Hiring Managers
Before contacting an organization, find out one or more hiring manager's names. A hiring manager is a potential direct supervisor of you, e.g. Marketing Manager, Art Director, Senior Editor. Human Resources (HR) employees don't count unless you want to work in HR.
For the first time ever, professional networking sites such as LinkedIn (43,000,000+ members) allow job seekers to quickly find hiring manager names, read their job descriptions, and connect with them. Add their names and contact information to your customized target list (Excel template), and then request a meeting (see Calling Employers).
- In LinkedIn, click "advanced" link next to the search box
- Type organization name in "company" box, department in "title" box, and zip code
- e.g., oakley, marketing, 90639 (100 mi radius)
To uncover more data about a hiring manager, type into Google:
- "organization" "name" ["phone" -or- "email"]
- e.g., "oakley" "matthew murray" ["phone" -or- "@oakley.com"]