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My very first job wasn't a connection, obviously. I was fresh out of college. This was long before online portfolios. I created a mini book, color copied it 100 times, and wrote 100 letters by hand to 100 agencies. I got 25 replies. 7 interviews. 2 job offers. You have to really hustle at the start.

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every job i’ve taken is from a connection.

internship was reco from a professor. every agency job from there on was someone who i previously worked with, went to another agency, then a few months later, either reached out to me or i reached out to them and found out they liked it, then i got a job there, through them.

half of my team is the same way (a dozen out of 20 or so), brought in because someone else on the team knew them.

networking is just whomever you know. it’s as important as your book.

NOTE: i’ve had quite a few interviews/offers from places i had no connection at. every time, i took the connection gig. something about the familiarity i think. you can vet it better.

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Can’t remember the last job I got without a connection. Maybe my first one?

Connection for current job.

First ad job came because the person hiring left his phone number in the posting. I called two weeks after the posting and asked if the position was still open.

They scheduled me to come in for an interview immediately and I got hired after not hearing back for a month. I was apparently the only one who thought to call that whole time the posting was up.

Connection

Recruiter

Online

1 connections, 1 inbound linkedin

Connection and connection...

A recruiter that messaged like a bot.

Online.

LinkedIn

recruiter

Connection (I knew the recruiter from a previous career fair) but I interviewed and met CDs and they all liked me. Role wasn’t open anymore so months later, recruiter reached out to me that there was a role open again. Met more people. Got the job

Recruiter

I’m still at my first job but mine was through a connection as well. Seems like over half the people here got their jobs through connections and many through recruiters.

Good to know for my job search 💁🏻

Connections.

1. Company recruiter
2. External recruiter
3. Connection got my resume to recruiting

Connections

Networking, reaching out directly to department leadership

Connection. One of my design professors was a retired ECD, a few days after we graduated he shot me a text asking if I wanted a job and the next day I got a call from the agency with an offer. No interview or anything.

So yea connection matter

Resume at a career fair 😆

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