how people are actually landing jobs right now #techjobs

7 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief segment of a YouTube video, two speakers discuss effective job‑search tactics. Speaker A emphasizes that early‑career contacts often re‑emerge later in the search, so job seekers must stay persistent in nurturing those relationships. Speaker B reinforces this by sharing that almost every interview he secured came from a former or close connection—people who knew his skills and could personally vouch for him beyond a simple reference. The core message is that maintaining and leveraging existing professional relationships is a critical driver of interview opportunities and hires.

A lot of times the people you talk to at the beginning of your career, of your job search, are typically the ones, in my opinion, that usually come back around, but it doesn't happen immediately, which is why you have to stay at it.
Almost every interview that I got in my search came from a former connection, a close connection, either a former coworker or somebody that I was close with, that were— that they knew who I was, they knew my skill set, and were able to vouch for me. Beyond just a reference. And that's, that's an important thing.