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>I've always gotten roles through networking. LinkedIn IS made exactly for that. You should never blind apply to a job ad you see on LinkedIn, it is a feature
by mamonster 4y ago
>I've always gotten roles through networking.
LinkedIn IS made exactly for that. You should never blind apply to a job ad you see on LinkedIn, it is a feature that they added for no real reason other than to cannibalize job websites.
You should be using LinkedIn in mainly 2 ways:
1)As a way to connect to recruiters.
2)As a way to connect to people in companies that you want to work for.
From my experience, for anything beyond junior/entry level jobs nowadays the number of job applicants doesn't matter at all, i.e no difference between 50 people applying or 200. As long as there are 10 candidates who came through recruiters or via networking/personal recs you will likely not get the job as an "outsider" going through the job application corridor.
All of the above is my experience in finance, would be willing to bet it's the same thing in tech.
- efields 4y agoThank you! This is illuminating.
- gardenhedge 4y agoFor 2), are you just adding people on LinkedIn and sending them a message?
- mamonster 4y agoBasically yes. In finance this is considered to be pretty normal AFAIK. Maybe not directly sending them a message immediately after adding them, but in general people try to add other people from big shops(Goldman, MS, UBS, big hedge funds, market makers,etc.) and then once they want to start exploring a move it isn't really that uncommon to be able to reach out. If you announce yourself that you are leaving a company and looking for something new you might not even have to go looking yourself.