Noelle Russell built a reputation through unscripted LinkedIn Live sessions where she cried, spoke passionately, and shared her values. Companies like Red Hat and Alexa sought her out because her public self matched their culture exactly, with no surprises for hiring managers.
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Yeah, it's interesting. So, in hiring, I am extremely transparent. It's why I do what I do on LinkedIn. Like, I go LinkedIn Live. I have no script. I just, like, it's raw Noelle. Sometimes I cry, like, it's Noelle perfectly, exactly what I care about, what I'm passionate about, and actually encourage people to do that. Right. So, that when a company hires me, there's no surprises. There's no, I didn't know you talked like that. I didn't know you were passionate about this. I didn't know you were going to go to do these talks. Like, it's very well known what I do. And actually, I remember getting hired at Red Hat. And they were like, "Your reputation precedes you and we want that. We want that. That's what we want." So, that's the best-case scenario, right? Where you promote yourself and the right company with the right culture comes in and says, "We want exactly who you are. Come and do what you do for us." And that's happened to me a few times. Alexa was one of them.