Last week, I applied for a my dream job in a stellar location. Today, I received a notification that the hiring manager / division head viewed my LinkedIn profile. Is it out of pocket to connect, view his profile, like his posts, or message him on LinkedIn? I don’t want to come off as desperate, needy, weird, annoying, stalker-ish... or crazy! 🤦♀️ #linkedin #jobhunt
That's creepy
Create another profile and check him/her out
Haha chill out wait till they reach out to you schedule a phone screen first, then commence the stalking
IMO looking at the profile is fine, but do not message or ask to connect with them.
LinkedIn is for professional networking, so go network
Your resume is under consideration for his team your LinkedIn profile is kind of your professional resume with some additional details than resume. It is common for hiring managers to look at LinkedIn profile m on the flip side, it is also common for candidates to look up their interviewers before or after interviews
That’s completely fine. That’s what LinkedIn is for. You shouldn’t contact until they contact you
You should be glad they checked you out. Feel free to check them out as well
As a hiring manager I look at every candidates’ LinkedIn page. You are of course welcome to look at mine back - you’re always allowed to look at profiles that run up in your “recently viewed you” list without it being creepy. But sending me a connection request? No. We do not work together, we do not know each other, you do not get access to my network. I’ve received a few of those and not a single time have I accepted the request.
Quick question - I have always set my connections as private. I assumed that this meant even people in my network cannot view who my connections are. Isn’t this the case? If I add someone, do they automatically have access to my network?
Well two things... First, I hate when people set their connections to private. It is weird and unhelpful and doesn’t make sense on a networking site. But second what they get is for other people to see “you have 2 connections in common” or “you both know joe” type things. That isn’t an actual recommendation but it is “something”
Definitely out of pocket. The right thing to do is add him on Tinder(Grindr?)