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• Sort these lists based on your Tier 1 or 2
contacts.
• Next, research the profiles of your "best con-
tacts," looking for key phrases on the type of
work they do and jot notes down about their
specific job functions.
• Now, armed with a little "intel," assuming you
have an effective LinkedIn network, try to
contact those whom you consider the most
relevant people to your search within those
companies. The key point here is: the warmer
the contact, the better.
If you don't have a large network on LinkedIn, here
are some additional tips you could follow.
Let's assume that you have identified a list of
people on LinkedIn who seemed to be relevant to
the type of position you're looking for. Now look for
ways to make contact with them in a non-intrusive
manner.
• See if any of them are using the LinkedIn
Answers function—either asking or answering
questions. Either way, try to provide an
answer to these questions. This may get their
attention.
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