Coaching practices for Why Might a Technical Job Post Require a Number of Linkedin Followers
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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
- I keep telling people how many others have signed on and it just isn’t landing
- I keep noticing that two people I know should really meet
- 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
- 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 - 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 - Use peer-specific social proof, not generic popularity
"People like you do this" is far more persuasive than "a lot of people do this."
Social Proof, Made Practical - Become the connector in every room
Make it your personal brand to know who should meet whom.
Never Eat Alone: Building a Real Network - 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 - Use expert endorsement for high-stakes decisions
When people are highly uncertain, a credible expert’s endorsement outweighs peer count.
Social Proof, Made Practical - 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 - Send a meaningful thank-you note
Write a follow-up that references something specific and reports back on how you used their advice.
Informational Interviews: Career Research That Builds Your Network - Signal credibility without claiming it
Let your knowledge show through questions and specifics, not through declarations of expertise.
The Trust Equation, Made Practical - Make cross-cluster introductions
Introduce two people from different clusters who genuinely benefit from meeting.
The Strength of Weak Ties
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Replace passive job board browsing with active research into specific organisations you want to understand.
Build and work a target list of roles and organisations
- Alternative To Providing Individuals References During Job Application
Replace passive job board browsing with active research into specific organisations you want to understand.
- Approach Sales Manager About Fake Reference List
Let your knowledge show through questions and specifics, not through declarations of expertise.
Signal credibility without claiming it
- How To Respond To Why Are You Looking For A New Job
Replace passive job board browsing with active research into specific organisations you want to understand.
- Informational Interviews Career Research That Builds Your Network As A Caregiver
An informational interview is a low-stakes conversation with someone in a role or field you’re curious about — you ask questions, they share experience, and no job is on the table. Richard Bolles’s What Color Is Your Parachute? popularised this as a career research tool; the evidence is largely observational and practitioner, but it consistently shows that direct conversation with insiders produces better career decisions and unexpected referrals.
- Informational Interviews Career Research That Builds Your Network During A Big Change
An informational interview is a low-stakes conversation with someone in a role or field you’re curious about — you ask questions, they share experience, and no job is on the table. Richard Bolles’s What Color Is Your Parachute? popularised this as a career research tool; the evidence is largely observational and practitioner, but it consistently shows that direct conversation with insiders produces better career decisions and unexpected referrals.
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