
Direct Contact in Your Job Search Strategy: How to Effectively Reach Decision Makers
You have a clearly defined career goal and a list of companies you would like to work for. However, none of them are advertising positions that match your experience. Does this mean you have to wait until a suitable job opportunity appears?
At the level of experienced managers and executives, not every career opportunity starts with a published job ad. Companies develop new business areas, reorganize their structures, and plan investments or changes to their management teams. The need to hire the right person may therefore arise before an organization formally starts recruiting.
Direct contact allows you to approach such organizations on your own initiative. Instead of responding to a specific job ad, you select companies where your profile may match specific business needs, identify the right decision makers and reach out to them directly.
However, this requires more than preparing a list of email addresses and sending your CV. Your results depend primarily on which organizations you target, how you position your profile and the quality of your initial contact. Read more








