The Inside Move. The Internal Career Move. Done Properly. (en Inglés) - Eric W.

The internal interview is supposed to be easier. You know the organisation. You know the people. You know the culture. That assumption has ended more careers than any external rejection ever has.

Most internal interviews are not lost because of capability. They are lost because the candidate assumed that familiarity was an advantage.

It is not. In most cases, it makes things harder.

The internal interview, for a promotion, a lateral move, a cross-departmental transfer, or a permanent international relocation, is the career conversation that most professionals face multiple times and that almost none of them have been taught to navigate. The assumption that knowing the organisation, knowing the people, and knowing the culture removes the need for serious preparation is the single most common and most costly mistake in professional life.

The Inside Move gives you the complete system for navigating the internal career move at every stage: the decision about whether to apply, the political and reputational landscape to understand before the formal process begins, the interview itself and the specific preparation it requires, the relationship management that runs alongside and after the process, and the career work that follows the outcome, whether that outcome is the one you hoped for or not.

For the promotion candidate who has been told they are the strong internal choice and wants to make sure the process confirms it. For the professional whose current situation has become difficult and who needs to move, carefully, cleanly, and without leaving damage behind. For the mid-senior professional who has been offered a permanent international relocation on local terms and has two weeks to decide what they are actually agreeing to.

This book covers the territory that no career guide has addressed honestly:

Includes eleven practical toolkit appendices covering every stage of the process.

Book Three in the Interview Preparation System. Companion volumes: The Super STAR Candidate (Book One) and Do You Have Any Questions? (Book Two). Each book stands alone. Together, they form the most complete interview preparation system available.