Hi, I am a Masters student at Georgia Tech. I worked at Oracle HQ for 3 years as Senior Software Developer before joining grad school. I am looking for a referral for Lyft. Thanks a lot :)
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There is a reason y referrals are in place and it's not to refer complete strangers
May be you got lucky with the random guy whom you asked to refer. In reality no one has the time to refer you by understanding what you've done. Most of them blindly refer for the referral bonus
I would gladly refer my ex-colleague whom I think is really talented. If I refer someone randomly I feel like I'm talking away a chance for someone who is applying directly on the website.
If you understand data science, you would probably understand the causation-correlation debate. The concept of random referrals doesn't hinder someone applying on website. But the entire concept of random referrals originated in the first place because website applications were going into a black hole. This is exactly why I mentioned - if you are against random referrals, please work with HR to fix the hiring process, so people don't have to resort to random referrals. I have never had success in getting a call when applying on website, less than 5-10% success of a recruiter responding to my message on LinkedIn, and more than 80% success in case of a referral (these numbers are directional, not exact). I see no reason to not go via the referral route. The only thing that would stop me (and others like me) from seeking random referrals is if recruiters actually started paying attention to someone applying through website or pinging them on LinkedIn, although I understand why that may not be possible simply because of the large volume.
Also, I have had both experiences - where someone wants to know me before they refer me and where someone refers me after a quick resume screen. I am referring to both these cases as "random referrals" because they haven't worked with me before.