Friday, October 02, 2009

Tom Hyde, LinkedIn Pro - RecruitingBrain

Meet Tom Hyde - President, Management Recruiters of Murfreesboro-Nashville, TN (MRINetwork).

Tom just sent me an invitation to connect on LinkedIn, and now I know two things about him. He appears to be running a great recruiting business out of Nashville, and, he's written the best "LinkedIn Invitation" I've ever read.

Recruiters, take note:


Hello Dennis,

My name is Tom Hyde, and in viewing your profile, thought
you might be interested in connecting here on LinkedIn.
I am very interested in making worldwide connections, and
I think together we could both greatly extend our networks.
Here is what I have to offer if you were to choose to
accept my invitation:

1. You would have access to nearly 2.4 million
new, viewable LinkedIn members.

2. I am always adding new and valuable connections worldwide.

3. I would be open to forwarding requests if it adds value
to direct connections.

4. If you reach out, I'll try to add value.

With over 2,000 direct connections to share, I would be
able to connect you to a previously untapped network filled
with a large variety of professionals coming from every
strata of the business world.

If you would like to connect, just click here:
http://tinyurl.com/linktotom then click you are
a new friend and use linkto.tomhyde@gmail.com when asked.

Best Regards,

Tom Hyde (LION)
President
Management Recruiters of Murfreesboro-Nashville, TN

I understand that Tom most likely sends the same note to other recruiters/colleagues with whom he wishes to connect. But that doesn't bother me. He took the time, initially, to put together a meaningful request and it easily states how it would be of value for us to connect.

That tells me a few things about Hyde's personality, and the way he conducts business. That's also the kind of recruiter I'd want working on my behalf.

Nice job, Tom

ありがとうございます

2 comments:

Sasuke said...

At the end, did you accepted his invitation?

:-)

By the way, you are lucky, I receive hundreds of invitiations with "Since you are a person I trust".. that I can just ignore!

Cheers!

H.

Dennis Smith said...

I did accept! : )