The Direct Line

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That's the diagnostic. It takes about ten minutes and it will help you work out where your applications are most likely stalling. Most people find it isn't the stage they'd assumed — which usually means they'd been fixing the wrong thing.

One thing worth saying up front. This won't tell you the system is always the problem. Sometimes it isn't — sometimes it's a missing requirement, a salary mismatch, or a genuinely oversupplied field. Knowing which situation you're in is worth more than any technique, and Chapter 2 covers how to tell.

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The full book is 121 pages: which roles are worth real effort, how to find the person who owns the problem, fifteen worked messages for email, LinkedIn and the phone, and the part most advice skips — when direct contact is a bad idea and you should leave the formal process alone.

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