I want to give a shout out to Debra Wheatman who has a great article posted on CAREEREALISM called 7 Ways to Get A Hiring Manager’s Name. This is something that everyone needs to know but is often overlooked by job seekers.

Among her lesser known tips:

Have access to a powerful tool like Hoovers? If you do, you are in luck. Hoovers has the names of people in virtually every company you can think of, as well as those companies you have never heard of.

Great advice! Check out the full story here.

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