You are active on LinkedIn – you post regularly, you have your profile pimped up, you meet new people and you are expanding your network of contacts. Your reach is growing, you are becoming more visible…Suddenly…Hit! You get an InMail from a recruiter or an invitation to a network of contacts with a welcome message. What to do? How to reply? The first impression is very important. In this article, we will tell you how to not fail on it.
Let’s start with the fact that not every recruiter uses recruitment modules on LinkedIn so they can simply send you an invitation to contacts – the lack of personalization does not make a good first impression, but we can give them a chance, especially if we are looking for new professional challenges.
Remember that work is a transaction in which 2 people must be satisfied. You are not looking at whether there is an employee or employer market, but at your skills and what you can offer the employer. If, on the other hand, there is “chemistry”, the employer will pay you enough to make you happy. Any other way of submitting to someone’s rules in hindsight will lead you to frustration and perhaps seek your place on Earth again.
I do not like beating around the bushes, so we move on to practical examples:
- You are not interested in a job offer:
It is always worth spending some time and not sending automatic answers such as “Thank you, Paweł” prompted by the portal and “make an effort” and send a simple, but above all honest answer:
“Good morning, Mr. Paweł,
Thank you very much for your interest in my professional profile and the job offer sent. At the moment I am very happy with my current position, but I will be very happy to stay in touch if in the future situation changes.
Yours sincerely,
Łukasz Jarych”
Here you can also refer to your acquaintances in the company (e.g. “I know your company because my friend works for you and is very satisfied”) or if you are interested in a given Employer, this message could look like this:
“Good morning, Mr. Paweł,
Thank you very much for your interest in my professional profile and the job offer sent.
At the moment, I am very satisfied with my current position, but I have been observing your company for a long time and I feel that it is my dream job for the future.
I will be very pleased if we stay in touch for a long time.
Yours sincerely,
Łukasz Jarych”
- Are you interested in a job offer:
Ask for a detailed job description or just make an appointment for a short phone call with a recruiter to ask for details. Before such a conversation, be sure to:
– get acquainted with the profile of the recruiter and his areas of activity, recommendations – maybe you know someone who is in the network of a given person and it is worth asking for details?
– prepare your CV so that you are up to date with your experience and professional goal
– if the conversation will be in another language – prepare yourself using a professional vocabulary
Write down all the important information from the recruiter.
- If you are interested in a job offer and need time to think or analyze possible career paths, the sample message could look like this:
“Good morning, Mr. Paweł,
Thank you very much for your interest in my professional profile and the job offer sent.
I am interested in receiving detailed information about the proposed offer by email: luka.jarych@gmail.com
Yours sincerely,
Łukasz Jarych”
This way, you get more time to analyze the website and profiles of the employer, the selected position and familiarize yourself with the profile of the recruiter. If you immediately receive an offer of work by inMail – take your time, check carefully and think about all the advantages and disadvantages of the presented offer.
- If, after submitting the offer, you do not feel that this is the job for you – nothing lost, stay in touch for the future with the recruiter, you can leave your current CV and ask for sending other offers from a given Employer. The message could look like this:
“Good morning, Mr. Paweł,
Thank you very much for your interest in my professional profile and the job offer sent.
The proposal submitted is not entirely in line with my professional goal. I am interested in data analysis, however, from the side of a database developer, not a business analyst. If you allow, please stay in touch for the future – maybe there will be an interesting offer for me. Can I send you my CV?
I will be grateful for every offer you send.
Best regards,
Łukasz Jarych”
What interesting examples of messages from recruiters do you know (maybe there were some original ones:) Please share in the comment below!