How To Reach Out To A Recruiter - Coaching Moment

Welcome to Coaching Moment. This is a series where the Work It Daily team will sit down and give you some straight-talk advice on comments we're getting here on YouTube.

In today's episode, JT O'Donnell addresses how to you should reach out to recruiters via LinkedIn and email.

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[Bluenickelz]

Amazing tip - I just reached out to an employee at a company for which I want to work, and they are going to talk to the company's recruiters tomorrow for me!

[Om.Dandale]

Thanks JT for I think this will really help a lot

[billd]

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Thanks!

[tadiosnyamuziwa]

Honestly I didn't know where to start. As always, thanks JT for the advice.

[lisavolpe]

Great advice, common sense and just plain good ol fashion common courtesy.

[MrRickalba]

Quick question, people between inside the company wouldnt be saying you're spamming them?

[Danisimonecouture]

How do you even know that that person is the recruiter? At the company I’m interested in I’ve noticed that there are several individuals that work in the HR department and I’m wondering if it’s OK to simply reach out to the person I’m connected with right now and say “thanks for connecting with me, I’m just looking for the name of the person in charge of hiring to address my cover letter to. Can you help me with this?” The woman may be the person but I have no way of knowing.

[felix]

Hi JT, could you tell us how recruiters search for candidates? I know that some people they are amazing at what they are doing but did not get any recruiters to approach them and some others were the opposite. I am guessing it's all about how you present yourself on LinkedIn, for example key words etc.. How can we appear more on LinkedIn and how can we tell which recruiters are the right one to talk to? Thanks!

[嵐影湖光-rz]

Would you happen to have any additional tips on how to be articulate? I would like to know how to enhance my communication skills. You seem like someone with that skill, actually.

[Machi]

This interesting because if by recruiter you mean someone in a company's HR department, I was trained to take special steps to run around an entire HR department to find a hiring manager in the area you want to work in.

[AbdulRahman-knzw]

How to identify who is a recruiter on a linkedin?

[abazarhagelsheikh]

Hi J.T, do you think I can send a recruiter an email by same idea if didn’t respond via linkedin ?

[lanamoli]

Hi! I have a friend who gave me names of recruiters that work for different companies in her field that have contacted her before. When I contact these recruiters, should I mention my friend's name even if she doesnt work in the same company as the recruiter? Or is that rude?

[chrisroach]

Recruiters need to stay within their industry and learn it. Sometimes they come across as very dumb

[thegamingkitchen]

Recruiters have my resume but contact me to ask me about my career experience. Theyre a waste of time.