🙋♀️ How to Handle the Hiring Surge
The chatter about a September hiring surge is deafening, but don’t tune it out. Get ahead of it.
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“If you’re not 10 minutes early, you’re late.”
It’s September – or, as we like to call it, Q4’s bonus month. Everyone is back from family vacations and the kids are all back in school. The whole of Corporate America is settled back into a routine and humming along. C-suites are gearing up for the next year’s planning and budget meetings.
You also have enough information about the year to know exactly where you stand financially – how likely is it that we make a profit this year?
If it’s highly likely, your department knows it needs to spend its remaining budget in order to keep it for next year (and maybe even add to it!).
The reverse is also true. Which is why you end up with a hiring surge or…we hate to say it…a layoff purge in September.
What can you do about it?
In August, review your Status and 1:1 documents, clock those big (quantifiable) wins, and update your resume.
Set job alerts on LinkedIn for your title, the title right above you, and that wild, ridiculous fantasy title you really want.
Apply. Follow up. Interview.
✍️ NOTE: Even if you’re not looking for a job, your company is hiring. That means the new hires are coming in $10-20k above what your current salary is. If you don’t want to be left behind, you need to make a strong case for an off-cycle raise. The best way to do that is with a competing offer in hand.
By October, the calendar has ticked into Q4 and it’s all closed-door C-suite planning and holiday plans. The window is closed and if you weren’t prepping in August, you missed the September window.
But next year, your only goal needs to be: get your department to spend that excess budget on you.
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