Old coworker reached out to me on behalf of her friend. Her friend is applying for a role in the company I work for (very large, worldwide company in O&G) and asked if I could find out who the hiring manager is and share their email address.
I have no problem finding the hiring manager's name and sharing that, but sharing his/her email address? I don't know if that's something I should do. Seems wrong to share someone's email without their permission (I don't know the hiring manager), and would it bother the hiring manager to get a direct email from an unknown candidate out of the blue like that? I know I get tons of emails from salespeople who "guess" my workemail address (I'm in sourcing) and I don't ever even read them. Straight to the trash.
I have no problem finding the hiring manager's name and sharing that, but sharing his/her email address? I don't know if that's something I should do. Seems wrong to share someone's email without their permission (I don't know the hiring manager), and would it bother the hiring manager to get a direct email from an unknown candidate out of the blue like that? I know I get tons of emails from salespeople who "guess" my workemail address (I'm in sourcing) and I don't ever even read them. Straight to the trash.