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> Find someone who works for the company (on their website, or linked-in, whatever). Tell them who you are, and ask if there's any jobs available. They'll proba
by nandemo 13y ago
> Find someone who works for the company (on their website, or linked-in, whatever). Tell them who you are, and ask if there's any jobs available. They'll probably send you to a hiring manager
Have you actually tried that? Did it work?
I tried getting an introduction 2 foreign tech companies in Japan. One from an ex-coworker and another from a friend of a friend. In both cases the position was not in their team, and they told me there was nothing they could do for me, I'd have to apply by sending my resume via the company's website. Which I did, and then got no response.
And these were people I know and am in good terms with, e.g. I have met person1 several times since he left the company, and have been to person2's place. I wouldn't even bother contacting a random person.
To be fair, I have managed to get introductions at 2 other companies, but in both cases they weren't highly-sought tech companies.
- xyzzy123 13y agoJapan I think might be tough for that. As an example of culture shock for me, I remember being introduced to X where they would name the most immediately recognizable company which X had worked for. That was the default. As opposed to say, who they worked for now, or their talents or achievements. More knowledgeable HNers can probably chime in here, but my impression is that in Japan particularly, respectability and credentialism are played very hard.
- tonyarkles 13y agoMy (admittedly limited, but not null) experience with Japanese business culture suggests that things may be a bit different there. From my understanding, it takes a very long time for trust between businesses (in my case), or between businesses and employees to be forged. The people you talked to may not have had enough pull yet to make anything happen outside of their own teams.
- nandemo 13y agoSorry if it wasn't clear, but I'm talking specifically about Japanese branches of foreign tech companies like Google and Facebook (though the actual companies were different). > My (admittedly limited, but not null) experience with Japanese business culture suggests that things may be a bit different there. On the contrary, if a Japanese company is hiring and I know someone who works there then I'm 99% sure my resume won't be redirected to /dev/null. Very likely I'll get an interview, otherwise at least a polite but human-written refusal letter.
- wisty 13y agoAs I said, the less broken the recruitment process, and the more desirable the company, the harder it is to create a backdoor. For most companies, recruitment is so broken that a lot of managers will try to hire staff in a way which avoids the formal recruitment process.