Paste any job, find who in your network can refer you
Sidedoor is a tool that lets users paste any job description and instantly find people in their network who can refer them, streamlining the job referral process.
Background
- Happenstance is a new AI-powered job-search tool that scans a user's existing network (e.g., LinkedIn connections, email contacts) to find people who work at a target company and can provide a job referral.
- Referrals dramatically increase the chance of getting an interview (often 5x–10x higher than cold applying), but most job seekers don't know which of their contacts work where or are willing to help.
- The site's core pitch: paste a job URL, and it instantly shows you who in your network could refer you, along with suggested outreach messages.
- This sits in a growing category of "network-aware" job tools (e.g., Simplify, RippleMatch) that try to close the gap between the public job board and the private referral pipeline that powers most hiring.