Creepy or no?
I apply to jobs online and I know that there is very little chance that they see my resume so I want to try and increase that chance. Is it a good strategy to find someone who works at the same company and message them to see if they know the hiring manager and would be willing to give me their contact information?
As long as you qualify the introduction with no homo, I don’t see any issue.
I’m at the point in my career where I ignore messges/invitations from people I don’t actually know (or don’t have a material number of mutual connections), and I’m only 4-5 years out of school. YMMV.
I get quite a few random adds on linkedin. I dont’ bother with them usually. I had one guy msg me with no connection at all but he was well spoken and gave a good intro so I added him. Definitely would have clicked no if it wasn’t for the nice little copy and pasted msg he gave.
The intro letter will be pretty key on a cold connect. If they don’t see the connection between you, or them and the job, then they’ll probably just not reply. Messaging a random guy in the company and seeing if he knows the hiring manager isn’t a high percentage play imo.
But you also miss a hundred % of the shots you don’t take, so go for it with another spin - “been following the company for a long time, really wanna join the team there, etc etc.” Just be prepared (know their product/strategy/deals) and make sure not to make an ass of yourself. And don’t do anything that would ruin your chances in the industry long run.
I guess reaching out to a stranger on LinkedIn is less creepy than reaching out to a stranger on the subway.
(more seriously, I don’t add people on LinkedIn unless I can say at least a sentence about how I know them or provide a once sentence describing the concrete benefit of being linked with them.)
^just add me already mofo, we know each other thru AF
Don’t message people randomly to ask them to introduce you to other people. That is like befriending a girl to get to know her hot friend.
What you should do is tell the person you are considering a position in their company, and ask if they can talk to you for 15 minutes about their experiences. If they like you after that conversation and think that you will be a good fit, then you can ask them to connect you to other people.
You can contact out of network people on LinkedIn or is that Linkedin Gold? If you can send him a message and he is the hiring manager, it would be best to be short, sweet, to the point, and pertinent. Cordial intro, Pertinent info of how you are an asset to the team, and Closing So short and to the point. Don’t ramble on about your life story because he really just wants to know if you are a good fit for the organization and if you have the skillset required to complete the task. Hopefully he has a heart and cares about his employees, but this seems like mere option for current business practitioners.
Yea that’s a huge no no. I don’t get many of those, but it’s auto delete,
I had a guy add me Linkedin who is in the same industry as me. We had mutual connections in the industry, so I accepted. He lives in Toronto, I’m in AB. I was out in Toronto for work a month ago so decided to message him to meet for coffe or whatever while I was there. No response… Odd, no?
^The so called BSD using linkedin
how do you know they like you after?
should i ask “i like you, you like me?”