Have been looking for jobs for 3 months, focus is tech strategy. It’s been hard, no offers yet. Any advice?

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You work at McK and you don’t find a job in outside industry? Dear lord, have mercy to the rest of us

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Struggling to get interviews? Or struggling to convert interviews to job offers? I think the advice is different depending on in which case you find yourself

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So what does tech strategy mean exactly to you? There are very few companies that do proper tech strategy and they need to be really large firms. Better use your brand for plain business strategy roles

Well, way different from tech strategy if you know what tech strategy really entails (you work for McKinsey, so probably not). But to your question. If you are looking in places like G or F for strategy and operations roles you need connections to get interviews. In enterprise tech things are easier but probably not to your liking. A well established start up in an up and growing sector such as FinTech might be a start and help you position yourself better for other firms with other firms. I would also suggest looking at other roles such as Partners / alliances etc. these are true strategy functions at tech that typically fall under sales. Product strategy very interesting too. So don’t just look for internal strategy roles. Good luck

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OP, why did they let you go? How long were you there for?

No one wants to staff you if you can’t make slides with the right graphic arts abilities. So it becomes a problem

I’m happy to refer to Salesforce DM me

Ask partners for introductions to clients you’re interested in or others in the industry. I’ve found that super helpful.

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