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PRDM Important Updates - Jobs + Talent Boards, Pay over Time for Courses, and More
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PRDM Members,
A lot has happened over the last couple of weeks and rather than sending five separate emails, I'm consolidating into one update.
First some professional news…
I've been invited to join the Society for Geopolitics (S4GEO) as an advisory board member. It's a genuine honor — the Society does real work connecting practitioners, academics, and the policy community, and I'm excited to contribute. Expect some collaborations between PRDM and the Society in the coming months, including joint events and potential research opportunities.
Press release → here
Checkout S4GEO events and information → here
Jobs, Jobs, and more Jobs → jobs.exergyintl.com
You spoke. We listened. Close to 90% of you said you are interested in job or career opportunities. Whether your a newly minted graduate, practicing analyst looking for a change, or transitioning from government or an adjacent sector, we got you. After months of manual curation, the PRDM jobs board is officially open. What's different about it:
Focused: only political risk, intelligence, security, compliance, policy, ESG, defense. Nothing else.
Fresh: automated daily scrape of 24+ firm career pages plus my manual additions. Old listings are auto-archived.
Global: Not just NY/London/Singapore. We source jobs from all over the world and consolidate in one place for our community.
Apply-with-AI: every job card has an AI-assisted application helper built in.
Two tiers: free listings are public. Insider-only listings (direct contact roles, internal opportunities, high-signal finds) go to Career Insider subscribers first.
If you were waiting for a cleaner way to find political risk roles, this is it. Please also follow our friends @polticalriskjobs.com and @factal. We highlight their jobs as well in the public jobs board.
The Talent Board is live → talent.exergyintl.com
This one's been requested for a long time. The board serves two purposes:
1) It's a public directory of PRDM members — analysts, researchers, consultants, students and allows members to find each other more easily than scrolling through Slack.
2) If you subscribe to the Talent Board membership your full job card and LinkedIn profile will be featured so that hiring managers and recruiters can learn of your through their direct search.
How it works:
Fill out your own card at talent.exergyintl.com/talent-form
I review and approve
Your profile goes live on the public board
Free to browse. Subscribe to the Talent Board to have your profile featured and stay surfaced in search.
Premium Membership is Here.
Over half of you said you’d be interested in a premium membership. Ask and you shall receive. A monthly premium membership includes Career Insider, Talent Board, plus additional things like cohort coaching, AMA’s, and other opportunities.
Three subscription tiers, all live on Gumroad
Pick what fits — no long-term commitment, cancel anytime:
Tier | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
Career Insider | $9.99/month | Full jobs roster emailed to you + insider-only roles not on the public board |
Talent Board | $4.99/month | Featured placement on the public talent directory |
Premium Membership | $39.99/month | Everything above + early access to analysis, office hours, and priority on events |
“But Scott, I thought this was a free community?”
It is and it will always be. The community will always be free for anyone to join and the public jobs board will always be available. You’ll always have access to the Slack workspace, channels, newsletter, and your network. The spirit of PRDM is to help anyone working in political risk grow, build, and succeed.
The other elements that are paid are there for those who see their value an need help in certain areas. Subscribe when you want and cancel anytime. That’s it.
All Courses on Teachable with Now with Pay-Over-Time options
The biggest blocker on the PRA Accelerator ($497) and Exec PRA ($297) has been the upfront cost. That's now solved. Teachable's payment plans let you split it into monthly installments instead of paying everything at once.
What's available at prdm-university.teachable.com:
Intro to Political Risk Analysis — $25 — 7 lectures, 5 PDFs, self-paced
PRA Accelerator — $497 (or monthly payment plan) — 10 video lectures, 45 PDFs, answer keys, capstone project, certificate of completion
Executive PRA — $297 (or monthly payment plan) — 6 modules focused on decision-maker briefings for senior audiences
Once you buy, it’s yours forever. All updates to the courses included. And as a reminder: coupon PRDM100 takes $100 off the PRA Accelerator through May 1.
That's it
Thanks for being part of this community. Every subscription, every post in Slack, every referral to a friend keeps PRDM moving forward. The jobs board, talent board, and Accelerator all exist because you kept asking for them.
If you have questions — about any of the tiers, the courses, the talent board, or the Society for Geopolitics work — just reply to this email.
Scott R. Siler
Founder, Exergy International
Creator, Political Risk Demystified
Join the PRDM Community! What You'll Find Inside:
Weekly Analysis Challenges — A real scenario posted every week. Apply frameworks, sharpen your thinking, get feedback. This is how analysts get better.
Templates & Frameworks — Practical tools you can use immediately: country risk assessment templates, risk scoring matrices, stakeholder mapping guides. New drops every Tuesday.
Current Events Discussion — Prompts tied to real geopolitical developments. Not hot takes — structured analytical discussion.
Professional Guidance — Real guidance from operators and analysts working in the political risk industry.
Job Posts & Career Support — Dedicated channels for job listings, resume feedback, and career guidance in political risk and adjacent fields.
Your First Week
Here's what to expect once you join:
Monday: First weekly analysis challenge drops in #analysis-challenge
Tuesday: First template in #resources — a country risk assessment one-pager
Wednesday: Current events discussion prompt in #general
Thursday: First book excerpt in #book
Friday: My commentary on challenge submissions + community highlights
The community is free. The content is real. And it starts this week.
Go Deeper If You're Ready
The community is free. But if you want structured training, courses are live now:
• Intro to Political Risk Analysis — Start here. Foundations, frameworks, and an applied exercise. $25 on Teachable.
• PRA Accelerator — The full 11-module course. Applied exercises, capstone project, certificate of completion. Use code PRDM100 for $100 off (expires May 1).
• Executive PRA — 6 focused modules for leaders who need to evaluate, commission, and act on political risk assessments. Coming soon.
• Udemy — The intro course will also be available soon on Udemy soon for those who prefer that platform.
• 1-on-1 Coaching — Career strategy, portfolio review, interview prep. Book a session.
No pressure. The community stands on its own. These are here for those who want to accelerate.
A note on what this isn't:
This isn't a group chat. It's not a feed of hot takes. It's a structured professional community with a weekly rhythm, curated content, and real analytical exercises. I'm building the space I wished existed when I was coming up in this field. I hope you'll help shape it.
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