Run a relationship-led search without losing the thread.
Build the right company universe, choose priority contacts, reach out with a real reason, follow up properly, and prepare for the conversations that move your search forward.
How PivotDesk works
1. Build your company universe.
Find the companies that could realistically hire someone like you in your target market, then narrow the list so your effort goes where it can matter.
2. Choose priority contacts.
Identify the people most worth contacting at each target company, including backups and warmer paths where they exist.
3. Run the outreach system.
Turn a real reason for contact into tailored outreach, keep track of every thread, and follow up without letting good opportunities go cold.
4. Prepare for better conversations.
Use what you learn from outreach to show up sharper in networking calls, informational conversations, interviews, and negotiation moments.
Three parts of a relationship-led search
PivotDesk is structured around the actual sequence of a harder job search: know where to focus, build the right relationship threads, then turn those conversations into stronger interviews and decisions.
Map
Map the search. Build your company universe, prioritise the targets that deserve real effort, and import the contacts you want to approach from your own external contact-data account.
Best when you want clarity on where to focus before committing to a full active outreach rhythm.
Momentum
Run the search. Everything in Map, plus the outreach workflow, tracking, follow-up rhythm, and writing support that help you keep real conversations moving.
Best for most people who are ready to make one serious move and want a system that keeps them in motion.
Prepared
Turn conversations into stronger outcomes. Everything in Momentum, plus interview preparation, story refinement, company research, and negotiation workflows.
Best for those making the most difficult career moves where clarity and practice matter most. Coming soon.
What changes once the system is in place
Map
a clearer search direction, ranked company universe, and prioritised contacts to approach
Momentum
outreach, follow-ups, contact stages, notes, and next actions managed in one workflow
Prepared
interview prep, company research and negotiation workflows
A serious search can still take months. PivotDesk is built to make those months productive instead of reactive, especially if your move makes more sense in conversation than on paper.
The guarantees are about whether the system works, not whether the market says yes.
PivotDesk does not guarantee interviews, replies, offers, compensation, or timelines. It guarantees that the product gives you the promised working system when you do the required setup work.
7-Day Map Guarantee
Complete the Map checklist within 7 days. If your PivotDesk workspace does not contain a company universe for your chosen role and geography, a prioritised company list, and 10+ prioritised contacts with contact details for relationship-led informational interviews, email within 7 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 7 days for a full refund.
The difference PivotDesk makes
Before PivotDesk
With PivotDesk
Unclear which companies to approach
A ranked list of companies that have roles you're looking for in your target market
Don't know who is worth contacting
A prioritised contact map, imported from your own external contact-data account
The search gets scattered across tabs, drafts, reminders, and your head
In Momentum, outreach, tracking, follow-ups, and next actions live in one workflow
Before PivotDesk
- Unclear which companies to approach
- Don't know who is worth contacting
- The search gets scattered across tabs, drafts, reminders, and your head
With PivotDesk
- A ranked list of companies that have roles you're looking for in your target market
- A prioritised contact map, imported from your own external contact-data account
- In Momentum, outreach, tracking, follow-ups, and next actions live in one workflow
What early users have done
PivotDesk was initially built from hiring-side pattern recognition: Jeff has hired around 200 people, but has been refined with hands-on work with early users.
Early users have:
- Built scored target lists of specific companies worth real effort
- Sent their first ever cold email messages because they knew the message was strong enough to send
- Hosted informational interviews with new contacts at their target companies
What's inside the PivotDesk system
- A way to build the universe of companies that could hire you in your target role and market
- A prioritised list of people to approach, including backups and warmer paths where possible
- An outreach workflow that helps you actually hit 'send' to people you don't know, but who can materially improve your odds of landing an amazing new role.
- A tracking and reminder system to keep you on top of all of the reach outs, follow-ups, thank you's so you keep the relationships warm, and your mind clear
- Preparation workflows for interviews, stories, company research, and negotiation moments as Prepared becomes available
Start with Map if you want the company and contact map, or choose Momentum if you are ready to run the full relationship-led outreach and follow-up system now.