Who is Jobpace for?

Job search in context.

Ten experienced professionals from five countries. Some have been let go, some have resigned, and some are searching quietly alongside a job. Each has their own sticking point. Here it is, and here is where Jobpace helps.

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Let goResignedEmployed · searching quietly

The people are composite examples built on the situations we meet. They are not real customers, and the numbers in the screens are made up.

Ten situations, one at a time.
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Let go · Her role was cut in a restructuring

Mette

Former HR Director · 47 · Copenhagen
What is hardIn Jobpace
CV untouched for nine yearsCV optimiser
Applies here and there and loses the threadJobs
CHRO, or broader?Top 10 job titles
The right ten jobs, not eighty wrong onesJob match
An overview of your job search →
Jobs · CV optimiser
Your CV for
CHRO, Danish manufacturer
Emphasised

Culture change after two acquisitions

Rephrased

From tasks to results

Toned down

Payroll administration

Suggested headline
HR director who builds culture through change
Download
As Word · 2 pages
Employed · searching quietly · Has outgrown the job

Thomas

Head of Strategy · 38 · Aarhus
What is hardIn Jobpace
Can only search in stolen momentsSeveral ads at once
Needs to know fast if a job is worth the timeJob match
No CV readyCV optimiser
Nobody can find outNothing is visible to others
Is this job right for you? →
Jobs · Job match, several ads
6 scored · 2 worth a closer look
  • Chief Strategy Officer, Fjordlys8.1
  • VP Strategy, Nordvik Software7.3
  • Head of Corporate Development6.2
  • Head of Strategy, Halvø Logistik5.4
  • Business Controller3.9
2Look closer2Maybe2Probably not
What are you looking for?
Ready for a shift ↔ Same kind of job
Resigned · Back after a long break

Sofie

Former Marketing Director · 42 · Stockholm
What is hardIn Jobpace
What does a sustainable role look like for her?Values Finder
Demanding in a good way or a bad way?Personality fit
A search that does not wear her outWeekly focus
Not the same job againRed flags
Personality and values →
Radar · Weekly focus
Week 3 of your job search
What is your energy level this week?
LowMediumHigh
Your 3 focus areas
  1. Take Values Finder before you apply for more
  2. One ad that fits, not five
  3. One coffee with someone you trust
This week's theme
Sustainable rather than fast
Let go · The whole leadership layer went in a downsizing

Erik

Former IT Director · 55 · Gothenburg
What is hardIn Jobpace
Many applications, few repliesJob match
The CV leads with technology, not leadershipCV optimiser
Has not written a cover letter in twelve yearsCover letter
Wants to get past the queueFind a way in
Is this job right for you? →
Jobs · Job match
Job match
Head of Digital, Fjordlys A/S
Resume & experience6.4
Personality fit8.2
7.3Overall match
Gaps
The ad asks for business results. Your CV shows technology.
Next
Make CV for this job →
Resigned · Could not stand behind the direction

Anders

Former COO · 51 · Oslo
What is hardIn Jobpace
Right on paper, wrong in the culturePersonality fit
Has not put into words what he wantsValues Finder
His network wants to help, but how?Top 10 job titles
"Why did you leave?"Prepare the interview
Personality and values →
Kompas · Values Finder
Comparison 9 of 16
What matters more to you at work?
Integrity in the directionHigh salary
Your top working values
IntegrityInfluenceLong-term thinking
Your search filter sentence
Companies whose direction I can stand behind.
Employed · searching quietly · Has hit the ceiling and wants to move on quietly

Ingrid

Finance Director · 44 · Oslo
What is hardIn Jobpace
Cannot be seen as a job seekerNothing is visible to others
Recruiters send scattered rolesJob match
Wants to know the target companies firstMap the market
Quiet contact, one at a timeNetwork
The hidden job market →
Kompas · Map the market
In your area
  • Nordvik Energi12 km
  • Fjordlys Finans19 km
  • Halvø Shipping27 km
Worth knowing a little further away
  • Vestkyst Industri64 km
LinkedIn search string
("CFO" OR "Finance Director") AND (energy OR shipping)
Let go · His role disappeared after a merger

Klaus

Former Sales Director · 54 · Hamburg
What is hardIn Jobpace
The CV is a wall of textCV optimiser
Applies and hears nothingJob match
Wants to reach the directors before the job is advertisedNetwork
What should a German cover letter say at his level?Cover letter in German
The hidden job market →
Network · Outreach pipeline
To contactCCO, NordvikVP Sales, Fjordlys
ContactedMD, Halvø
RepliedCEO, Vestkyst
Meeting bookedCCO, Ostsee
Radar
CEO, Vestkyst replied 2 days ago. Answer today.
Find a way in
Message and questions to open with
Let go · The start-up ran out of money

Julia

Former Head of Product · 41 · Munich
What is hardIn Jobpace
A start-up career looks like a riskCV optimiser
Short tenures look like gapsRoles on one line with years
Two tracks at onceJobs
Has to move fastSeveral ads at once
An overview of your job search →
Jobs · CV optimiser
Which job?
VP Product, industrial company
Your CV will be:
2 pages5 key skillsmost relevant first
Order
Other roles on one line with years, so there are no gaps.
Wording
Use the ad's language
Resigned · Was kept at the same level

Rachel

Former Operations Director · 48 · London
What is hardIn Jobpace
Offered roles one level belowJob match
Her CV does not show her levelCV optimiser
Her network has gone quietRelations
Reaching out without seeming desperateQuestions to open with
The hidden job market →
Network · Relations
7 days14 days30+ days
Going cold
3 contacts you have not spoken to in over 30 days
Employed · searching quietly · Wants to try something different before it is too late

James

Commercial Director · 52 · Manchester
What is hardIn Jobpace
Wants to change sector, but to what?Top 10 job titles
Known in his sector, invisible outside itMap the market
Building options before he needs themNetwork
No rush, but no standstill eitherMomentum
A structured job search →
Kompas · Top 10 job titles
  1. Chief Commercial Officer
  2. Managing Director
  3. Commercial Director, scale-up
  4. VP Partnerships
  5. Head of Business Development
Next step
Map my market →
Based on
Your profile, not an ad
What they have in common

Five countries, three situations, the same patterns.

Whatever the reason they are searching, the same things come up. Each pattern has its own page.

What they have in commonIt lives in ten placesA CV in Word, a spreadsheet and messages on LinkedIn. Mette, Julia and Klaus have the same problem: nothing connects.An overview of your job search →What they have in commonSignal, not more noiseNone of them is short of job ads. What they lack is a quick, honest assessment of whether an ad is worth the time.Is this job right for you? →What they have in commonMany senior jobs start with a conversationIngrid, Thomas, James and Klaus need to make contact before the job is advertised.The hidden job market →What they have in commonSelf-knowledge makes for better choicesAnders, Sofie and James need to be able to say what they want, not just what they have done.Personality and values →And for all of themA structured job search, like a sales processThe method from direction to follow-up in eight steps, and where each step lives in Jobpace.See the method →
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David Baunsgaard built Jobpace during his own job search. Peter Kirkebye, headhunter and founder of The Tomorrow Job, brings the method. When you write to us, one of us replies.
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