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Why your friend doesn't recommend you to some engineering manager? Technical people need you, not HR. Find other ways to get in. Here is my rank of a contact im
by imhoguy 8y ago
Why your friend doesn't recommend you to some engineering manager? Technical people need you, not HR. Find other ways to get in. Here is my rank of a contact importance:
1) Be an employee already - internal transfer, but needs to get any other role first.
2) Get personal recommendation by employee.
3) Be person known in industry - an author, contributor, speaker.
4) Be one who had first direct contact with company's
engineers - meetups, beer chat etc, tweeter chat, forums, Slack, github issues discussion.
5) One has common friends with company's employee but without personal recommendation.
6) University, prominent company alumni - MIT, FAANG, but also local universities included.
7) Proven agency contractor - recommended by trusted recruiter.
8) Stuffed LinkedIn profile - meat for recruiters and agencies.
9) Cold lead CV application sent to company's HR or recruitment agency.
Closer to 1st, they will less care about your schools in CV.