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How to Reach Out to a Recruiter on LinkedIn

February 20, 2025

You’re in your full-on job search mode. No new relevant job listing goes past your radar. But could you actually do more and reach out to recruiters directly?

That’s a big YES from our team. Whether you’re eyeing a job in a particular company, want to check in before a scheduled interview, or just make a new connection, you should send that message.

And here’s your crash course on how to message a recruiter on Linkedin professionally.

Why You Should Build Relationships With Recruiters

Recruiters do much more than just scan through the applicants’ resumes.

They also:

Source candidate’s directly for hard-to-fill roles
Build out the company talent pool for future openings
Share exhaustive information about the company
Help candidates prepare for different types of interviews

In other words — a recruiter can be your guide to accessing “hidden job opportunities” — non-publicly promoted open roles in the company.

Essentially, many employers no longer post ads directly to job search websites.…

Groups Reach Deal to Keep New Mexico Coal Plant Open

February 25, 2019

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A private New York-based real estate investment company that focuses on North American energy projects has reached an agreement with officials in Farmington, New Mexico, to keep the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station open beyond 2022.

The city is part-owner of the 847-MW plant, and the other owners—which include Tucson Electric Power, Los Alamos County, and Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems, along with majority owner Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM)—have said they do not plan to receive power from the SJGS after 2022. The agreement with Acme Equities LLC, a hedge fund founded by Jason Selch in 2012, was reached late February 23, according to a news release from the city.

Farmington officials have worked to find a new operator for the plant after PNM in 2017 said it would close the plant’s two remaining units in 2022, 30 years ahead of schedule. According to a plant fact sheet, PNM owns 46% of the SJGS.

Several California-owned utilities formerly owned some of the plant’s generation, but they ended their ownership agreements in 2017 after 2015 legislation in California required them to divest from coal-fired generation.…

First AP1000 Nuclear Units Reach Key Milestones

June 23, 2018

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Two Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear power plants being constructed in China have successfully completed significant project milestones.

Sanmen Unit 1—the world’s first AP1000 reactor—achieved initial criticality on June 21. Initial criticality is a nuclear industry term meaning the reactor’s neutron population has remained steady from one generation to the next and the nuclear fission chain reaction is self-sustaining for the first time.

“Today we completed the final major milestone before commercial operation for Westinghouse’s AP1000 nuclear power plant technology,” Westinghouse President and CEO José Emeterio Gutiérrez said in a press release announcing the accomplishment. “We are one step closer to delivering the world’s first AP1000 plant to our customer and the world—with our customers, we will provide our customers in China with safe, reliable and clean energy from Sanmen 1.”

The next significant step is connecting the unit to the electric grid. Assuming work continues on schedule, Sanmen Unit 1 will be the first AP1000 nuclear power plant to commence operation.

Meanwhile, at the Haiyang facility, fuel loading began on Unit 1—another AP1000 reactor.…