Targeted Bets: An alternative approach to the job hunt

Re:Targeted Bets: An alternative approach to the job hunt by johnnyanmac on Monday January 19, 2026 @08:24PM (#46686758)

Never spam a company, I agree. If you're going to "circumvent", pick one or two (and honestly, even 2 is pushing it) contacts you know the most and email them. And make sure they are at least related to the department you're going into unless it's an director/executive person (I'm not much more effective in getting someone a sales role as you would be going to the online portal). Anymore than that and you won't be seen any differently from a spam caller.

The goal is to personalize, not spray and pray all at one company.

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Re:Targeted Bets: An alternative approach to the job hunt by antonymoose on Monday January 19, 2026 @09:23PM (#46687142)

If these candidates had some type of meaningful reach-out I would at least give them the time of day - but if you send me and 15 colleagues a generic, templates email in just comes off as lazy and a waste of our time. Considering our head of HR has to draft a memo on how to handle such candidates it truly morphed into a non-trivial situation for the firm.

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