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.
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.
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.