

Learn: They also advise taking advantage of the time off to learn something you always wanted to learn more about (they got certified in an area that interested them)