When you know where you want to work, who do you reach out to first — the hr/talent/recruiter or directly to the CD or ECD depending on level? Or both?

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I usually reach out to the recruiter. But I seem to have had better experiences with recruiters than most of the folks I see on this app, based on their stories

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The founder or c-suite level. It usually is a good way to get a ping to who deals with talent acquisition.

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I’ve reached out to 8 CCOs and ECDs who I knew personally, 5 of whom I am friendly with and who were impressed with my work. Each one referred me to their internal recruiter who barely bothered to have a half-assed conversation and then stopped returning my emails, so for me the “hey old pal” route was a big failure.

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