Career Overlaps

When you're researching a contact in Connect The Dots, we show you all the people that you know who have worked together or overlapped. It makes it simple and frictionless to find a good reference or find someone who can introduce you to that person.

Once you've identified your connector, just click on the "Ask Button" and we'll launch a default email template with all the relevant details. When you hit send, it'll send from your email, and responses are tracked in the Ask Inbox.

Sending a couple of these inquiry emails a week is a very effective use of time.

Investors - Reach hard-to-crack CEOs
Recruiters - Get reference checks
Sellers - Get insight, influence, and multi-thread deals
Job Seekers - See how you can reach the hiring manager

Tips On Overlapping Contacts

Everyone you know is a potential connector.
When you are researching a contact, you want to see who in your network is a former coworker of theirs.
The list is sorted by relationship score, and you can see the exact years they worked together.
Our algorithm takes company size and role similarity into consideration. This makes certain career overlaps jump out.
The more sources you connect (Work Email, Personal Email, LinkedIn, etc.) the more insight we can give you into your network.
Overlapping contacts works across your contacts, potential contacts, and even 3rd-degree contacts.

What is an example of an email template?

Subject: Did you overlap with <full name>?

Hey <first name>,

It looks like you worked with < full name> at <insert company>.

Do you know them well enough to share a few insights or put me in touch?

<sender’s first name>

FAQs

Is this available in all editions of Connect The Dots? Yes
Can I see a list of all the people I've ever overlapped with? Not today. But it's a cool idea we're thinking about.
Does this feature work on both Web App and Chrome? Yes. It works on both. Career Overlaps currently works on Chrome for Gmail, but it's being added to Chrome for LinkedIn and Salesforce very soon.