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Besides LinkedIn and bizjournals.com check out jigsaw.com. Jigsaw is part of salesforce.com, you can search by company or name. I graduated from the University of Phoenix so I still have access to the online library which has…"
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Gatekeeping Gargoyles
Started this discussion. Last reply by Paul Giganti Sep 6, 2012. 3 Replies 0 Likes
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Paul Sidwell replied to Paul Black's discussion Gatekeeping Gargoyles"Paul,
Congratulations for taking this difficult step! Finding the names of the people you need to reach can be super hard, but here are some resources:
As Annie said, LinkedIn is a great place to start
Check the website of the company for a…"
Annie Kontor replied to Paul Black's discussion Gatekeeping Gargoyles"Paul,
"Gargoyles"--I love it!!! That is just about the right term because those gatekeepers have tight lips. Reminds me of Gandalf..."You shall not PASS!"
You are right that the "To whom it may concern"…"
Paul Black replied to Blake Taylor's discussion Looking for opinionated readers..."Nice. Just bookmarked so I'll be back often."
Paul Black posted a discussionGatekeeping Gargoyles
Has anyone come up with good ways to get past the Gatekeeping Gargoyles that are increasingly common at many places. I have just started my search, and I have been stalled right out of the gate because I don't know who to send an introduction letter to. I surfed around and noticed that some places will trash can any correspondence addressed to "Gentlemen" or "To whom it may concern". Come to think of it, those would be about as effective as sending mail to my house addressed to "resident". …See More
Paul Black replied to Michael Grady's discussion No letters and no Phone calls....are we going in circles?"I'm running into a similar problem in my search. All of the companies I have identified as possibilities have gatekeepers you just can't get past.
After reading further in your post I have had an idea. I have noticed that there…"
Paul Black replied to CK's discussion Looking for a free PDF to Flipbook converter?"flippdf.com claims to have a 100% free solution to this. I have never monkeyed with flipbooks so I cannot attest to the quality, but free is free. :)"
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