What do you do after a linkedin contact ignores your message? (interview, employers)

[workingperson15]

You met him/her once before so not that close but you connected with each other on linkedin. Months later, you see an opening at the company this person works at so you reach out via linkedin messaging. The person views your profile but never responds so obviously the person saw your message. Do you delete this contact and how would you handle being on the same department with this person if you ended up getting an interview anyway?

[CSD610]

You move on with your life and leave this non issue behind.
No one is obligated to do anything in regards to contact from anyone let alone someone they met one time and really do not know on any level.

[HeadhunterPaul]

Originally Posted by workingperson15

You met him/her once before so not that close but you connected with each other on linkedin. Months later, you see an opening at the company this person works at so you reach out via linkedin messaging. The person views your profile but never responds so obviously the person saw your message. Do you delete this contact and how would you handle being on the same department with this person if you ended up getting an interview anyway?

What CSD said.

You must not cop an attitude when this happens and it happens a lot. Not everyone is prepared to do what they might see as sticking their neck out.

Or, that person has some issues at that company and feel getting involved for you would somehow negatively affect their own position. There are too many possibilities as to why that person shined you on that the only reasonable thing to do is drop the expectant feeling they 'should have' done something and just allow for whatever is going on with that person.

Find another conduit into the company. What you did was fitting and proper but just accept that it has not worked out.

And if you bump into that person, be a good sport and don't press that person for an explanation. If you let it, the situation may even itself out in time.

And if not, well.........

P.S. One of the ways to emotionally let go of this is to have additional irons in the fire/resumes going out so no one action outweighs all else you are doing.




Paul............

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[chb119]

Originally Posted by workingperson15

You met him/her once before so not that close but you connected with each other on linkedin. Months later, you see an opening at the company this person works at so you reach out via linkedin messaging. The person views your profile but never responds so obviously the person saw your message. Do you delete this contact and how would you handle being on the same department with this person if you ended up getting an interview anyway?

Put the shoe on the other foot, you met the person once before and they reach out to you over a job. Would you be willing to put your name and reputation on the line at your employers over someone you met once before?

This contact did not work out, move on with life.

[GearHeadDave]

Originally Posted by workingperson15

You met him/her once before so not that close but you connected with each other on linkedin. Months later, you see an opening at the company this person works at so you reach out via linkedin messaging. The person views your profile but never responds so obviously the person saw your message. Do you delete this contact and how would you handle being on the same department with this person if you ended up getting an interview anyway?

I think the answer is that it does not matter what you do. This is minutia. Can't believe any of this is even crossing your mind. Sending a Linkedin message is sort of like cold calling unless it is someone you know well. Odds are 1 in a hundred you're going to get a meaningful response. Forget about it.

[veuvegirl]

What would you like to do?

[SQL]

If they are ignoring your messages, I'd probably delete them from my contact list. Not in a spiteful way, but more or less in a "this is not an active connection" way.

I get invites from people all the time whom I either do not know or whom I have had little professional contact with. Lots of people treat LinkedIn as if it's a popularity contest.

I personally would not see any issue with purging this contact from your list. They are essentially not a contact, as has been demonstrated by them.

Otherwise, just move on. No hard feelings.

[DanielWayne]

Keep on list. Move on.

I have linkedin contacts and Facebook friends with people I once harbored strong negative feelings for in real life, but since they didn't kill anybody I let it go and kept their contact because times change, circumstances change, and people change.

I get ghosted all the time. Everybody does. People ignore me in real life, too. I ignore them back. That's actually part of today's social protocol. But I make it a point never to ignore friends or family. Regarding the person mentioned by the op - I wouldn't care if we ended up in the same department together unless they constantly ignore me in a professional work setting and it impacts my job.

[Malloric]

Send them an angry rant about how they disrespected you and delete them from your contact list.

[dumb]

Sounds like you weren't what suited them. They may have had many offers and browsed your profile as a convenience, and thought not for us, or there's betters out there.

Obviously if this was a loved one ignoring you then you'd be right to be upset. But this is the professional world and they can do what they want. Don't take it personally: it's just business. The recruiter is under pressure too. And on the bright side, you were considered. So it's not all loss.

If you're really smart, fire up an anonymous account and cast an eye on their 'buddies' to get few pointers on what they are really after. As the ancient saying goes, keep your friends close, and your network on Linkedin closer.