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> Also, why are the interviewees paying? It cannot be to pay me (the insider) cos that breaks many ethical and probably legal rules. Why?

by 0898 8y ago

aeontech 8y ago
Because that’s equivalent to bribery?
- dchhugani 8y ago
  I respect that this is a new way of doing things, but would disagree. With The Lobby, they're not obliged to give you a referral, a job, an interview or anything of the sort. They only get paid for their time and insights. Our thesis is that the "insider" has in their head (even in the junior-most roles) incredible insight into what it takes to land a job they have, how to position their story, what recruiting timelines are like and more. This information is not available online always. Sometimes, it's never posted online at all. For the most competitive roles, you tell your team and they tell their friends and a pile of resumes come in before any "outsider" has a chance to figure out they're even hiring.
  - aeontech 8y ago
    Oh, I was not personally saying that what you are doing is wrong, I was just replying to parent on how remuneration to an insider can be seen.
    - dchhugani 8y ago
      Got it, I misread that!
dchhugani 8y ago
To reiterate part of the above comment, we think that this is really life-changing insight and advice. It's definitely free to ask people for help on LinkedIn or go through your network but think of how inefficient and random that is. If I don't happen to be a 2nd degree connection of someone at the company and group I dream of working in, and they don't answer my cold email - then what do I do? Further - if you have interviews coming up, people with friends on the inside have a HUGE advantage in how to prepare. We think that should be accessible, and it's a paid service because as much as I'd like, most people won't do this for free unless it's for a friend or family member. I was one of those people who'd spend hours helping for free, but I could only help people who wanted to work in my specific team. When time came to refer them to someone else, it was really hard to get busy people to agree to do this.

> Also, why are the interviewees paying? It cannot be to pay me (the insider) cos that breaks many ethical and probably legal rules. Why?

by 0898 8y ago

> Also, why are the interviewees paying? It cannot be to pay me (the insider) cos that breaks many ethical and probably legal rules. Why?

aeontech 8y ago

Because that’s equivalent to bribery?

dchhugani 8y ago
I respect that this is a new way of doing things, but would disagree. With The Lobby, they're not obliged to give you a referral, a job, an interview or anything of the sort. They only get paid for their time and insights. Our thesis is that the "insider" has in their head (even in the junior-most roles) incredible insight into what it takes to land a job they have, how to position their story, what recruiting timelines are like and more. This information is not available online always. Sometimes, it's never posted online at all. For the most competitive roles, you tell your team and they tell their friends and a pile of resumes come in before any "outsider" has a chance to figure out they're even hiring.
- aeontech 8y ago
  Oh, I was not personally saying that what you are doing is wrong, I was just replying to parent on how remuneration to an insider can be seen.
  - dchhugani 8y ago
    Got it, I misread that!

dchhugani 8y ago

To reiterate part of the above comment, we think that this is really life-changing insight and advice. It's definitely free to ask people for help on LinkedIn or go through your network but think of how inefficient and random that is. If I don't happen to be a 2nd degree connection of someone at the company and group I dream of working in, and they don't answer my cold email - then what do I do? Further - if you have interviews coming up, people with friends on the inside have a HUGE advantage in how to prepare. We think that should be accessible, and it's a paid service because as much as I'd like, most people won't do this for free unless it's for a friend or family member. I was one of those people who'd spend hours helping for free, but I could only help people who wanted to work in my specific team. When time came to refer them to someone else, it was really hard to get busy people to agree to do this.