This Guy’s Approach To Me On LinkedIn Was Total Crap!

This Guy’s Approach To Me On LinkedIn Was Total Crap!

So just yesterday, I wrote about how I was featured in a colleague’s end-of-the-year, beginning-of-a-new-year blog (“22 ๐™…๐™ค๐™— ๐™Ž๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™˜๐™ ๐™๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง 2022”) about some advice on what to do as job seekers during the fresh beginnings that are heading our way this weekend.

My advice was for job seekers to “๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด. ๐˜๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด. ๐˜ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด. ๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ, โ€œ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ?โ€ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด, ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด/๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง.”

Flash forwards to today. Ole’ Sammy here (and honestly, having checked out the profile, it seems like spammy, bunk profile, thus why the sarcasm) reached out to me with one simple line —

๐™ธ ๐šŠ๐š– ๐š•๐š˜๐š˜๐š”๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐šŠ ๐š“๐š˜๐š‹ ๐š ๐š‘๐š’๐šŒ๐š‘ ๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜ ๐šข๐š˜๐šž ๐š‘๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŽ?

๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿคจ

โŒ No

โŒ No

โŒ No

Honestly, I am the type who really doesn’t mind how you greet me, but when you literally just ping me:

โ›” Without any introduction.

โ›” Without any sincerity.

โ›” Without any preparation.

โœ… It makes you look bad.

โœ… It makes you look sloppy.

โœ… It makes you look needy.

๐Ÿ‘‰ And sure, we all need something, but I’m not going to go out and just start pinging people I think can help me meet those needs without some thinking or honest information sharing.

๐Ÿ‘‰ How can I help this person that I need help from? How can I make an honest connection? How can I show my empathy?

1๏ธโƒฃ This is the train of thought to have…not gimme, gimme, gimme.

2๏ธโƒฃ Rather, here, here, here, take my knowledge. Take my expertise. Take my advice.

3๏ธโƒฃ Then, you ask.

Simple.

Too bad we’re not operating with this mentality towards all our connections.

We may just be missing out on that one connection that could’ve made an impact or possibly changed your life.

๐Ÿ‘Š Go be your best self! Have a kick-butt 2022! โœŠ

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