Hi,
I'm on a job search right now (USA, full stack developer) and have learned a lot about what works:
Is this the best way to do it or is there a better way? Thank you
I'm on a job search right now (USA, full stack developer) and have learned a lot about what works:
- Emailing people at the company asking to be referred to the hiring person has resulted in way more interviews compared to applying.
- But there's a catch. When I email say three contacts, I get a lot of referrals and it pumps my number of interviews that much more. But I also get a fair amount of spam notices from the email server.
- I could email only one contact per company to avoid the spam issue. But then my response is also cut to about 1/3 (less chance of being referred by any one person).
- My current workaround has been to email from 5 different gmail accounts. It's been okay so far since any one account only sends maybe 30 to 50 emails per day. But I think eventually these gmails will stopped delivering into inboxes, due to spam complains.
Is this the best way to do it or is there a better way? Thank you