Why Positioning Beats Applying (Especially If You’re Quiet) | With Anna Belyaeva

Описание: If you’re quiet, introspective, and don’t see yourself as good at “selling yourself,” this conversation will change how you think about job search.

This week, I sit down with Anna Belyaeva to talk about how jobs actually happen now, especially for thoughtful, capable people who don’t rely on loud self-promotion to get ahead.

Anna is a Stanford-certified career coach and job search strategist who helps ambitious professionals land high-paying roles they genuinely enjoy.

In this conversation, we unpack:
✨ the career skills that matter most + and often get overlooked
📄 why getting hired in 2026 isn’t about uploading a PDF anymore
🕵️‍♀️ how to gather interview intel that helps you stand out without performing
🚪 how senior roles often come together without formally applying
🧠 the quiet truth about “selling yourself” + why introverts are often better positioned to network than they think

If you’ve ever felt:
– capable, but underestimated
– trusted to deliver, but not pulled into bigger conversations
– unsure how opportunities actually come together behind the scenes
this episode is for you 🤍

Chapters
02:40 Anna’s quiet strength: the willingness to try
07:51 Quick Fire: what’s actually overrated vs underrated in interviews 21:48 Job search is a million-dollar deal (why “good work” isn’t enough)
28:02 Positioning over applying (getting in front of decision-makers)
52:21 What Anna’s pulled toward next

Anna is someone whose work I’ve admired for years for her fresh, unconventional take and for being honest about the amount of practice, rigour, and effort it really takes to land a role that fits, not just pays.

🔗 Learn more about Anna’s work: https://thecareerdiet.com/about/
🎧 Listen to her podcast: https://thecareerdiet.com/podcast/ (she recommends Episode 40 in this conversation)

📌 About this channel
Awfully Quiet is about ambition without performance. It’s for people who think deeply, notice patterns, and want their work, and thinking, to be taken seriously.

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