Hire ME, Dammit!

Excerpt from Chapter 1: Oh! You’re Thinking of Leaving? 

When did all this start? Maybe it’s the new manager with their motivational quotes and twelve-step onboarding program. Maybe it’s the death-by-meeting culture. Or maybe, it’s you. Something doesn’t fit anymore. The once-exciting role has become stale, the spark’s gone, and you’re quietly wondering if there’s more out there. You’re noticing more and more the mental countdown you’re doing—from the moment your alarm goes off to when you can crawl back into bed again.

If the usual career advice has started to feel a little… rehearsed, you’re not imagining it.

Hire ME, Dammit! takes a more direct approach—looking at how hiring really works, not how it’s often described. It brings together decades of experience with the patterns, missteps, and small decisions that quietly shape outcomes.

Inside, you’ll explore:

• Why otherwise strong résumés fail to gain traction—and what changes that
• What hiring managers actually notice (and what they skim past)
• How interviews can shift unexpectedly—and how to respond when they do
• The less obvious factors that influence decisions, including references and perception
• Real examples that illustrate what works, what doesn’t, and why

This is about understanding the dynamics at play—and approaching them with more clarity and control.

Whether you’re recalibrating, starting again, or simply tired of second-guessing the process, this book offers a clearer way forward—without the theatrics.