Reach the right people inside the companies you want to join.
Choose the people close to the work, approach them with a specific reason to talk and follow up without losing the thread.
Start the conversations your application cannot.
An application can only work with the story on the page. PivotDesk gives you another route: choose relevant people, learn what matters to them and make a thoughtful approach before you rely on the application.
PivotDesk does not mass-apply or send automated outreach. You make the decisions, adapt the message and send it yourself.
- Choose one role and market, build a broad company list and focus on the targets worth your time
- Prioritise people who are close to the work, with backups and warmer paths where they exist
- Research each contact and identify a specific reason to talk
- Write and send a message in your own voice, with guidance on what to include
- Prepare for meetings, record what you learn and follow up without losing the thread
- (Coming Soon) Add interview preparation, story development and negotiation
Start with the part of the search you need
Map
Build the company and contact foundation for one role and market.
Map is for people who will run outreach through their own process.
Momentum
Use the full PivotDesk process to research contacts, write tailored messages and manage replies and follow-ups.
Momentum is the core package for a relationship-led search.
Prepared
Everything in Momentum, plus interview preparation, story development, and negotiation.
Coming soon.
You do not have to know how to do this already
Most people have never built a target-company map, approached a stranger for a career conversation or followed up without feeling awkward. PivotDesk teaches the process step by step. It does not hand you an empty workspace and assume you know what to do.
Map's eight-step Find People guide shows you how to find companies, choose contacts, import them and create a shortlist. Momentum's eight-step Build Momentum guide walks you through researching a contact, writing and sending a tailored message, following up, preparing for the first conversation and checking in afterwards.
Each step explains what to do, why it matters and what a completed step looks like. By the end, you have completed the process yourself and know how to repeat it.
Early progress from real searches
During the spring pilot, users tested PivotDesk while Jeff worked with them directly. The clearest progress came when they moved from contact lists to real outreach.
A one-hour conversation and a referral
One user shaped a message in PivotDesk and sent it to a product leader. The contact agreed to meet, spent about an hour sharing advice and introduced the user to someone at another company in the same field.
Eight contacts narrowed to one useful reply
Another user cut a long list to eight priority people. Her first message received an invitation to send questions, opening a conversation with someone who had made a similar career move.
Initial outreach led to a booked meeting
An experienced customer-success professional sent messages to people at target companies and booked a conversation with one of the initial contacts.
The difference PivotDesk makes
Before PivotDesk
With PivotDesk
Your application has to explain the whole move on its own
Relevant people have a chance to understand the move before you apply
A list of names, with no clear reason to contact them
A short contact list with a specific reason to approach each person
One message, followed by uncertainty or silence
In Momentum, planned follow-ups and a clear next action for every contact
Before PivotDesk
- Your application has to explain the whole move on its own
- A list of names, with no clear reason to contact them
- One message, followed by uncertainty or silence
With PivotDesk
- Relevant people have a chance to understand the move before you apply
- A short contact list with a specific reason to approach each person
- In Momentum, planned follow-ups and a clear next action for every contact
See a real PivotDesk search
The product tour follows one search as 59 companies become a focused target list, relevant contacts, tailored outreach and scheduled follow-ups.
A working search system, or your money back
PivotDesk cannot guarantee replies, interviews, offers or hiring timelines. It guarantees that the promised working system is there after you complete the setup work.
7-Day Map Guarantee
Complete the Map checklist within seven days. If your workspace does not contain a company universe for your chosen role and geography, a prioritised company list and 10 or more priority contacts with contact details, email within seven days for a full refund.
14-Day Momentum Guarantee
Complete the Momentum checklist within 14 days: shortlist finished, 10 priority contacts identified, 10 tailored messages sent and follow-ups scheduled.
If PivotDesk still fails to give you a live, trackable search, email within seven days for a full refund.
Map builds the company and contact foundation; Momentum carries the search into outreach and follow-up.