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What’s in this letter 📧
How to find the contact information for people that could refer you or otherwise advocate on your behalf when applying to your target employer.
If you haven’t come up with a list of target employers yet, be sure to check out Issue #014 of The Job Seeker’s Gazette before reading this.
How to find contact info for people that’ll
In last week’s issue of JSG (Issue #014), I discussed how to come up with a targeted list of employers using Steve Dalton’s LAMP method. To recap, you want a targeted list of employers (as opposed to randomly applying) because:
You’re actually interested in working for them
They’re more likely to respond
They have job opportunities that are relevant to what you’re looking for
Ensures higher quality job prospects
Once you come up with your shortlist of 5-10 companies, you’ll want to find 1-2 contacts at those companies that will either vouch for you by referral, or put you in contact with someone that can. In Issue #008 of this newsletter, I provide detailed steps on using LinkedIn to do this.
Today, I'm going to talk about three methods that you can use to find the contact information of someone you think could advocate on your behalf.
LinkedIn Groups
If you and your target contact have a group in common on LinkedIn, you’ll be able to message them freely (as opposed to having to use InMail credits).
The key is to search them through the group’s directory as opposed to searching for them through LinkedIn’s search bar.
LinkedIn Profiles
A lot of people list their email addresses directly on their profiles, either in the summary/about me section, or in the contact info section, which can be accessed by clicking the “Contact Info” button.
If this method doesn’t work (i.e., they don’t have their email listed on their profile), you could either spend the InMail credits to message them directly through LinkedIn, or try to find their email through an email finder.
Email Finding Services
Email is still one of the best ways of reaching out and it yields great response rates (a lot of people respond to email).
For that reason, spending a little time to find someone’s email address can really pay off.
Currently, my two favourite sites for finding an email: hunter.io and mailscoop. What I love about hunter is that it scrapes the web for all potential email addresses under an organization’s domain and then it’ll allow you to search for and ping potential emails to find the right one.
And that’s a wrap! Come back next week to learn how to write a cold email when reaching out to potential references!
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