

If you want to work with a specific company, don’t wait for the door to open. Hiring these people was as much an opportunity for me as it was for them. The majority of people I currently work with came through my internal network or random encounters. But when the right person comes along, it just happens. You may turn down countless suitors, saying you don’t want anything serious. This couldn’t be more true for the creative industry. Every company I know will make room for someone great, even if they aren’t hiring.”

“Don’t wait for permission to apply to places you want to work. It signals conviction and people who don’t need permission to get started,” he wrote on Twitter. Mikael Cho, co-founder and CEO of Unsplash, put it nicely: “I love people who apply when we aren’t hiring. The question is: “Do you want to hire me?” They create a role.Īnd so, the best question when job searching is not “are you hiring?”

But when that person comes along, they know better than to pass them up. They may not have an open position or a defined role on the team. These people might not come along on the company’s timeline. Smart companies hire people who are passionate about what they do and determined to work there.
