# How John landed SVP at Verbatim with a 30% salary increase!

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Podcast: [Career Evolved Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/career-evolved-podcast-7041270)
Published: 2026-05-04T15:32:03+00:00
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John compared 7 career coaching companies before choosing us. He was skeptical. He was a VP of Sales with high buyer defense mechanisms and he knew exactly what a pitch felt like. He told us that upfront. What changed his mind was not our pitch. It was our energy. Our conviction. The feeling that this was a partnership, not a transaction. What happened next is what we want you to sit with. He stopped scrolling job boards entirely. He stopped applying. He shifted his attention completely to people. To building real relationships with C-suite leaders. To showing up curious, service-minded, and genuinely present in every conversation. He drove 2 hours just to have breakfast with a hiring leader when he was only 4 interviews in. He prepared a binder. A 30-60-90. Market challenge solutions. He went through 10 conversations for one role. The global CEO flew from Germany to meet him personally. And the role was never posted. It came through a relationship with a career promoter who introduced him to another career promoter. No one could have done that for him. He had to be the one in those rooms. He was. And he won. SVP, GM. Path to President of the Americas in 6 months. That is what doing the real work produces. Free download 🔗 Link in bio. www.careerevolved.com/thecareerevolvedmethod #careerevolved #hiddenjobmarket #executivejobsearch #clientlove ② OLIVIA'S LINKEDIN (CTA in first comment) John told me something when we first spoke that I want to share here. He said he was skeptical. Not of us specifically. Of himself. He wasn't sure he could do the outreach. Wasn't sure a C-suite leader would give him the time of day. Wasn't sure he had anything worth saying to someone at that level. That is the conversation I want every executive in transition to hear. Because it is the mo…

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