“Contact: your top firms. Recruiters. How to network” is one of the videos [click here] on our YouTube channel. Sandra Bichl talks about the efficiency of different job search channels and explains how to approach them successfully. Covered topics include:
- The influence COVID-19 has on today’s job market; comparison of the number of job ads published on LinkedIn at the beginning of the pandemic and then (if it’s not relevant to you, skip the first 11 min).
- Approaching companies & recruiters directly: step-by-step instructions on how to do it to be effective and not too pushy.
- Finding your potential boss and contacting them: practical tips followed by examples
- Headhunters: who they are, what they do and how to contact them.
- Response rate & interview rate: is the number of replies you receive good or bad? How to improve it?
- Networking: step-by-step instructions on how to prepare and what strategy to choose when contacting your network; the most common mistakes on social media.




