04/28/2026
In 2017, I wrote a book called HIRED.
It was forged in 19 months of unemployment, 446 networking meetings, and one stubborn promise to myself: I'd figure out how to cut a career search in half, and then I'd give the playbook away.
The book worked. It won awards. For five years, every single week, someone messaged me to say it changed their search.
So when my publisher asked me last year about a second edition, my first instinct was: "Don't touch it."
Then I started getting different messages.
A 47-year-old VP who'd applied to 200 jobs and gotten 3 interviews.
A new graduate whose resume was rejected by an algorithm before any human ever saw it.
A senior leader watching a 26-year-old with half her experience get hired because she "knew how to use the tools."
And I realized:
The book that worked in 2019 is dangerous in 2026.
Not because the principles changed.
Because the playing field did.
The ATS is now an AI filter most candidates never get past. The resume you used three years ago is a relic. The networking script of 2021 is already outdated. You're not just competing with people anymore — you're competing with their ability to use technology better than you.
So, I rebuilt it.
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HIRED, Second Edition: Cut Your Career Search Time in Half keeps everything that worked — the mindset, the routine, the networking grit — and fuses it with the tools, frameworks, and AI co-piloting strategies that define 2026.
It's the same mission. A faster, smarter, more precise path.
It's for the new graduate staring at LinkedIn wondering where to start.
It's for the mid-career leader watching their industry get rewritten in real time.
It's for the senior executive who refuses to be invisible to a market that's moving faster than ever.
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📕 Pre-order on Kindle now. Print edition drops the first week of May. https://tinyurl.com/2s49rt2f
💬 If you want an early look at the framework, DM me, I'll send you a sample chapter.
♻️ And if you know someone in transition right now — please tag them. This book exists because someone tagged me into the right room nine years ago. Pay it forward.
What's the one piece of career advice that hasn't aged well? Tell me below; I want to know what you've outgrown. 👇
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