I just had an pre-screening interview with recruiter, I see the same job posted by an employee of the company on LinkedIn, I have 2 mutual connections.. should I message him directly and talk about the opportunity or talk to my mutual connections.. if yes, in both cases - what do I say professionally?

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Talk to your connects. Let them know the situation and ask if they can put in a good word for you. Also ask them if it's OK to drop their names and your relations with them to the person you interview with. This goes well and it could very well seal the deal for you. Best of luck. Keep us updated. You got this.

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Thanks , that's helpful..

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I disagree with IBM1 about not reaching out directly to the employee who posted. If they put it out there, it wouldn't be unexpected or inappropriate for people to respond. Asking your contacts to make the intro for you puts them in an awkward spot and slows down the process. It also shows you're not confident enough to make the introduction yourself. In this brutally competitive market you need to leverage every opportunity at your disposal. Having mutual contacts is a good way to spark up an intro. More than likely that person isn't the hiring manager, they're probably just promoting for their team, but see if you can get them to forward your resume to the right person internally. You might also mention how you know the mutual contacts and what your work relationship was with them and that they'd probably be willing to be a referral. Who knows, maybe the person who posted the job would end up being your teammate, so trying to establish a rapport can only help you.

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I would not reach out directly to the employee, as D1 said, have your connections reach out on your behalf first, amd directly ask fkr an introduction.

In this market it's tine to be bold and differentiate.

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Yep. Also looks way better with someone independently making intros for you vs showing you did all kinds of asking and such. Having them connect for you is more organic.

Reach out to connections they will remove the recruiters extra money. That’s more of a direct referral. Bonus would go directly to them. Recruiters it’s no loyalty.

I been there, none of my connectors help me at all, if you passed pre-screening, good luck.

Talk to the connects for sure

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