Puvio
· Written by the Puvio team · Deepam, founder · Corrections · Start free
Steps
Pick who to ask
Choose an alum or someone already on the team. Do not bet the note on guessing the exact hiring manager for the req.
Open with shared context
Name the school, prior employer, a product they shipped, or a team detail from the posting. Skip "I came across your profile."
State fit in one line
One relevant win mapped to their world. Not a résumé dump and not an attachment.
Ask for a small yes, with an easy out
Referral, intro, or 15 minutes. Add "totally fine if not." Include a two-liner they can forward. Copy the Puvio draft if you used it, then send it yourself.
When to send the referral ask
| Moment | What they see | What to send | What to skip |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connection request | A short note in a capped field | Overlap plus why them. No résumé | A cover letter in the connect box |
| After they accept | A normal LinkedIn message | Fit line, small ask, easy out, forwardable two-liner | A PDF on the first send |
| Already connected | Your name in their inbox | Same bones. Cite the posting if it is live | "Please hire me" |
| No overlap at all | A stranger with a job ask | Their work, your one win, a smaller ask | A blast to the alumni group |
Alumni at the company and people already on the team. Referral, intro, or a blunt "do not bother." That is the first-class path. Priya Mehta used a ranked contact and a researched note after nine silent ATS packets. Story: puvio.app/stories/warm-intro
Do not bet the search on naming the exact hiring manager. Warm paths move jobs. Guessing a title often wastes the note. Intercept: puvio.app/answers/how-to-find-hiring-manager-for-job
Weird is a stranger asking a stranger to spend social capital with no overlap and a résumé attached. Not weird is naming the shared school, one line of why you fit this posting, and a yes that takes thirty seconds.
Line 1: specific shared context. School, prior employer, a product they shipped, or a team detail from the posting.
Line 2: one-sentence fit. A relevant win mapped to their world.
Line 3: a small ask plus an easy out. "If you are willing to refer, I can send a two-liner you can paste. If now is a bad time, no worries."
A PDF turns a favor into homework. They have to open a file, judge you, and decide whether to put their name on you. That is a large yes. Ask for a small yes first. If they want the résumé, they will ask. Then send it.
The forwardable two-liner is the opposite of a PDF. It is a sentence they can paste to a recruiter: who you are, the req, one proof point. Write it for them. Do not make them invent it.
LinkedIn limits the connection-request note. Put overlap and why them in that field. Save the ask for after they accept, unless you are already connected. Full page: puvio.app/answers/linkedin-connection-request-note-for-a-job
If they never accept, do not send a second request. Find another name. A third poke is how you become spam.
Puvio puts fit score, company research, and ranked contacts, alumni first, on one role card. Paste any LinkedIn profile URL for a draft in your voice. Critic pass, then you copy and send.
No LinkedIn login. No auto-send. Strictly against spam. Product: puvio.app/answers/what-is-puvio