Take charge of your career and find a job you love

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a support group of peer job seekers who meet regularly to help each other find jobs they love.

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What is a Job Search Council (JSC)?

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Never Search Alone

“I hope all my colleagues impacted by the #MetaLayoffs will not search alone!”

– Julie Francis, Senior UX Researcher, Meta

Everyone experiences anxiety and makes mistakes with their job search, no matter how qualified they are.

Job searching triggers three specific, and common anxieties:

Most job seekers are anxious about not making money
Since they don’t have a job, they have a low sense of self-worth and their insecurities run wild
They believe they should be able to handle a job search on their own without asking for help

You need a support group of fellow job seekers that will help turn your insecurity and anxiety into hope, motivation, and accountability.

Enter the Job Search Council (JSC). JSCs are mutual support groups made up of peer job seekers who agree to search together.

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“Armed with the tools from Phyl’s book and a Job Search Council to support me along the way, I ended up finding a job that fits my strengths, challenges me in the right ways, and removes the things I had hated most about previous jobs. Oh yeah — and it pays much better!”

Lily Inman Wilson

Director of Strategic Initiatives, Angi

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“Job Search Councils are like AA for product leaders looking for their next job. As such, JSCs help you do the impossible: find your dream job (or promotion).”

Seth Roe

SVP, Product, MyFitnessPal

“My Job Search Council made me more able to articulate my unique value and the kind of role I was looking for. As a result, the hardest part ended up deciding between two interesting job offers. With their help, I ended up taking the somewhat riskier job offer because it felt more aligned to my career goals and desire for adventure. I am now six months into that job, and am loving it.”

Kimarie Matthews

EVP Customer Engagement, Bank of Hawaii

Have More Questions?

Review our FAQ about Job Search Councils
Watch a video overview including 9 leaders talk about their experience with JSCs
Check out the praise from other job seekers
Look at our volunteer team (to see who is behind this)
Read Marty Cagan’s Foreword

Three breakthrough ideas animate Never Search Alone

1. Job Search Council

Because your emotional balance is the most important thing you need to manage in the job search, you need a support group of fellow job seekers that will help turn your insecurity and anxiety into hope, motivation, and accountability.

2. Candidate-Market Fit

You are the ‘product’ in a job search. Thus, before you begin networking and interviewing, you need to identify precisely what you want and what the market wants. This key step will help you figure out the intersection of your hopes, dreams, and market realities.

3. Four Legs to the Negotiations Stool

Never Search Alone shows you how to interview and then negotiate for the four key things that will set you up to succeed in your new job: salary, budget, resources, and support.To accelerate your career and make your dreams more achievable, Never Search Alone.