Related Posts
Anyone wanna FaceTime ?
Additional Posts in Job Hunting in Tech
posting my doggie to unlock my DMs, ☺️
I'm looking to find a job like the Forward Deployed Engineer role Palantir Technologies in the UK.
I have become hooked on finding a job that involves solving the kinds of problems they presented during their interviews. Although I got to the final round my performance anxiety got the better of me (I think I wanted the job a bit too much...). I will reapply after working in a similar company.
Is it "deep tech" / "data science" or "smart enterprise" that they're doing? Any advice welcome.
New to Fishbowl?
Download the Fishbowl app to
unlock all discussions on Fishbowl.
unlock all discussions on Fishbowl.
Nope I don't have any experience with them. I don't know that I really believe in those types of businesses.
I am the Founder and Owner of Wolf Mentoring. I appreciate the question. It is fair, and people should ask it before hiring any career service.
“The job market has been terrible.”
The truth is that the market has been uneven, not uniformly bad. For example, IT Program Manager roles have dropped sharply, but Director to C-level roles in Engineering, Data, Product, and IT (Infrastructure and Operations) continue to perform well.
Before we take on any client, we run a market audit to see where their background fits. If the demand is not there, we do not bring them on. This is why our success rate looks higher than average. It is based on selectivity, not luck.
“How are they placing senior leaders?”
The leaders we work with already have strong accomplishments. A few examples include people who led major cloud migrations, built multi-million dollar analytics programs, or scaled engineering teams from a handful of developers to dozens.
Their challenge is usually positioning, not capability.
Because we focus on IT, Data, Product, and Software Engineering roles, we understand the hiring patterns, the language, and what decision-makers actually care about. That is why we are able to help these candidates stand out.
“The resume writing seems basic.”
It is meant to be.
A Director of Engineering resume that is filled with corporate buzzwords often gets ignored.
A simple line like “Reduced AWS spend by 27 percent” or “Shipped 14 releases per quarter” gets attention immediately.
Clear resumes consistently outperform the overly polished “executive” style documents.
“They are in their 20s and not executives themselves.”
This is a reasonable concern, but it does not apply to the work we do.
We are not executive coaches. We are marketers.
Our job is to package someone’s achievements clearly and get them in front of the right opportunities. It is no different from authors hiring publicists who have not written bestselling books themselves.
Leaders do not hire us for executive advice. They hire us for reach, positioning, and messaging.
If you want to understand whether your background aligns with an active hiring market, you can book a free market audit call here: https://ad.wolfmentoring.com/lp2
Conversation Starter
Thanks for the information. Age is a serious concern for many companies. How do you navigate age discrimination? Also, can you explain what you meant by "D to C-level roles in Data"?