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Hi fishes, I am Faraz, currently working as a System Administrator for Go Daddy under Genpact India Pvt. Ltd. I hold a total experience of more than 4.5 years in the Core technical support, Microsoft Azure, cloud computing, service now, active directory etc etc. Kindly assist in finding a role that best suits my skills.
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Job-Hunting reach-out to VC from previous fundraising effort for own startup
I have e-mail archive from 1y ago of my reach-out to 65 VCs in London: we had video calls, they might remember me still, who knows.
I want to send a reply/forward message to the same e-mail thread from abc@gmail.com, saying that I am looking for roles within their VC firm. Is that a good idea?
Or shall I just start new email thread and mention how I know them?
Had a bad showing for case interview about a month ago. I knew the material i just straight up had a bad day. Took feedback in exit interview and feel prepared to reapply for a different role with no cool off time… should I still wait or shoot my shot?
Asking as I am curious if my app will be flagged as I just applied to another role recently.EY-Parthenon
Was scheduled for an interview today for a Director pos. early morning I get a Reschedule request to next Wednesday but I cannot make it due to personal commitment .
Called recuit mgr.to let him know and he tells me the director is very busy as she’s the IT. Dir for the whole org.politely asked him to send her availability other than next Haven’t received anything since then . Wondering if such co. Is worth pursuing that doesn’t value others time and that too a replacement pos for the same busy role 🥹
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Keep it short. Like painfully short. I reached out to a recruiter on LinkedIn last year with basically "Hi, I saw you recruit for [company]. I'm interested in [role type] and think my background in X is a strong fit. Would you be open to a quick chat?" Got a response within 2 days. They get hundreds of messages. Don't make yours a pain to read and it might stand out.
Write them a professional email expressing your interest. Be concise, it's not time yet to tell your life story. Try to set up a meeting or phone call or at least a deeper correspondence. If you can tell them one or two reasons why you think you're a good fit for the company, that should be sufficient to break the ice.
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Third party recruiters normally only work with requisitions sent by companies to find candidates although there are some that can be on the client's site.
The best thing I can suggest would be to set up a profile on the company's career page as well as keep your eyes out for job postings on the company's page and also on job boards as well as if you are able to network to see if you can find out if the company has a specific placement agency that does their candidate searching.
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It doesn’t hurt to try —don’t be surprised if they ghost you. Recruiters these days are worse than HR they are only there to help the company, not the individual (especially if there isn’t anything in it for them).