I’ve known a few coworkers throughout the years who have reached out after they left where we worked “hey man it’s better over here.” put in a good word for me and boom.
not sure if that is A or B though. all corporate jobs.
My first job was “my dad knows a guy” (that guy really fought for me at that company and that turned out great for everyone) and from then on almost every job was through a former coworker. Have returned the favour a few times.
It’s not too bad when you’ve got a license that’s in demand but without a license # to put in the box on the app it’s pretty rough. Was pretty rough for the unlicensed roles in my field but is decently easy with. This is reminding me to call back that recruiter in the morning that hubs convinced me to stay in-state because they gave me a follow-up call like a month later to ask if I’m still considering them and idw be too rude in case I do decide to move the year after next.
You may not consider yourself a good networker, but I think you must be. I’ve been working for over 20 years now and never got a single job because of a referral.
Honestly, the idea of applying for a job going in cold over the Internet sounds like a horrible experience.
It does sound that way, but in my very limited experience it worked out rather well.
Current gig is the only one in my professional career where I didn’t get a foot in the door by word of mouth, and aside from it being scary, it wasn’t really that different. Got me a low 6 figure 100% remote work gig a few years back and I love it. But again, this is a sample size of 1.
I’ve known a few coworkers throughout the years who have reached out after they left where we worked “hey man it’s better over here.” put in a good word for me and boom.
not sure if that is A or B though. all corporate jobs.
My first job was “my dad knows a guy” (that guy really fought for me at that company and that turned out great for everyone) and from then on almost every job was through a former coworker. Have returned the favour a few times.
I don’t consider myself a good networker by any means. But that’s literally how I’ve gotten everyone of my jobs during my professional career.
Went to a job fair senior year of college, saw an old classmate, struck up a conversation and that lead to my first job.
Then from there on out, exactly what you described. Just old coworkers recommending better places.
Honestly, the idea of applying for a job going in cold over the Internet sounds like a horrible experience.
It’s not too bad when you’ve got a license that’s in demand but without a license # to put in the box on the app it’s pretty rough. Was pretty rough for the unlicensed roles in my field but is decently easy with. This is reminding me to call back that recruiter in the morning that hubs convinced me to stay in-state because they gave me a follow-up call like a month later to ask if I’m still considering them and idw be too rude in case I do decide to move the year after next.
You may not consider yourself a good networker, but I think you must be. I’ve been working for over 20 years now and never got a single job because of a referral.
It does sound that way, but in my very limited experience it worked out rather well.
Current gig is the only one in my professional career where I didn’t get a foot in the door by word of mouth, and aside from it being scary, it wasn’t really that different. Got me a low 6 figure 100% remote work gig a few years back and I love it. But again, this is a sample size of 1.