YouTube interview clip (Kevin 'KD' Dorsey hosting) featuring Sahil Mansuri giving blunt, practical career and networking advice. The speaker urges people to hustle during tough times, use LinkedIn posts to generate interaction, and — crucially — personally follow up (phone calls or scheduled 15–30 minute meetings) with commenters and contacts so they remember you when hiring resumes.
When times are tough, you got to get scrappy. You just got to hustle your way through it. I mean, like, there's. I wish I had a great answer of, like, philosophically. I don't know that I agree with commission only sales roles or whatever. Like, all that shit goes down the drain. Like, we, like, you know, when times are tough, you gotta find a way to break through. And I think, you know, whether it's something as simple as you make a post on LinkedIn and then you get a bunch of people that comment, right? There's people that do that. Here's the real question. How many people responded to all those comments? How many people actually got on the phone and scheduled 15 or 30 minutes with the people that commented saying, I'm still hiring? How many people actually saw the people that said, hey, we're not hiring right now, but good luck to you, and said, hey, thanks so much for reaching out. It's awesome that you did that. I know you're not hiring right now, but at some point in the future, I'm sure you'll be hiring. Could we catch up so that when that time comes, you at least know who I am, what I'm about, and if we could have opportunities.
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