You’ve heard the phrase about falling in love, “It happens when you’re not looking for it.”
An important thing to understand about job search networking is, you don’t just network when you need a job.
A lot of you who read this blog are in the middle of the job search, or are at least thinking about […]
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The Quickest Job Search- Find Your Next Job When You’re Not Looking For One
May 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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Networking By Volunteering
April 29th, 2008 · No Comments
“Networking” is sort of a nebulous word for some people. What does networking mean, exactly? What does it entail? How does one go about doing it?
Of course, networking is just knowing people. And more importantly, it’s about knowing more people… and hopefully knowing more people that might be able to help you in a professional […]
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Internships Are About The Connections- With Other Interns
March 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments
I was contacted this morning by an old client of mine. About 5 years back, I helped this guy write 4 resumes in about 18 months for 4 different internships.
The internships were in all sorts of different industries. The guy didn’t quite know what career he wanted to end up in and thus figured he […]
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First Place To Look For Your New Job: Your Current Job
March 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments
You of course know the phrase about the grass being greener on the other side of the fence.
Sometimes, though, the grass is plenty green on THIS side.
I thought of that this weekend when perusing some job search survey data. I’ve posted before about playing the odds in your job search. And you have to figure […]
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Networking Is Not ONLY About Job Referrals…
March 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments
… It’s also about job intelligence.
I mean intelligence in the sense of military intelligence. Let me explain.
A while back, we had one of the readers of this blog share her job search success story. The purpose of this was not to say, “Gee, what a great blog are we! We helped someone find a job!” […]
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Quick Tip For More Effective Networking
February 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments
I was reading one of my favorite blogs, Modite. She has a great post up about real world networking. As I was reading her tips, I was reminded of my own experiences networking and the networking methods I’ve seen work for my clients over the years.
It occurs to me that most people think the […]
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