Job Application Protocol
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Job Application Protocol
I should know this, but...
Applied for a job online directly to the employing company on their website. I've determined (I think) who the head of recruitment of the company is, via LinkedIn. Too pushy to re-send my application directly to him?
Applied for a job online directly to the employing company on their website. I've determined (I think) who the head of recruitment of the company is, via LinkedIn. Too pushy to re-send my application directly to him?
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Re: Job Application Protocol
I wouldn't cold call with the CV again. I would just delete the email - better to invite him out for a nice warm latte.
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Re: Job Application Protocol
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Re: Job Application Protocol
BTW...Bahtat, don't do what the Indian feller just did to me. Email replying at 4pm yesterday. Send again at 9am today. Phone the office and speak to the nice Filipina lady and scream asking why she wants to know your name, then scream demanding to be transferred...that's not cool
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Re: Job Application Protocol
Thankes. Nevere knewe aboute thate extrae 'e'.
BTW...Bahtat, don't do what the Indian feller just did to me. Email replying at 4pm yesterday. Send again at 9am today. Phone the office and speak to the nice Filipina lady and scream asking why she wants to know your name, then scream demanding to be transferred...that's not cool
BTW...Bahtat, don't do what the Indian feller just did to me. Email replying at 4pm yesterday. Send again at 9am today. Phone the office and speak to the nice Filipina lady and scream asking why she wants to know your name, then scream demanding to be transferred...that's not cool
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Re: Job Application Protocol
Thanks all. Was just going to do it, only to discover that I'm only a 2nd degree (non) contact with the HR guy on LinkedIn, and can't get his email address. Searched the rest of the internet for it, including the company's website, and can't find it or the format they use. Could, of course, try every likely combination (somewhat complicated in that he uses an abbreviated first name).
Any suggestions how to find out what a company's email address structure is when their website and employees' details seem to be very well protected?
Any suggestions how to find out what a company's email address structure is when their website and employees' details seem to be very well protected?
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Thanks all. Was just going to do it, only to discover that I'm only a 2nd degree (non) contact with the HR guy on LinkedIn, and can't get his email address. Searched the rest of the internet for it, including the company's website, and can't find it or the format they use. Could, of course, try every likely combination (somewhat complicated in that he uses an abbreviated first name).
Any suggestions how to find out what a company's email address structure is when their website and employees' details seem to be very well protected?
Any suggestions how to find out what a company's email address structure is when their website and employees' details seem to be very well protected?
If I were you, I would send him a linkedin invite - with a message saying that you are interested in a role and you would like to meet for coffee. Shows the same level of initiative and if he responds and you meet for a drink you will gain a lot more traction than punting in a CV to an unknown email address.
I've just finished reviewing 300 CVs. I have 4 I'm willing to interview + 3 given to me that I 'must' interview. CVs, I would add, that I would have screened - such is the power of a coffee and a bit of initiative...
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Re: Job Application Protocol
Thanks all. Was just going to do it, only to discover that I'm only a 2nd degree (non) contact with the HR guy on LinkedIn, and can't get his email address. Searched the rest of the internet for it, including the company's website, and can't find it or the format they use. Could, of course, try every likely combination (somewhat complicated in that he uses an abbreviated first name).
Any suggestions how to find out what a company's email address structure is when their website and employees' details seem to be very well protected?
Any suggestions how to find out what a company's email address structure is when their website and employees' details seem to be very well protected?
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Re: Job Application Protocol
Thanks all. Was just going to do it, only to discover that I'm only a 2nd degree (non) contact with the HR guy on LinkedIn, and can't get his email address. Searched the rest of the internet for it, including the company's website, and can't find it or the format they use. Could, of course, try every likely combination (somewhat complicated in that he uses an abbreviated first name).
Any suggestions how to find out what a company's email address structure is when their website and employees' details seem to be very well protected?
Any suggestions how to find out what a company's email address structure is when their website and employees' details seem to be very well protected?
Fred Smith might be [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] etc etc............. one of them will get through, and he probably won't notice that he was a 'bcc' recipient. My system at work doesn't highlight that.
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Re: Job Application Protocol
FedEx.