I’ve had my heart set on an agency for a long time. I’ve been loosely in touch with someone in a senior creative role there for about a year, sporadic check-ins mostly. I ramped up my outreach based on advice they gave me about persistence in industry. But I was recently told there’s nothing available for me right now, at what point should I take the hint that I might not be what they’re looking for? What signs should I be looking for that it’s time to move on?

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One thing, don’t take it personally. 11 times out of 10 (especially these days, it’s about money rather than fit.

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The industry is in a very weird place right now. There are several people I want to hire when I have the revenue to do it. But clients are cutting back and that doesn’t help.

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By "ramped up my outreach" do you mean you started reaching out to MANY agencies, or kept contacting this one? Because if it's the latter, you need to move on at this point. There's so many agencies out there. Be persistent in reaching out to as many as possible.

When they say “there’s nothing available”.

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