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Not Hearing Back On Job Applications? Some Career Consultants Suggest A Bold New Tactic
With recruiters getting hundreds of DMs, a better way to get noticed at a small company may be by reaching out to its CEO.
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The Lede
Career consultants are pushing a bold new strategy for tech candidates: Skip the recruiter DMs and go straight to the CEO. In today's highly competitive tech job market, candidates are looking for ways to stand out and differentiate themselves in the application process. Business Insider spoke to career coaches in the tech space to hear about why candidates may want to try this new tactic.
Key Details
- Katie McIntyre is a career coach and a coowner of CareerSprout who told BI that in the current employer-driven market, applications have largely become "irrelevant."
- Candidates who get in front of an executive have a better chance of explaining the nuances of what they do. This can also be effective when a worker hasn't been in an AI-specific role before but has other experiences.
- Some career coaches expressed mixed feelings about this new tactic despite being approached about it by clients.
