Looking for a Job Is Tough

Re:Looking for a Job Is Tough by PittleyDunkin on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @10:04PM (#42132721)

In my experience, even internal referrals barely give you an edge these days unless the referrer is quite high in the company org.

Of course things can change rapidly; perhaps the influx of ai-produced applications may bring this practice back.

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Re:Looking for a Job Is Tough by cj on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @10:22PM (#42132838)

Internal referrals won’t necessarily give you an edge, but they definitely nearly guarantee at least getting into the door.

At our company the (unwritten) policy is anyone who is referred internally will always get at least 1 shot at an interview even if the resume would been have otherwise been rejected. The bar isn’t lowered on merit, though.

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Re:Looking for a Job Is Tough by danielvaughn on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @10:35PM (#42132916)

Yep. Several months ago I leaned on a friend for a referral. This person is relatively well known in his industry. He’s written books and has spoke at a lot of conferences, and been interviewed by a lot of outlets. I got a personal referral from him, and I didn’t even get a phone call with a recruiter. Crazy.

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Re:Looking for a Job Is Tough by ghaff on Thursday November 14, 2024 @03:26PM (#42140810)

There's still a lot of luck of the draw.

It certainly helps if the person is the hiring manager or some skip-level of the hiring manager as opposed to just an industry "name."

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