Networking 3.0: Leveraging Weak Ties to Land Your Next Job

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Networking 3.0: Leveraging Weak Ties to Land Your Next Job

Hosted by Sherveen Mashayekhi

269 students

What you'll learn

Rethink your network map:

Go beyond close friends and pinpoint the key acquaintances and past colleagues that can turn into real results.

Master outreach tactics:

The hard part is what to say and how to say it. Learn scripts and strategies for genuinely engaging w/o awkwardness.

Turn referrals into interviews:

Build momentum by taking steps to turn the referral moment into an actual interview (rather than getting ghosted).

Why this topic matters

Solid data shows that “weak ties” drive more job leads than your inner circle. But it can be hard to reach out, out of nowhere, in a thoughtful way, and turn it all into a real interview. By using our methodology across your network map, you’ll multiply your opportunities for interviews and offers—an edge in a tech market that is overwhelmed with applications.

You'll learn from

Sherveen Mashayekhi

Founder & CEO of Free Agency. Helping people reach the height of their ambition.

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Sherveen brings unique insight from all sides of the hiring equation, having built AI-powered recruiting technology and led product development at major startups like Toptal and Stella.

For a majority of his career, he's also been uniquely focused on the candidate side of the equation. He previously founded JobHero, a job search tracker with 100k+ enthusiastic users, and is now the founder and CEO of Free Agency.

Through Free Agency (backed by prominent investors like Maveron, Bloomberg Beta, Kevin Durant, Kygo), he now helps job seekers navigate the modern hiring landscape to land top of market roles. Since 2019, clients of Free Agency have won over $400M in job offers and landed at top companies like OpenAI, Amazon, American Express, Stripe, YouTube, Netflix, and hundreds more.

He has been a product leader at talent marketplaces like Toptal, AI hiring platforms like Stella, and is now the founder and CEO of Free Agency (backed by investors like Maveron, Bloomberg Beta, Resolute Ventures, Kevin Durant, Kygo, and executives + founders from companies like Twitter, MasterClass, and Snapchat).

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