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Everyone applies to job applications - but rarely hear back.
There are thousands of applicants for every top SDR & AE role today. As I’ve written a ton before, just applying doesn’t work. It all comes down to visibility.
You don’t get interviews by applying, you get interviews by being referred.
This week’s article builds on my ongoing series: Rook’s Guide to Break Into Tech Sales. If you want to see volume #1: Vercel and #2: Anthropic you can do so there.
In those articles I give step-by-step guides on how to find promising sales orgs, applying, and then identifying key people to reach out to. This article will give you the messaging template to use when looking to get referrals calls.
The key to getting interviews is creating ‘signal’. It shows proof that you want the job, understand sales, and can do outreach.
After you’ve identified people to reach out to, it is time to get your foot in the door.
Here is the type of messaging I use via LinkedIn to get me conversations & even in some unique instances it got me referred right away.