Came across a job listing for a company I love. I found the director the role reports to on LinkedIn and he just posted about the position 2 hrs ago. Feels like I should pounce on it.. thoughts on reaching out directly? Or just go thru standard application process?

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Posting as :
works at
You are currently posting as works at

If they werent open to people reaching out directly they shouldn’t be posting/sharing about it on their profile. Reach out.

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So true!

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Directly

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Fully agree

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Yes I would reach out because the worst they can say is no. And if you just apply online there’s a chance that you just get filtered out

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Direct! I did the same thing and he scheduled a meeting with me the same week (convo went well and he asked me to formally apply after.) A post/share = open DM’s 😊

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Depends.. some folks are tolerant to that others aren’t. So you have any indication that he’d be open to it? Do you have mutual connections to this person? If so could you ask them to make an intro?


There’s also a middle ground of identifying someone at this company and then asking for an intro/referral.

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