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140,000+ follow my writing on LinkedIn for my direct, no-BS take on job search. I expose fake roles, broken hiring myths, and systems built to protect companies never humans.
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Why I Stopped Explaining Executive Search On LinkedIn (opens the original)
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SUNDAY NIGHT STRATEGY CALL FOR YOU! 8 to 9 PM EST AND WE WILL DISCUSS OUR FIRST BOOK CLUB! (opens the original)
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Good Afternoon, I just sent an email to everyone who is a free subscriber so you might want to read that and so if you’re a PAID SUB (my VIPS!) here’s the information for tonight. On Friday I spoke with a CEO friend of mine who I recruited a team of 40 people for and they said whatever people do if they’re not subscribing in a paid format for $1.36 a day they don’t recognize your value. This isn’t Linkedin Lauren 2.0 there’s NO KGB HERE because there’s a paywall. Speaking of paywalls haha: <a hr
The Secret Sauce Isn't Free (opens the original)
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Yesterday I got the most amazing message right here on Substack. Twenty-eight years ago I was head of recruiting for New York, London and Los Angeles at Siegel & Gale, where I helped build something they’d never had before, a sustainable powerhouse of a company. A man who came to my going-away party back then (I kept the card the group signed until recently) wrote to me out of nowhere. His message opened with “Hi! It’s Alan!” and he wasn’t asking me for a single thing, or to give it to him for f
Sunday September 20th NO SUNDAY NIGHT CALL! (opens the original)
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Hi!No Sunday night call tonight. Spotty wifi at the hotel I’m staying at for a few days and you deserve better than watching me freeze mid-sentence. I apologize. We’re back live next Sunday.BOOK CLUB (for PAID SUBS only) is a different story. Pics of the book have started landing in my inbox, and I’m saving every single one. If yours isn’t here yet, please order the book today and email me a pic the day it arrives. Let’s stay accountable!We start discussing it soon, and the conversation will be
“I’M STANDING IN FRONT OF YOUR BURNING HOUSE WITH FIRE INSURANCE ON IT”...LAUREN NOT LINKEDIN REPEAT LAUREN REPLACES YOUR LINKEDIN ACCOUNT LFG (opens the original)
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