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by mrfusion 3491 days ago
That's amazing! But how did you do step 2? That seems impossible to me.

And the one time I tried emailing someone directly they just write back to apply through their website.

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Depends who the business is! You can find out about some from googling.

Sometimes you just have to take a chance. For example, if you're working as a project manager then their will probably be a 'Director of x' then a 'head of x' > 'team leader of x' > member of team and so on. I say, why not send an e-mail to them all?

Some will discard the e-mail. But one may pass it on. If you have the resources, hand deliver this stuff to someone 'senior enough'. A director may ignore it, but a 'head of' or 'team leader' may take it more seriously.

I'm not talking about harassing people frequently. Just playing a numbers game.

In terms of what their e-mails are.. it, again, is a guessing game. However, most businesses use the same format. So start by looking for one individuals e-mail. For example, if you can find john.smith@company.com you can guess that joe.bloggs@company.com will also work.

Just remember that the team you will be working in, probably has people who hate being there. Managers of these people would kill to have someone as enthusiastic as you may be.

Good luck!