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 ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ง 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 “๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด. ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ, โ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ?โ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ด, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด/๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง.”
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 —
๐ธ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐?
๐คฏ๐ตโ๐ซ๐คจ
โ No
โ No
โ 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.
โ It makes you look bad.
โ It makes you look sloppy.
โ It makes you look needy.
๐ 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.
๐ 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๏ธโฃ This is the train of thought to have…not gimme, gimme, gimme.
2๏ธโฃ Rather, here, here, here, take my knowledge. Take my expertise. Take my advice.
3๏ธโฃ 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.
๐ Go be your best self! Have a kick-butt 2022! โ
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