Last Thursday I got a message from EtiSepia on Twitter out of no where. She works on the HR/recruitment team at Freshbooks here in Toronto and wanted me to retweet her job openings at the company. I’ve never chatted with Eti in person or online before this message hit my @reply box last Thursday around 1pm. But she felt she could send me a message to spread her jobs around.
I’ve a Freshbooks account, which I don’t use as I’ve not taken the time to transfer over from my Blink Sale account. And I’ve been known to tweet more then a few job openings as I know a handful of friends are looking for a job. However, those are jobs I’ve posted of my own free will and not someone coming to me for a favor without me knowing who they are to begin with, which is getting me to the point of this post’s title. I sent her the following message:
@EtiSepia Thanks for the note. I might RT your job at Freshbooks but it’d be nice if you connect with me first before asking for something. (Twitter post)
@EtiSepia As far as I know, we’ve never talked before or repeatly. Asking me to do you something is a weird way to introduce yourself to me. (Twitter post)
In the long run of doing business you can’t get something for nothing. You’ve to be willing to give back and help out other people before you can start to go around and ask everyone to help you. I’d have love to post @EtiSepia job’s but she should have tried to connect with me first and foremost. Maybe look me up and see that I had a Freshbook’s account and see if there was a way she could have helped me. Even a simple hi a few weeks ago would have gone off better then just sending me that first message. A friend over at Freshbooks gave Eti some helpful hints and hopefully she’ll be able to learn from this experience.
