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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?
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It’s not what you know, but who you know. Sad and true at a lot of places. Whenever somebody comes in with no clue, I try and figure out who they knew because more times than not, that’s what got them the job.
It really is, and it would be one thing if the person kind of knew what they were doing, but they don’t. And it falls to the rest of us to get them along.
Yeah, bias in hiring is more common than people admit. A friend of mine was passed over for someone clearly less qualified just because they were close to the manager. It’s disheartening, but sadly not surprising anymore. Did he actually end up hiring her or the friend?
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He ended up hiring his friend! I tried to see if there was a way we could employ them both but it was a clear no. Such a shame, we’ve missed out there
It's extremely common. Sadly, who you know tends to matter a lot more in this industry than what you know. It's unfair, but it's normal.
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That kinda sad to hear to be honest! It should be purely about how good you are at the job, not who you know! That’s crazy
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This is “merit” based hiring at its finest