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referral and communityReferrals and professional communities
Getting an employee at the target company, an alumnus or ex-colleague to refer you rather than applying cold.
- Best for
- Anyone whose portal applications go unanswered, and experienced or senior candidates.
- Not ideal for
- People with no network in their target field yet; it takes time to build.
- Cost to job seekers
- Free
What we could verify
- A 2018 LinkedIn post said nearly half of recruiters named referrals as their leading source of quality hires. [linkedin.com]
- The same post claimed that candidates who ask for a referral and then apply are four times more likely to hear back from that company's recruiter (LinkedIn's own figure). [linkedin.com]
- LinkedIn says job seekers most often report first learning about a job through someone they knew. [news.linkedin.com]
Things to know
The statistics are LinkedIn's, from 2018, and not India-specific. Alumni groups, college WhatsApp groups and community Slack/Discord servers also work but vary widely in quality.