I was wondering how should I approach this situation:
I have a referral at the company I am applying for but it's from a different country. Should the referral be sent to the office I am interested applying to or to the HR office?
Should it be sent to:
1. Partners/MDs at each office I am interested in working for
2. HR at each office I am interested in applying to
3. Hiring Manager
4. HR in company's headquarters.
I would really appreciate any input.
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Who are you sending your resume to? Are you sending it to an MD or partner or are you just sending it to the HR group? I would have your referral send an email along with your resume to someone who will look at it. Instead of you sending your resume in and them just saying yeah he's good.
Anyone else thoughts on that?
What exactly is a referral in this case? Can't the guy just email or call a Partner/MD in the location you're looking to move to?
He can but I would like to get it to decision makers and Partners/MDs are not always involved in hiring.
I could be wrong but I think that if a partner/MD who wasn't actively involved in recruiting said "I need you to take a look at this guy" the recruiters would probably look at your resume, whether it was for the "right reasons" or just because someone at that level asked.
Can you do both? Why not have the partner place a call to the relevant counterparty and also send the resume to HR office, and have your reference let the partner know HR has also received the resume and he'd appreciate if the partner followed up with HR?
@notthehospitalER - great idea. I think I will do that!
Referral from different office? (Originally Posted: 03/09/2012)
Hi guys. Just wanted your input on this. I'm applying to one of the top physical trading shops (think Glencore, etc) for a graduate programme in the US. I have been in contact with their GM from an office in a different country and he told me to use his name and position as a reference. I'm concerned that the HR director in the US may discard my reference of his name simply because he/she doesn't know who he is. Should I ask him to call their US office to personally inform the HR department, or will the HR people be aware of this?
TL:DR - How valuable is a referral to a company when your referral works in an office different from the one you are applying to?
Thanks in advance.
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