How Chad landed 23 interviews in three months and a Director of Cloud Platforms role at Travel + Leisure

Chad came to us after a leadership change at his company triggered several rounds of layoffs. He was not affected by them, which is a particular kind of position to be in: no forcing event, but no confidence in where things were heading either. He was not alone in that read, and several key people around him resigned.

In the first three months of his search he landed 23 interviews, many of them running concurrently within the same week, and a Director of Cloud Platforms role at Travel + Leisure Co.

Why leaving without being pushed is harder

A layoff makes the decision for you. A leadership change you disagree with does not, so the search has to run alongside a job you still hold, with all the constraints that brings on time and discretion. That is precisely the case where handing the mechanics to someone else changes what is achievable, because the limiting factor is hours in the week rather than qualification.

Concurrency is the part that matters

Twenty-three interviews inside three months is not just a volume figure. Because many landed in the same weeks rather than sequentially, he was comparing live options against each other instead of deciding on each one in isolation. That is the difference between accepting an offer because it arrived and choosing one because it was the best of several.

The search in numbers

• 23 interviews in the first 3 months, many concurrent within the same week
• Director of Cloud Platforms at Travel + Leisure Co.
• Level: Director. Function: Platform and Infrastructure