I like this hot take
Quick background: A seniorish middle management guy here Got the last 2 jobs via my network, didn't apply for it. Some lessons learnt: 1. Get into that high iq, mafia type companies, where the bar is really high 2. If you end up doing good then you'll get calls from your circles to work on something exciting 3. Lastly, work on your personal branding, write that blog down, tell how you did it, it should attract niche audience in your circle Good luck š¤š»
Yep, my last two jobs were
- inbound from a hiring manager who read some medium posts
- direct referral from ex colleague at a company from 4 years back
Exactly! Itās the same for all of us
Job apps do not work for us
good applications are still rare. For every opening there would be a thousand applications via different mediums but out of that super relevants are very few. And its very difficult to find them in the noise.
In that if you can stand out and show you truly want the job, you will most likely get attention.
Few tips if you are applying to a tech startup
- write a meaningful email or message about why and how your experience and skills are relevant to the job.
- reach out to the person responsible (not hr) for the job. Its not too difficult to find out in startups.
- Shoot that email to the founder or message on Linkdin.
If you don't want to send entire message; just ask him who is the person with that job opening, he / she will most likely tell you.
Companies really want good people in their teams. If you can show you are a right fit, you will get attention
Don't lose hope.
This definitely is the way to go about it
A lot of people still donāt realize this, and that is surprising
In my 12 years career span, I never had to take referrals, and am quite happy about it. I did ask for referrals from a lot of people. I am not sure how many of them actually referred me, so I kind of stopped asking referrals from people.
Most of the interview calls were from recruitment consultants, which got converted. Itās important to work on LinkedIn profile as well as resume.
I have written very few articles, but those didnāt land me any job.
dukhdardpeeda
Stealth
a year ago
Can we have the privilege to see your LinkedIn profile? That would really help us
That would take out the anonymity part. Wouldnāt want to do that.
My education profile: I am B.Tech(Top 40 engineering colleges) plus MBA grad(Top 15 Bschools).
Also, one thing which might probably have helped me extend my network was working in multiple companies across multiple cities(this helped in extending the audience for my posts), and enhance viability to recruiters.
I did take help from some people whom I met through LunchClub and CoffeeMug.
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Node
Stealth
a year ago
I got rejected from many applications I applied through referral recently.
My last job was through an online application without referral.
Is the tweet referring to a specific area lik Dev? PM? Or all of them?
Devs have to jump through bigger hoops while PM is a meme tier job where talking your way through things matters more.
@ColdTrait what was the size of the org?
Do you have Tier 1 creds?
Lol same for me
I never got interview calls through referral.
But I got many interview calls and offers, only for direct Online applications on Careers page for companies below:
1. Healthifyme
2. Alpha sense
3. Motive
4. Dunzo
5. Vymo
6. Vimeo
7. Abnormal Security
8. Yubi
9. Oracle
10. Paytm
Even direct message to recruiters hasn't been working for me this year.
Recruiters are so egoistic, they ignore without a reply even though my skills, experience and domain highly matches the Job description.
These recruiters are dumb and costing Hiring Managers the time and money.
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BiryaniEnthu
Stealth
a year ago
One question - When you say how you did it, will it not give out information about company's internal working?
you can always mask numbers. For example read this- https://sharechat.com/blogs/engineering/how-we-built-notification-rate-limiter-for-eight-billion-notifications-per-day-for-400-million
methlox
Student
a year ago
Same ques @NaiveSting
This is true.
First job: College placements
Second job: Referral from a friend
Third job: Cold email
Fourth job: Referral from a friend
Over 500 applications maybe over my career, somehow not a single online jobsite application worked :)
Honest question: Anyone ever got a job after applying through the company website? Or even interviews?
Yep, my last two jobs were
- inbound from a hiring manager who read some medium posts
- direct referral from ex colleague at a company from 4 years back
Ya maybe makes sense. I have had harder luck when I wasnāt personally approached by recruiter or colleague
AttackHelicopter
Stealth
a year ago
I'm exhausted by applying, opening gmail is plain depression
For what its worth I have always got a job through traditional job posting application in last 7 years without any referrals.
Have gotten two offers in last month as well.
Have been hiring for last 4 year as well, and its 90% through shortlisting resumes on angel, email etc.
Dihaadi
Stealth
a year ago
Depends on āpedigreeā that your profile screams. If you have good experience and skills and have written your profile/resume well, is ATS readable. Youāll get calls inbound, would need some outbound as well, though that has never worked for me personally. I have been fortunate to not need referrals in the past, most opportunities came inbound.
FoolishApse
Student
a year ago
Can you give an example of these high IQ, madia type companies
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