Description
- Harrison emphasizes the importance of applying to a lot of places to find a good cultural fit, rather than just relying on one interview.
- Harrison argues that mass mailing your resume to hundreds of employers is not a bad thing, and in fact, it is the only way to find a place that is a good fit for you.
- Following up after an interview is not always necessary, but if you want to express your interest in the job, you can do so without appearing desperate.
Transcript
Transcript:
If the hiring manager is someone that called you in to the interview and interviewed you, you can send them a nice note following up. There's a whole series of articles about thank you notes and things on BCG that you can review, or you can find other resources for that if you want. But you don't really need to follow up and you can follow up if there's some sort of connection.
If you really like the job and if you think it's a good fit, you can follow up and express those solutions, but the follow up again is not something that's always going to help you. There does need to be a little bit of a song and dance, but you don't wanna appear desperate. The employer needs to feel like they're doing some, pursuing that they would be lucky to get you, that you're the right person for them.
So the idea is that sometimes you talk to people or you're, and you're just not a good fit. Even though it's an opportunity, it doesn't mean it's a good fit for you. Just because a firm's not interested in you, it doesn't mean that's a bad thing, it's a good thing. If you're not hearing from them, there's not a connection and you just want to get the job, that doesn't mean it's a bad thing that you're not getting the job.
You have to find a place that's a good fit. One of my primary things that I stress in everything that I do, it's define my career. It's one simple thing, and I'm gonna tell you it right now because I believe it's the most important piece of advice you'll ever get about applying to jobs and what to do.
It's something that goes against everything that other recruiters will tell you. It goes against what a lot of law school, career services offices will tell you. It goes against everything that anyone's gonna tell you. But I'm gonna tell you this right now because it's this important and I want to make sure you understand it. It's extremely important. It will change your life.
So most people, like when law schools and they're not doing anything wrong, tell people not to mass mail their resumes to hundreds of employers and that sort of thing because they say it's not effective. Again, their purposes are often self-serving. They don't want you doing that because if every person in a law school sent out hundreds of resumes to every employer, it would just wouldn't be good for the law school. Again, I'm not against law school or career services offices, but they have their self-interest and they want to control the hiring process.
But sometimes if you go to a law school where no one's getting hired and this isn't really doing much good, so they will tell you to do that. Other recruiters will tell you the worst thing you can possibly do is send your resume to a bunch of firms and you need to only apply to a few places and that's it.
Other people will say, oh it's horrible to send your resume out to tons of people. I have changed thousands of lives by making people and telling people that I work with that you have to apply to a lot of places. It's not just, I'm like some greedy fricking recruiter, I don't care if you use me, you do whatever you want.
I'm telling people to do that because, it is the only way to find a place that's a good cultural fit for you and get a lot of interviews. I've had people on the brink of suicide from not getting jobs and things, and I've been like, okay, I'm going to help you apply on your own. You don't even have to use me to 1500 places. A week later they've gotten 20 interviews and 10 offer. It's no, like you need to get out there and talk to a lot of people because if you don't, you're gonna take one little interview and think that's the only opportunity you have in the world.
That's a freaking insane. Okay. I'm sorry, but there are so many opportunities out there. There are thirty thousand plus law firms, there are so many places you can work. Like it is crazy the way people conduct their searches and their careers. I'm sorry to get upset about this, but I've seen so many people give up on their legal careers and all this stuff and so you should have lots of interviews.
The only way you're gonna get lots of interviews, if you come to B C G and you work with us, I will send you all the opportunities I possibly can. You'll think I'm spamming you or something maybe and think I'm doing something bad or whatever. I'm getting you a job and I get thousands of people jobs.
If you go to law crossing and apply to jobs there, I try to find every job you can possibly comply. Just sign up, got $5 a month, you can do whatever you want. But the way to get jobs is you have to get yourself out there and apply to a lot of places and you shouldn't be worried about getting one interview and following up.
This is what people do, they get one interview and they're like, oh. Wow, this is sad. The employer's not contacting me. Who cares? If they're not contacting you? You should have a bunch of other interviews lined up, and the only way you're gonna do that is if you get out there and you aggressively either with me or with on your own.
I don't care. I'm just trying to get you a job. It's all I care about. I, it doesn't matter. I'm not trying to, you need to apply to a lot of places, and there's nothing more important than that because otherwise you're not gonna find places that are good fit for you. So you need to find a place that's a good culture fit because you will go into interviews and you will click with people and you will see things from the same point of view they do. They will see the same things from the same point of view you do. You will click and you will be part of a group of people that protect you and that like you, everything will click. Or you can find a firm where the opposite is true. Sorry, I hate getting so mad about this. It's just, I've been doing this for so long, I just can't understand why people don't apply to more places and because it's the only way to find a right cultural fit.
People are looking at the wrong things. They're looking at, oh, is it prestigious? Did I read a bad review about them? Did I, no. You find a firm where you're a good fit and that's how it works, and the only way to do that is to talk to a lot of people.
