[wplug-jobs] Tips on conducting a stealth job search

[Zachary Uram]

Thanks Pat and Greg!


On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 3:00 PM, greg simkins <gregsimkins at me.com> wrote:

> Hi Zachary,
>
> Check out http://www.papen.us/Default.aspx
>
> The people continually change, but I found PAPEN to be enormously helpful
> when I was looking for work.
>
> Greg
>
> Sent from Pittsburgh via my iPhone 5S
>
> On Jan 9, 2015, at 2:47 PM, Zachary Uram <netrek at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Pat that is very interesting. How exactly does one acquire these personal
> contacts?
>
> Zach
>
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Pat Barron <pat at lectroid.com> wrote:
>
>> The best way I've found to handle this is by personal networking -
>> contacting people you think might have connections in the specific area you
>> want to work in, and making discreet inquiries.  Just be sure to make it
>> clear that you don't want the candidate's identity made widely known.  This
>> is a common kind of situation, and people understand it.
>>
>> It's crucial to build connections for this type of search in advance,
>> before such a need arises - that way, you already have people to talk to
>> when the need presents itself, and you don't need to scramble around
>> searching in a situation where time may be a factor.  If you don't already
>> have the appropriate connections before you even start the search, it may
>> already be too late.
>>
>> My own experience is that most of the best jobs are found in exactly this
>> way - by personal networking.  The usefulness of searching via things like
>> job postings is often limited.  Frequently, either a job posting
>> (particularly one that's been posted for a long time) is looking for the
>> mythical "pink squirrel" that they're probably never going to find (and the
>> current wisdom seems to be that it's better to leave a job unfilled until
>> you find the absolutely "perfect candidate", rather than hiring someone
>> who's smart and could pick up the necessary skills quickly, but doesn't
>> have the exact "pink squirrel" laundry list that's being sought), or else
>> by the time a posting goes up the employer already knows exactly who
>> they're going to hire and there's only a job posting in the first place
>> because the employer has company policy or legal requirements to post the
>> job, but they don't intend to hire (or even interview) anyone who "applies"
>> for it, because it's effectively already filled....
>>
>> --Pat.
>>
>> On 1/7/2015 1:25 PM, John Lewis wrote:
>>
>>> Do you have any tips on conducting a successful stealth job search?
>>>
>>> One of the WPLUG board members may want to work closer to a certain
>>> hacker space.
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