How Chad landed 23 interviews in three months and a Director of Cloud Platforms role at Travel + Leisure

Chad came to us after a leadership change at his company set off several rounds of layoffs. He kept his job through all of them, which is its own uncomfortable spot to be in. Nobody had forced his hand, but he had lost confidence in where things were heading. He was not the only one reading it that way, and several key people around him resigned.

In the first three months of his search he landed 23 interviews, a lot of them running at the same time within a single week, and a Director of Cloud Platforms role at Travel + Leisure Co.

Leaving when nobody pushed you is the harder version

When you get laid off, the decision is made for you. When you just lose faith in a leadership change, it stays your call, so you end up running a search on the side while still holding down the job you have. That eats into your evenings and your discretion both. This is exactly the situation where handing the day-to-day mechanics to someone else changes what you can get done, because the thing holding you back is hours in the week, not whether you are qualified.

Running interviews side by side, not one after another

Twenty-three interviews in three months is a big number on its own. What made it count for more is that so many of them landed in the same weeks. Chad was weighing live options against each other, not making a call on each one in a vacuum as it trickled in. That is how you end up picking the best of several offers, instead of taking the one that happened to arrive first.

The search in numbers

• 23 interviews in the first 3 months, many concurrent within the same week
• Director of Cloud Platforms at Travel + Leisure Co.
• Level: Director. Function: Platform and Infrastructure