Three steps to get successful job referrals through LinkedIn

1. HOW TO GET JOB REFERRALS
ON LINKEDIN

2. THERE ARE THREE STEPS TO GETTING A SUCCESSFUL REFERRAL THROUGH
LINKEDIN.
1.FIND THE RIGHT PERSON
• FIND PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING IN YOUR TARGET COMPANY. PREFER PEOPLE
WHO ARE WORKING IN THE SAME DOMAIN. AS IN, IF YOU’RE A FRONTEND
DEVELOPER, IT IS BETTER TO ASK A FRONTEND DEVELOPER TO REFER YOU FOR
THE AVAILABLE POSITION. THEY CAN JUDGE YOU BETTER BASED ON YOUR
RESUME AND YOU SKILLS.
• LINKEDIN ALLOWS YOU TO SEND MESSAGE TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
PREFER PEOPLE WHO’VE BEEN ACTIVE ON LINKEDIN IN THE PAST ONE MONTH.
HERE, ACTIVITY MEANS A LIKE/COMMENT/POST/SHARE.

3. 2. SEND THE RIGHT MESSAGE
• FOLLOW THESE DOS AND DONTS TO DECIDE WHAT TO SEND.
• CUT THE SMALL TALK AND GET TO THE POINT. DON’T DROP A “HI” AND WAIT
FOR THE OTHER PERSON TO RESPOND BACK TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION.
• PROVIDE PROPER CONTEXT. DON’T JUST SEND A STRAIGHT “CAN YOU REFER
ME?” WITHOUT ANY CONTEXT.
• KEEP THE MESSAGE INFORMATIVE. SEND YOUR MESSAGE WITH THE PROPER JOB
ID AND URL OF THE OPENING.
• IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOWCASE, MENTION THAT.
• CREATE A TEMPLATE. FOLLOWING A PROPER TEMPLATE OF THE REFERRAL
MESSAGE WHICH INCLUDES THE ABOVE POINTS WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU
TO APPLY TO MULTIPLE ROLES.

4. 3. FOLLOW UP
• WITH THE RIGHT MESSAGE IS SENT TO THE RIGHT FOLKS, YOU WILL MOST
LIKELY GET A LOT OF REFERRALS FROM MULTIPLE AMAZING PEOPLE.
• PEOPLE ARE BUSY AND MAY NOT RESPOND TO OR EVEN READ YOUR MESSAGE
IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU DO NOT GET A REPLY SEND A FOLLOW UP SPREAD
ACROSS 10–15 DAYS. IF IT STILL DOESN’T WORK, TRY TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE
FOR REFERRAL.