Organized Networking -- Did You Know That You Can Download Your Network Contacts Out Of LinkedIn?
For a job seeker, it is hard to get organized about networking. Most job seekers approach networking without a real plan. Instead of a steady diet of events and networking groups, the best place to start networking efforts is with people you know. The warmer and closer a connection, the more likely they are to want to help you. So, how do you start organizing that warm network? There is a pretty nifty trick on LinkedIn – you can download your connections into a .CSV file
One Surefire Way to Give Back in Networking
How many times have you heard about the “power of networking” in job search? Stats are quoted that up to 80% of jobs are found this way. (It’s true, by the way!). Most job seekers loath networking. They resist and delay talking to people because their image of networking involves going to a crowded event armed with newly minted “Job Search Business Card” and trying to strike up a conversation with people that they have never met. Then they think they have to “sell themselve
When Should I Follow-Up? Quit Playing the Guessing Game
It is rough to be a job seeker for a lot of reasons, but probably one of the major reasons is that hiring managers and recruiters often do not tell you when to expect a call back. Or if they do, sometimes they do not follow up when they say they will. Then the job seeker is left with the age old question – do I follow up yet? Job seekers are filled with anxiety about this. They begin to try and figure out why they are not being called. Has the job already been filled? Did I m
