86. From Crickets to Salesforce Offer in 6 Weeks: How a Career Transitioner Landed Her Dream Customer Success Job

What if everything you thought you knew about landing your dream job was wrong? Imagine going from total job-search exhaustion and crickets in your inbox to signing your ideal offer at Salesforce in just six weeks.

In this episode, I reveal exactly how my client “Mallory” ditched the grind of endless applications and rejections, and instead used three counterintuitive strategies to break through without obsessing over her resume or doing endless mock interviews. 

I’ll share the step-by-step system that turned her unique background into a superpower, how we reframed her approach to stand out, and the exact moves that landed her a bigger paycheck and stronger offer. If you're tired of hustling for interviews and ready for a proven, strategic approach that actually cuts through the noise, this episode is your shortcut.

1:30 – Why doubling down on mass job applications and resume tweaks keeps you stuck in “crickets and rejection” mode and the smarter strategy that gets traction

4:40 – The resume transformation move that shifts your story from “task-based” to “impact-based” and how one simple tweak turned nonprofit experience into recruiter gold

8:35 – How to prep for customer success interviews (even without traditional CSM experience) by targeting your story, not rehearsing endless mock questions

13:50 – The negotiation lever that netted $5k+ extra (and how to use your start date as a point of leverage)

15:45 – The three strategies Mallory used to land her dream Salesforce role in six weeks so you can shortcut your own job search (even when the market feels impossible)

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• Actively looking for a job in Customer Success or plan to in the near future? Apply for 1:1 Coaching with me: https://customer-success-career.captivate.fm/coaching
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