The Senior Curse: Too Experienced for an Algorithm
Remote Work Secrets - Edition #04
What's Inside…
The Senior Curse Exposed: Why your 15+ years of experience is actually working against you in today's remote job market.
The Hidden Job Market Reality: Where the real senior remote roles live, and why you'll never find them on standard job boards.
The Strategic Bypass Framework: The only way senior leaders should be job hunting in 2025.
The Opportunity: Apply for a private, 45-minute strategy audit.
The Senior Curse: Too Experienced for an Algorithm
You didn’t spend the last 15–20 years building a stellar reputation just to be filtered out in six seconds.
Yet, here you are.
You’re highly competent. You’ve led teams, managed budgets, and solved complex business problems. But now, you're feeling a new, unfamiliar frustration: Invisibility.
You are likely facing "The Senior Curse."
It happens when your experience is too nuanced for an algorithm to understand, and too intimidating for a junior recruiter to evaluate.
You feel "oddly shaped" for standard job descriptions. You know you can do the job, but you can't get past the gatekeeper to prove it.
If you are applying online like everyone else, you are playing a game rigged against your seniority.
Stop playing their game.
The Fix: Strategic Bypassing
Senior remote roles…. the real ones, with the autonomy and salary you deserve, rarely make it to standard job boards. They live in the "Hidden Job Market," filled via handshakes (virtual ones) and warm introductions.
To access them, you need to stop applying and start bypassing.
You need a strategy, not a job search.
Translate Your Value: Your resume shouldn't just list what you did. It must articulate strategic impact in the modern language remote companies speak.
Identify the Decision Maker: Forget HR. Who is the executive feeling the pain that you know how to solve? That is your target.
Engineer the Conversation: Don't ask for a job. Ask for a 15-minute insight exchange on the specific problem they are facing.
Are You Ready for a Real Strategy?
You don't need basic tips. You need a high-level strategy to solve the complex business problem of your own career trajectory.
We are opening a limited number of slots for a private Executive Strategy Audit.
This is NOT a quick chat. It is a full, 45-minute strategic audit with our leadership team, reserved only for senior leaders who are serious about executing a high-level campaign.
In this deep-dive audit, we will:
Analyze your current positioning.
Identify immediate gaps keeping you in the "resume graveyard."
Determine if you qualify for our high-touch acceleration program.
Note: If you don’t meet the criteria for this specific session, don’t worry. We’ll immediately send you our "Remote Connection System" playbook so you can still move forward today.
Stay Rebellious,
Michelle