Then, cast a far - reaching net to build out your network (online and off - line) with fresh faces, including executive recruiters and people
working at your target companies.
Introduce yourself to a hiring
manager at a target company where you want to work and ask for an informational meeting in person or on the phone.
Tap employees at various professional
levels at your target companies and others in your network for informational interviews, to help you with company research and market intelligence.
In these final days of 2015 when so many assume it is a quiet hiring period, ramp up your activities to attract attention from executive recruiters and
influencers at your target companies.
Direct Mail: Open
doors at a target company or organization and promote yourself, your expertise and your unique value - add as a highly qualified addition to the executive team.
You're working on (or should be) connecting with your network to uncover job leads and the hiring decision
makers at your target companies with whom you need to connect.
Identify
people at your target companies, or those associated with them, to whom you'll send your letter, with attached resume or other appropriate materials.
Executive recruiters and hiring decision makers
at your target companies rely heavily on LinkedIn when they're sourcing and assessing executive job candidates.
Research corporate and college alumni connections using other social media channels, online college / corporate alumni databases you have access to as an alum and good old fashion internet research (Boolean searches) looking for
alumni at target companies and leverage those connections, where possible.
Of course, both of these choices should be accompanied by a specific and properly formatted cover letter, showing the HR
professional at your target company why you would be great at the job.
Maybe you are friendly with
someone at the target company's social media agency or on its digital marketing team, and that someone is a colleague of the decision - makers and can sniff around for «inside information» on your behalf.
Customers can then use the award - winning DiscoverOrg platform to find verified direct dial phone numbers and email addresses for the right contacts
at the target companies most likely to purchase.
In parallel with lobbying for this key legislation, proponents of «say on pay» have also filed non-binding shareholder
proposals at targeted companies and have taken a proactive approach to the «say on pay» initiative.
While it may not be considered appropriate to send a friend request to a stranger on Facebook, LinkedIn is the ideal medium for connecting with professionals who work
at your target company without ever meeting them in person.
Don't forget that executive recruiters and hiring decision makers
at your target companies want to get a feel for what you're like to work with and how you will fit their corporate culture.
You need to build a network of
supporters at your target companies so that when the perfect opportunity is posted, you have an inside connection who can pass your resume to the hiring manager.
If you're wondering how to get your resume past employers» overzealous ATS, and get noticed by a human
being at your target companies, you will want to attend this webinar.