I’m after my dream job, applied and has now been offered an interview. By coincidence, a good friend of mine is senior in recruitment in this company, but in a totally different and unrelated department (friend didn’t know anything about my original application, so had no influence)
When I mentioned about my interview to this friend, he mentioned that if I liked, he could pass on my details and the fact he knew me to the relevant department through official emails and communications as he was on very good terms with head of recruitment in the particular sector I’m interested in.
I have a bit of a moral dilemma. Do I decline my mate’s offer and hope that my experience and qualifications are good enough to stand alone, or do I just view the connection as an slight advantage and accept the possible ‘leg up’? And, tbh, do huge companies even operate this way recruiting individuals based on the fact that they ‘know’ someone?
We’re talking about a very large international business here with hundreds of applicants going for a smallish number of openings.