The Changes To Make If The Recruiter Ignores You

The Changes To Make If The Recruiter Ignores You The Changes To Make If The Recruiter Ignores You I received the following inbox on LinkedIn: “Hello. My name is Joe Blow and I work in marketing, sales, and business development in the greater Philadelphia area. I see that you’re local to me, and I was wondering if you know of any connections who may possibly be helpful to me in my next career move? Thank you for your time.” I’m going to tell you right now: that’s an email that got ignored. If you write to a recruiter or any LinkedIn contact any version of a message that smells like this, you’re going to get ignored too. And you should. Let me provide an explanation that I hope will prevent you from skipping unawares down the same wrong path. Remember That LinkedIn Is A Social Network The 1st rule of thumb on this platform is: be sociable. What you would do in the real world on earth, is very likely what you should do on LinkedIn. How well would you be received if you walked up to a stranger at a networking event and immediately said your expertise is A, B, and C, and do they know anyone you should speak to? More importantly, how well would YOU receive a person who approached you that way? Demonstrate that you care about some fact that has something to do with the person you’re approaching. Take a moment to review their profile and identify some commonality or point of interest. Doing so goes a long way to warming people up before you go for the jugular and ask for something. Speaking of which… Don’t Ask For Anything Just don’t. Especially if the person doesn’t know you from Adam. Here again, put yourself in the other person’s shoes. Recruiters are busy human beings â€" just like YOU! When the 1st thing you see from a stranger is a request, how motivated do you feel to jump up and fulfill that request? Take on the same mindset that you have on Facebook or Twitter. On those platforms when people are having conversations, you can jump right in and say whatever is relevant. That natural process can happen on LinkedIn as well. Recruiters constantly post job opportunities directly in their normal news feeds. And you know what’s beautiful about that? The comments section. Make a comment. I’d rather see you do that then go barreling through a stranger’s inbox. It’s Give & Take. But Pretend It’s Just Give I like to know that someone’s interested in something that’s interesting and relevant to me, as opposed to pushing their marketing messages on me or immediately expecting me to fulfill their requests. So, do you know what you have to give to a recruiter? Value. Tell the recruiter exactly what you can do in a specific position the recruiter is filling right now. Make it short, sweet, and to the point. When you approach the recruiter this way, it softens up your eventual request, because he or she can see the value in pursuing a conversation with you. These simple changes to the LinkedIn messages you send recruiters can change your job search 180 degrees. When you’re sociable, don’t go in on the ask immediately, and give value, I promise that you stand far above the other 500 people THAT DAY who are sending recruiters tone deaf messages.