Book · 2022 · Employment interviewing
Never Search Alone
The Job Seeker's Playbook
Never Search Alone by Phyl Terry has been mentioned in 1 episode across 1 podcast (1 episode recommends it and 0 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Lenny Rachitsky (1 episode) and Phyl Terry (1 episode) on Lenny's Podcast (1 episode).
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Phil is the author of never search alone which I've seen so many people at reference as the most impactful thing they read for helping them find a job.
Why people recommend it
Never Search Alone by Phyl Terry is a comprehensive career guidance book that outlines structured methods for landing a dream job through collaborative support networks. On Lenny's Podcast, Lenny Rachitsky highlighted the book by noting that many people have referenced it as the single most impactful thing they have read for their job searches. Phyl Terry joined Lenny to discuss the core premise of the book, which encourages job seekers to look for employment together rather than isolating themselves through the grueling hiring process. Phyl noted that candidate-market fit and learning how to play to win rather than just playing not to lose are central concepts explored in the text. He also shared an anecdote about a reluctant job seeker with a product and engineering background who ultimately found that the structured approach made sense and decided to join a job search council. Phyl dedicated the book to his mother and the broader community they built together. He further explained that the publication includes a complete set of agendas and materials, and that every individual who joins the community receives a comprehensive one-hundred-page workbook to aid them through every phase of their career transition.
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Lenny Rachitsky Phil is the author of never search alone which I've seen so many people at reference as the most impactful… 1
“Phil is the author of never search alone which I've seen so many people at reference as the most impactful thing they read for helping them find a job”
“that's amazing and your whole book is called Never search alone so the whole premise of how you recommend people look for jobs is to look for jobs with other people”
Phyl Terry yes what are two or three books that you recommended most to other people of course I've recommended hundre… 1
“Market fit one of the big Concepts in the book as well as how to play to win not not to lose”
“I dedicate the book to her and the community we buil”
“and then there's a whole set of agendas and materials and everything in the book as well as we have a everyone gets a free workbook 100 page workbook after they join the community”
“and I I talk about this in the book Lenny I say look most people think like what's the most important thing to manage during your job search they think well maybe it's their resume or LinkedIn profile”
“and finally he read the book he said I he's like you know cuz the book is it's kind of it's it works for the product mind and for the engineering mind”
“the the other thing I'll say is that in the book I have three different kinds of structured listening toour conversations one I call reverse exed interviews this is with people you used to work with before”
“I talk about this in the book like warning there are some curves ahead like you could have a conversation you know I a number of women that I have worked with over the years who' gone and done conversations”
“and she did this before the shoot really hit the fan on in the tech for un fortunately this is not swear so this is you know I talked about this in the book like sometimes you need a two-step strategy”
“when when my book came out we did a we did a book party in New York and the host of it very senior product person got up and said the most important thing about this book that I learned and they run a job search Council”
“yes what are two or three books that you recommended most to other people of course I've recommended hundreds but right now what I recommend is creative destruction”
“so I recommend that book I also of course I recommend Marty's books now I want to just say again I don't want you to just read Marty's books you know listen to his podcast”
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“but you need you know he was part of the product council's Brad like you you you need to have that sounding board so you can be thoughtful about and you know I I teach people how to map and figure out who their allies are and their blockers and play What I Call positive politics that's all my next”
“there's this book called Never search alone that we're going to have the author on the podcast soon and it's all about this same idea of having a buddy that helps you search for a job”