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Regina Barnes landed a job offer within 1 hour of her interview 🎉

To help and inspire fellow job seekers to build a career walking deck, she has shared her personal experience (in her own words, with minor edits for brevity) below:

I first learned about the career walking deck from Karen’s LinkedIn post and decided to try it out using Canva.

As a contractor seeking full-time opportunities, I was about to enter my first interview in nearly 2 years and thought this would be a great way to stand out.

The process of creating a deck was very simple, thanks to the templates I found on Karen’s blog. I decided to consolidate my deck to 3 pages:

• Why Me + Why This Company + How We Align
• Colleague Recommendation
• Thank You + Contact Info

I presented my career walking deck at the end of the interview when asked if I had any additional questions for the interview panel.

I used my deck to reiterate how I’d add value and impact upon hire. All of the panelists were impressed. I had an offer within an hour!

Quick Tips:

• Highlight how your current role aligns to the role you’re interviewing for
• Keep everything brief by preparing it like a summary
• Avoid reading directly from the slides when you’re presenting

Thanks for reading!

I hope Regina’s personal story and experience with career walking decks has inspired you to build your own. Please get started here where I share all my examples, templates, and resources. Get access to all my premium templates via Substack.

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Best of luck!