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PSA: Job hunting is not about applying to 87 places online, it's about who you know from 2005
Back in 2005 I got my first real job at a print shop in Portland because my neighbor's cousin needed someone who could lift boxes, and last month I got a $9,000 contract the same way, through a guy I played softball with a decade ago. People act like cold applying on job boards is the only way now, but in my experience the good gigs still come from actual humans who remember you showed up on time, and I have watched friends send out 60 resumes with zero replies while I texted one old coworker and had an interview by Friday. So my real question is, do you still keep in touch with old coworkers and bosses, or did you let those connections die because you thought LinkedIn likes were enough?
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brian_jackson10d ago
How often do you actually reach out though, like do you have a system or is it just when you randomly cross paths? I ask because I moved across the country in 2018 and basically lost touch with everyone from my old warehouse job, and now I would not even know how to start that text without it feeling weird. Do you send a quick hey how are you every few months, or do you wait until you need something? And when you do ask for a lead, how upfront are you about it? That part always trips me up because I do not want to be the guy who only shows up when he wants a favor.
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