From Hospitality to a Fully Remote Tech Position Through LinkedIn Networking [Case Study]
During her time working with The Remote Job Coach, Virginia, connected on LinkedIn with a guy who seemed interesting. She didn't even know his company was hiring. What was initially a simple zoom networking call turned into the guy telling her she should apply for an open position and talk to the VP of Sales. With that referral, she ended up landing the position at a 100% fully distributed tech organization in their partnership department, something completely different from what she was doing before.
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Living in Indonesia, there are often many restrictions or barriers to working with US-based companies remotely. Virginia was working in hospitality at a villa in Bali but ultimately wanted to travel the world and work fully remotely.
Since her job was in the hospitality industry and restricted her from traveling, to make her dream come true, she felt the need to find something in tech. There seemed to be a lot of reasons for her to believe this wouldn't be able to work.
She didn't know where to start. She had never really used networking in a way to help her get a job -- but started learning the networking methodology from Jordan, The Remote Job Coach. He presented some easy and sustainable networking techniques, templates to use, how to target specific people, and she started realizing that people hired people they liked and they know.
A naturally social person, she started practicing these tactics and quickly began to see results. After making contact with an internal sponsor in a fully remote tech company, and creating a value asset in the interview process, she found success -- getting a full-time offer and starting her new career.
Her takeaway: if you're at a point where clearly what you're doing isn't working, doing the same thing will change nothing. If you're hitting a wall, find help, and don't be afraid to invest in yourself to help stand out when the job market is especially difficult.
Note: While many students of The Remote Job Coach have success in their job searches, individual results may vary. It is ultimately up to the individual to work hard to obtain their results with guidance from Jordan.
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