Can someone advise on how to pursue coffee chats for the sole purpose of getting a referral? Do you cold-email on LinkedIn?

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If the goal is to get an interview, I’d recommend you move your focus from just referrals to actually learning about the organization.

Over the past month, I’ve sent cold LinkedIn messages to 30 people and gotten 6 responses. 1 led to a referral and another led to an interview. The one that led me to an interview was a cold message to the hiring manager where I asked for a brief call and shared my resume. After the call, I immediately got an interview request from the recruiter. The referral I got hasn’t even got me to an interview.

In summary, during your cold outreach focus on trying to learn more about the organization and if there’s an open role, focus on trying to learn more about the role. If you are speaking to the right people (like the hiring manager) you can be taken directly into the interview process even if you don’t have a referral. In the current market, referrals don’t really matter- you need to get in-front of the hiring manager or people who can influence them.

Get creative and figure out who they are and ask for 15mins of their time to learn more about the role. Goodluck

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Yes I did. I just completed round 2 interview today

start with alumni from your school and current company on LinkedIn.

send them a message and say hey I came across this role at XXX. I saw you were a fellow YYY alumni, and wanted to see if you’d be open to chat about your time at XXX And if you were open to a referral.”

Most companies offer a referral bonus so if you’re a qualified candidate and are reaching out to alumni, you’ll get a lot better response rate.

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