Taylor Desseyn explains why cold applying rarely works and what to do instead: find openings on company LinkedIn pages, send personalized connection requests, and DM people directly. Focus on basic outreach before you apply.
What I'm seeing that works really well right now is if you go to a company's page on LinkedIn, see their jobs that are available, and then go to the company's page and start intentionally DMing people on the LinkedIn— LinkedIn requests. You know when you send a LinkedIn, you can add a note to your request, right? Who knows what I'm talking about? Raise your hand. You can add the note, right? Keep doing that, right? I just connected with AB over here, right? I literally just sent him a note because my ass is gonna forget. I want to connect with AD. I want to talk to AD later. Right. I'm telling you, the blocking and tackling of the job search right now is going to make you successful.
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