Michelle PerchukTrusted Career Architect for Distinguished Professionals

Re Activate your Network

18 Dec 2024

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This is a YouTube video titled "Re Activate your Network" containing a dialogue between two speakers discussing strategies for reviving professional contacts and leveraging recruiter relationships to secure job interviews. The conversation focuses on networking and job search tactics, recorded in December 2024.

At your suggestion, I applied to highly regarded credit union agencies in the industry.
Okay.
And I had applied to an agency called Humanity that I had used previously and apply directly to a recruiter that I had used in the past who gave me three interviews at three different credit unions and had gotten me to the latter stages of each interview. When I applied to him, he immediately responded and gave me this opportunity.
Okay. So let me just say this again. On our last strategy session, we went through all of your contacts, and I had made recommendations. Go call this one. Go call that one. Send your new updated resume to kind of revive your former connections. And part of that exercise, you revive this relationship with obviously, this really good recruiter. I'm sure that you put him through the jewel system. The job description, tell me how long the job has been open and you revive this relationship. He knew you well and he presented you for a new opportunity.
And that is correct.
Very good. So the idea is that you revive this relationship. You haven't spoken to them for a while. You gave them a call. You said, I'm available. Here's my new updated resume. What do you got from me? And it worked.
Yes, it did.
Very good. I'm very happy.