Looking for love in all the wrong places...

Well, it's Love Day, everybody, and it's time for you to make a connection. And while I don't have a dozen roses for you, I do have a dozen recruiters to suggest that you "follow" — following recruiters is the easiest way to get the jump on brand new jobs directly to your inbox...

Michael McCandlish – 716 followers President at The McCandlish Group, LLC Sales Executive, New York, NY Sales Executive, Mountain View, CA Sales Executive EH&S Software Montreal, Montreal, QC

	Pad Swami – 586 followers CEO at UrpanTech IT Portfolio Analyst , PMO Support, New York, NY Siebel Operational Reporting Analyst & Technical Lead, Columbus City, IA Performance Engineer, Cincinnati, OH

	Microsoft Global Talent Labs Team – 1485 followers Global Talent Prospecting Team at Microsoft TSP MTC - SQL - 746334, Southfield, MI User Experience Lead, Principal - Exchange - 746442, Redmond, WA System Architect - IEB - Xbox Kinect Team - 746079, Redmond, WA

	Brett Gray – 47 followers Lead Technical Recruiter at Harvey Nash, Inc. Lead Application Analyst - Global Markets, NJ Lead Application Analyst - Global Markets, Charlotte, NC Lead Application Analyst - Global Markets, New York, NY

	Haven Blais – 504 followers Principal at Simon Mitchell & Associates Sales Engineer / Solution Consultant, MN Account Manager, Nashville, TN Sales Engineer / Solution Consultant, Saint Louis, MO

	Roland Tamayo – 324 followers President at GS3 Software Sales Executive - Media/Entertainment, Atlanta, GA Database Support Engineer - Strong SQL / Unix skills, San Mateo, CA Database Sales Engineer - Strong SQL / Java skills, San Mateo, CA

	Dave Carvajal – 546 followers Founder at Dave Partners Agile QA Engineer, New York, NY PHP Developer, New York, NY Systems Engineer , New York, NY

	Michael Pisano – 42 followers Account Executive at The Execu|Search Group Senior Solutions Engineer, New York, NY WPF Consultant, New York, NY Senior Systems Manager , New York, NY

	Katie Kelly – 263 followers Staffing Consultant at Microsoft Account Technology Specialist, Hartford, CT Technology Solution Professional - MTC, Waltham, MA Technical Solution Professional - Collaboration, Washington, DC

	Justin Chukumba – 12 followers Recruiter/Business Developer at Harvey Nash, Inc. Director of Software Development, New York, NY

	Alan Bender – 643 followers President / Owner at Bender Executive Search Account Director - Shopper Marketing, Los Angeles, CA Account Director - Shopper Marketing, CT

	Luis Pedemonte – 514 followers Director-Lead Professionals, LLC at Lead Professionals, LLC Senior Software Engineer - Smartphone, Seattle, WA IT Security Consultant and Internal Auditor, Atlanta, GA Corporate Sales Executives (LPO), Atlanta, GA

When you follow recruiters, every time they upload a new job into the system or have a new requisition, you receive notice directly in your email inbox. It's social recruiting at its easiest!

I hope you have a Happy Valentine's Day tonight, and a great week of connections this week, Readers!

Warmest regards,

Marc Cenedella, Founder & CEO, TheLadders.com

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Author's note:

I've been writing these newsletters weekly for almost a decade in order to provide you with the advice, encouragement, and assistance you need in your professional job hunt. I'll take what we've learned at TheLadders during the week, or experiences I've had with job-seekers all over the country, and try to find a usable lesson, a valuable insight, or a helpful tip to share with you on Monday morning (my writing deadline is 3 p.m. every Sunday afternoon).

I do read your replies to this newsletter. Because of the volume of replies — typically over 1,000 per week — I'm unable to answer you personally, but one of our very qualified staff from our Job Search Support team will get back to you — most of the time within three hours or less.

As I am interested in every reply I get, I'll also occasionally reach out directly by phone or by email to say thanks, or ask a question, or to see how we can solve your problem better. Thanks for reading!