In this video Natalie Fisher explains how to secure a position at a company that isn’t publicly hiring. She introduces the metaphor of “planting seeds,” emphasizing that turnover creates future openings even when no job is listed. She advises job‑seekers to make strategic contacts with current or former employees, focusing on what the contact needs rather than making the outreach all about themselves. Fisher stresses the importance of being clear on one’s own value and communicating it to build a relationship that can lead to referrals or direct introductions to hiring managers. The process is presented as a gradual, relationship‑building effort that, over time, opens doors. Fisher also promotes a free workshop titled “How to Get Endless Opportunities in Your Job Hunt, Even If You Currently Have No Contacts,” which promises to cover common networking mistakes, a step‑by‑step success framework, templates, and tools for turning casual coffee meetings into genuine career‑advancing connections. The video ends with a call‑to‑action to like, subscribe, and visit her website.
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In this video, I'm talking about how to get into a company when there is no job on the table and when it doesn't look like they're hiring from the outside. So stay tuned. So the first thing is the concept of planting seeds. So what we do is we can plant seeds at a company even if there is no tree yet. So the tree being the job. So understanding that there is turnover all the time for various reasons— people get fired, people get let go, people quit, people move. Therefore, even if there's no opening right now, in the next few months there likely is going to be an opening, either sooner or later. So you need to understand and believe that that's going to be the case. Otherwise, you're not going to get yourself to make contact or even take steps towards that if you don't believe there's a possibility there for you at some point. Number 2, make contacts with people who either work there now or have worked there before. So the biggest mistake that people make is they'll reach out and they'll make it all about them. So they'll out to someone who works there now or used to work there, and they're not going to get a very high response rate when they're making it all about them. So you need to consider the person who you're reaching out to, what they need, and what would be in it for them to respond to you. So why would they respond to you? What's in it for them to help you out? So the third thing, get clear on your value. Even if there's no job yet, your goal is to make contact with someone working there so you can show them the value that you could bring and create a relationship with that person. And then that has them wanting to help you and pass your resume along to a hiring manager or someone who will be able to bring you in for an interview. Now, it doesn't have to happen right away, but you're planting the seeds, and eventually you plant enough seeds and these things will start to grow. So this is how doors get opened each and every day. And a lot of people don't believe it's possible, maybe because it hasn't happened for you yet, you haven't seen it. But if you want to see some examples of people who have done this and how you could do it, I have a free workshop for you. If you're asking me, yes, but I want the strategy, tell me what to say to people? Tell me how to find them. Tell me what to ask them. Well, there's a lot to cover, which I couldn't cover in this short video. So to learn more about exactly how to start to access the hidden job opportunities, how to get into companies that are not seemingly hiring right now, sign up for the free workshop. It's called How to Get Endless Opportunities in Your Job Hunt, Even If You Currently Have No Contacts. On this workshop, you're going to get the 3 biggest mistakes people make when they try networking for a job, the 4 things you need to do to be successful when networking specifically for a job in mind, the exact template that I use to get opportunities without sounding desperate or graspy or needy. I'm also going to teach you the 3 tools when used together create a powerful synergistic strategy that opens doors for you every single day, and how to take a relationship from a casual coffee into a real connection inspired to help you. All you need to do is click below and sign up for that workshop. It's going to be sent to your inbox immediately once you sign up so you start watching it right away. I look forward to seeing you on that training. If this video resonated with you, give me a thumbs up and subscribe to the channel. Find me over at nataliefisher.ca. If you want to check out more content from me, feel free to check out the website or watch another video. I will see you on that workshop or in the next video. Cool, bye!
