Hey Little Pineapple, I had to crush someone's dream. I was working with a client, let's call him Bob. Bob wanted into gamedev. And he was already ahead of most people with whom I have this conversation. He'd done the thinking, did his research and picked a direction: Producer. Maybe game designer if the stars aligned. Bottom line - he knew what he wanted. And when he was telling me all this, his whole body changed. Talked faster. Posture immediately got more straight. I saw his eyes lit up....
23 days ago • 4 min read
Hey Little Pineapple, You've probably heard the Hewlett-Packard famous finding, even if you don't know it's them. It's been in TED talks. Leadership books. Repeated at HR conferences like a god damn gospel. Hell, even Sheryl Sandberg put it in her book Lean In. The claim: women apply for jobs when they meet 100% of requirements, men apply at 60%. There's just one problem: nobody can find the original study. Because it doesn't exist. It was an internal anecdote at HP that someone repeated...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Hey Little Pineapple, Every time when I have an interview, and I mean every time I always ask why someone is even interested in the role. And as you can imagine people give various answers, but mostly they can be boiled down to 4 categories: 1) Role is logical next step in their career (bonus points if they can justify and show why) 2) They aren't really looking for anything, but have enough info (usually from me hehe) that it piqued their interest and they would like to find out more 3) They...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
Hey Little Pineapple, A client of mine, let's call him Greg, once told me about the best moment of his career. Getting hired at a company he'd wanted to join for years. Greg walked me through the interview process: His answers. His preparation. How well it went. He was proud. And he totally should be. Funnily enough, I happened to know the hiring manager. So next time we grabbed a coffee I asked him about this process. What he told me, I never shared with my client. Greg wasn't superb or...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Hey Little Pineapple, Yesterday I went to the gym with a friend. We had a breakfast after. And he's the kind of a friend with whom it's always a pleasure to have a conversation: we trade ideas, challenge each other, go down rabbit holes. Love that. At some point the conversation landed on health, work, time. He asked if I’d heard of Lee Cockerell. Worked at Disney. Had a book about time management. Had to admit, never heard of the dude. But I'm a sucker for new perspectives, so I grabbed my...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Hey Little Pineapple, A few years into my consultancy, I worked with a tattoo artist. Let's call her Alice. She'd been doing it for years. Good at it. Busy enough. But the market was getting crowded, the joy had left, and one day she just decided: no more ink on anyone's skin. Done. So we started working together. And very quickly one thing became obvious. Alice had no idea what she actually wanted. She just knew what she didn't. That's more common than people admit. You're not lost because...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Hey Little Pineapple, A few years back I was working as a recruiter at a large corporate agency. Not a bad gig, honestly. Good people, real energy, the kind of controlled chaos that keeps you sharp. It taught me everything I know about recruitment and I’ll be grateful for that forever. I could deal with the stress. I could deal with the politics. I could deal with a lot. Then one afternoon I wrote a LinkedIn post promoting one of the roles I was working on. Nothing crazy, just my words, my...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Hey Little Pineapple, I was really surprised by the number of people reaching out after my last week newsletter with their CVs.(and if you missed it you can read it here: https://patryksuchy.kit.com/posts/your-cv-is-costing-you-interviews) There were a lot of common things for people, so I decided to put a small, actionable guide mixed with a recruiter view. So today you'll learn couple of valuable information that will help you write every resume ever in the rest of your life. Let's dive in....
3 months ago • 8 min read
Hey Little Pineapple, Last week I had a call with a candidate. He send me his CV before our chat and what I saw immediately raised my eyebrow: 6 roles in the past 2.5 years, 4-6 months each. Six short gigs. No context. No explanation. Just a list of 4-6 month roles that screamed "red flag" to anyone who glanced at it. So, we hopped on the call and here's what actually happened: Five of those were contract roles. One ended because the company lost funding and had to let everyone go. But I...
4 months ago • 5 min read