Shahriar Roberto’s Post

Getting a job in SaaS is not easy. Crazy competitive. I am in the privileged position of interviewing for new AE's at Seamless.AI. I am not one of amazing recruiters, but I still receive hundreds of InMail applications every month. Ideally, I'd reply to each one, however it's not practically possible - I'd be lying if I said otherwise. Who do I reply to? Who do I recommend for interview? Who do I hop on a quick call with to chat/possibly offer some guidance? There is no one answer or straight line. Few things I would say are this. - If you are applying for a sales role, remember the reality is many people have similar CV's, you want to stand out in a positive light. Sounds obvious, right? But how?... put yourself in the "prospects" shoes - the Recruiter, Sales Director etc. If you are using a standard LinkedIn template - you won't stand out. If this was a sales process - what would you do? Possibly; personalize a short LI message - why specifically you this company? less than 1% of applicants send me a video. less than half of those are personalized. less than 5% will send a 2nd message or use a secondary medium - email / call / text. did you multi thread? recruiter Sales Director VP for example? have you been active on their LI feed? Commenting on posts etc.' Lots more to add - but hopefully this gives food for thought. Ps. I got turned down my first 2 times applying to Seamless.AI - only once I tried a more creative angle, approaching Ryan Feely did the door begin to open. Cheers Ryan 😎 #interviewing #careeradvice #sales #saas