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LakeBanana
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LinkedIn chasing a partner?
Is it a good idea to chase a partner for a job application on LinkedIn? Anyone has done that?
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FND
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Re: LinkedIn chasing a partner?
great way to get rejectedLakeBanana wrote:Is it a good idea to chase a partner for a job application on LinkedIn? Anyone has done that?
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papermateflair
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Re: LinkedIn chasing a partner?
Is this the only contact information you have for the partner? If you have an email, you should definitely use that instead. And it's probably not a good idea to "chase" a partner for an application regardless of the medium - sending one follow-up email after an initial conversation is fine, but if you've already reached out and heard nothing, I wouldn't keep at it, unless there's another information we're missing.
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shock259
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Re: LinkedIn chasing a partner?
If they aren't responding to your emails, hard to see them responding to your LinkedIn messages or whatever.
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Anonesq
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Re: LinkedIn chasing a partner?
No. 
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Ohiobumpkin
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Re: LinkedIn chasing a partner?
Stalking has a low success rate as far as successful job search strategies go.
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texas1100
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Re: LinkedIn chasing a partner?
Actually not a terrible idea. Do you have LinkedIN Gold?
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acr
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Re: LinkedIn chasing a partner?
Depends on how you go about it.
The partner probably won't hire you anyway - so you have nothing to lose.
The worst they can do is ignore the message, or say no. Even if they say: "hey, weirdo, stop stalking me, thanks", there's no skin off your back.
People on this forum seem to have a weirdly risk-averse approach to the job search.
I would go for it - but don't send some message that sounds robotic. Try to establish a personal connection, or research some work that the partner has done specifically, and talk about that.
The partner probably won't hire you anyway - so you have nothing to lose.
The worst they can do is ignore the message, or say no. Even if they say: "hey, weirdo, stop stalking me, thanks", there's no skin off your back.
People on this forum seem to have a weirdly risk-averse approach to the job search.
I would go for it - but don't send some message that sounds robotic. Try to establish a personal connection, or research some work that the partner has done specifically, and talk about that.
