Someone reached out on LinkedIn…”Hey do you remember me…I worked closely with some of your teammates back at Company XYZ…I’m interested at working at your new company. Can you give me a referral / connection?”
I don’t really know the person, but just know of them. Do you give them a referral to HR? Just pass along their name/email to HR? Nothing? How do you handle this…

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Pass along to HR but be transparent that you don’t know them well enough to vouch for them.

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