If I don’t know you, how in the Jimmy Crack Corn am I going to give you an honest referral?!

I’ve received at least 6 inquiries over the last week from folks who I don’t even know asking me if I can refer them for jobs.

No! That’s not how this works!

If you don't know somebody personally as a friend or within a professional network, skipping the initial chat or "coffee conversation" puts you in a position where you don't even know someone and you're asking for them to refer you for a job. This is bad job-seeking etiquette.

My suspicion is that the advice-givers are trying to position this as a win-win situation, where if the referral gets hired and the company offers a referral bonus then everyone gets money.

The issue is that in order to submit a referral you generally have to, you know, KNOW THE PERSON.

I used to get swept up in these debates until I’d go into buildings and realized nobody cared and these were mostly “terminally online” conversations. Especially now, people just want to do their jobs as best as they can, help kids as best as they can, and then go home to their spaces and relax.

It’s like every year the same topics get rehashed and the same answers get rehashed too. There are one or two great answers and options that come from it but otherwise it’s just people fighting.

Not worth it. Not worth your time. Not worth your energy.

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These layoffs were not performance based, as most layoffs aren't. A company can look at you and say "we are eliminating your role, please turn in your badge" in ways that a school or district really cannot.

Some folks had been at the company for 15+ years. It's just sad and awful.