Job Search Marketing Toolkit - Networking
From Career Alley:
"If it's the Psychic Network why do they need a phone number?" - Robin Williams
Networking for job search is under-rated (and it certainly is not the Psychic Network). For some of us (like me) there is nothing I like less than "bothering" a former co-worker, friend, relative or business associate to let them know that I am out of work &/or looking for a job. There are, of course, many people who don't have a problem with this.
There are a number of ways you can leverage your network without calling people as the first step (although this is not a bad way to start). Business social networks have been covered in a number of previous posts (quick links are listed below), so I won't cover that topic again in this post. I will, however, provide some basic Networking concepts and methods. But first some quick links to ... social networks:
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