This morning LinkedIn flagged me for “suspicious behavior”… despite doing literally nothing that could possibly warrant such notice. How rude 🫠
Welcome to week 4 of my job hunt! 💫
A day after my post about authenticity and a reiteration of my commitment to not use AI generated content, they’ve caught on to the fact that… actually no, they just don’t have a product team. If I get banned for existing, remember me!
For the record, I only use post scheduling software Scheduled.so that utilizes the official LinkedIn API. No AI generated content, no data scraping, no message automation — and (some of you may disagree) I never ever spam.
Being unceremoniously threatened with the loss of my only channel for absolutely no reason is a pretty fun way to start my day. The fact that it’s also the most important professional channel and critical to my job search, yikes.
Platforms amirite? 😵💫
So it’s been a month now and I have a shameful secret to share — I still haven’t applied directly to any jobs 😱 Is it a hunt or is it a job holiday amirite?
I must be really lazy…
But I did get my first job offer ⭐ And while I won’t be taking it, it’s 1) a space I’ve worked in, 2) an opportunity with freedom and ownership, and 3) a chance to work alongside an awesome founder who actually gets it!
The startup is nearing break even, won’t capitalize further, and wants to look at adjacent markets to take their product. The offer was to be hired while pursuing the new market opportunity as a sort of internal founder. It encompasses much of what I’m good at and enjoy doing!
I’m not pursuing it because I believe it’s a better framed as a consulting role. It’s also not the de-risking I need in my life or career right now, nor the 1 to 10 scaling opportunity I hope to find. While I understand their original market, I’m totally new to the space they’re considering moving into.
It’s also not my intention to say yes to the first opportunity that appears 🤷♂️
Here’s looking to you, numbers 👀 📈
Hiring funnel → meetings are accelerating
- Intros made - 0 (-)
- Meetings - 6 (+4)
- Interviews - 2 (=)
- Offers made - 1 (+1 🥂)
LinkedIn → I need gimmicks for traction
- Impressions - 11,080 (-8.7% WoW)
- Reactions - 146 (-22% WoW)
- Comments - 27 (-23% WoW)
- Reposts - 0 (-100% WoW)
Web → I need to talk about more tools
- Weekly website views - 105
- Total website views - 1.1k
- Weekly link conversions - 91
- Total link conversions - 611
Hey friends! 🥟
I’m on the hunt for an ambitious, cross-functional operations role at a Seed — Series A+ startup. To learn more, visit the #huntatscale project page — https://yum.butterystack.com/hunt/
