Recruitment Hack #61 - Welcome Messages on LinkedIn
LinkedIn welcome messages.
When you have a new connection on LinkedIn, you should welcome everyone. You should always say hello.
It’s courteous.
It’s polite.
It’s a nice thing to do.
What you shouldn’t do is sell, sell, sell at them. The worst thing that you get is a message saying “Hello, I’m a recruitment consultant. Will you buy and spend £10,000 with me, please?” It’s awful. It doesn’t necessarily fit the purposes at the time of that person and it makes you look bad.
So what should you do? Essentially, you should do three
things. You should say hello. You should thank them for connecting. You should say, “These are my contact details should you need to get in contact with me off LinkedIn.”
And then you should ask a question, like “Is there anything I could help you with today?” And then just leave it at that.
A week later, send them a piece of content they will find useful. That will have a bigger impact on people than a rush to sell, sell, sell.
This Recruitment Hack is excerpted from my book 'Recruitment Hacks,' which is accessible in both Paperback and eBook formats.
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