Hi everyone, I was recently on the wrong end of a reorg which involved some top AEs, including those that made President's Club, getting laid off. Before that I was unemployed for almost 8 months in 2024 and before that, I picked a company where I only lasted 9 months and everyone was laid off. How does someone like me who is weak on paper manage to get in at some of these top rated RepVue companies given that they have their choice of long tenured reps at brand names? It just feels like so much for me right now because before I was impacted by the reorg, I had serious momentum by my side.
You could maybe add a line to those particular jobs on your resume to the effect of “Role made redundant due to company restructure”, to pre-empt the questions around short tenure. It’s not ideal but it’s a common scenario these days so I think employers might be more understanding 🤷🏻♀️
Might not be what you wanna hear, but the fastest path up sometimes starts with taking a gig that’s a tier or two below where you eventually want to be. You’ve had some bad luck, yeah, but if you can do some real digging to find an org that's flying under the radar but has real potential, then show 2–3 years of wins, suddenly you look like a comeback story instead of a risk.