Ian Moyse – Do Your Due Diligence When You Really Need That Job

<p><strong>BIO:</strong> Ian Moyse is the Chief Revenue Officer at OneUp Sales. He is a decorated and numerously awarded sales director.</p><p><strong>STORY: </strong>A few years ago, Ian was between jobs, so when the first opportunity came knocking, he accepted it without doing any due diligence. The company turned out to be toxic, and he had to leave after nine months only.</p><p><strong>LEARNING:</strong> Do your due diligence to make sure that you accept the job that is right for you. Do not let your vulnerability blind you to accepting just any opportunity that comes along.</p><h2>&nbsp;</h2><blockquote class="ql-align-center"><strong>“When you are desperate for a job, that’s when you should do more due diligence than you normally would.” </strong></blockquote><blockquote class="ql-align-center">Ian Moyse</blockquote><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>Guest profile</h2><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianmoyse/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Ian Moyse</strong></a>, Chief Revenue Officer at <a href="https://www.oneupsales.co.uk/book-a-demo/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">OneUp Sales</a><u>,</u> has sat on the boards of a number of industry bodies, such as FAST (Federation Against Software Theft), CIF (Cloud Industry Forum), and Eurocloud.</p><p>He was awarded the accolade of BESMA UK Sales Director of the year and was listed in the top 50 Sales Keynote speakers by Top Sales World.</p><p>Ian was rated #1 Cloud influencer Onalytica and has been recognized as a leading cloud Blogger and is utilized by a range of global brands as a Cloud Computing thought leader.</p><h2>Worst investment ever</h2><p>A number of years ago, Ian was in the unfortunate circumstance of being between jobs. Even though he had a bit of money saved to cushion him for some time, he did not want to be jobless for too long.</p><p>So Ian was interviewing and happened to find an opportunity. It was not the perfect job, but he could make it work.</p><h3>Great on the face value</h3><p>The job opportunity was in a family busin