Coaching practices for Are There Scams in Linkedin Job Offers

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• My whole job search is just refreshing job boards and firing off applications into the void, competing with hundreds of strangers for whatever happens to be posted
• I want to message someone in a field I’m curious about, but I freeze on what to even say
• My boss took a real chance on me and advocated for me, and I just took it and moved on without ever closing the loop
• I only ever reach out to people when I suddenly need something from them, and it always feels mercenary because it is
• I keep hiring for the most impressive resume and then watching them work purely transactionally, and I want to start screening for whether someone actually believes in what we’re doing

Practices that may help

1. Build and work a target list of roles and organisations
   Replace passive job board browsing with active research into specific organisations you want to understand.
   Informational Interviews: Career Research That Builds Your Network
2. Request the conversation the right way
   A short, specific, no-pressure request gets far more responses than a vague networking ask.
   Informational Interviews: Career Research That Builds Your Network
3. Reciprocate when your leader invests in you
   When a leader gives you trust, opportunity, or advocacy, close the loop with visible follow-through.
   Leader-Member Exchange (LMX), Made Practical
4. Build the network before you need it
   Invest in relationships continuously so you have real capital when a crisis or opportunity arrives.
   Never Eat Alone: Building a Real Network
5. Hire people who share the Why, not just the skills
   Skills can be learned; shared belief cannot — filtering for Why-alignment at hiring is the highest-leverage culture move.
   Start With Why: Leading Through Purpose
6. Give before you take
   Lead every new relationship with concrete value before any ask.
   The Strength of Weak Ties
7. Give information or insight freely as a reciprocity signal
   Sharing real expertise before any transaction signals trustworthiness and activates the giving norm.
   The Rule of Reciprocity, Made Practical
8. Prepare questions you genuinely don’t know the answer to
   Ask about the unwritten realities of the role — the things no job posting reveals.
   Informational Interviews: Career Research That Builds Your Network
9. Evaluate offers on their content, not on the timing of when they arrived
   A good offer that comes late in a negotiation is still a good offer — don’t discount it because of sunk cost.
   The Flinch and Reactive Devaluation, Made Practical
10. Turn cold calls into warm calls
    Research the person and find a genuine point of connection before any outreach.
    Never Eat Alone: Building a Real Network

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