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5 proven ways to turn disinterest into a job offer

Bring this approach into your own job search to up your chances of an offer.

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You landed an introduction to a hiring decision-maker through a mutual connection. Now the person across the table is being perfectly pleasant—and barely paying attention. There’s no open role; they’re doing someone a favor. This nice conversation is going nowhere, and a job offer is out of reach.

A client of mine sat in exactly that chair. He was in a C-suite search, and a connection had opened the door to a meeting with the CEO of a middle-market company. With no posting and no........

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