How to Find a Job With Networking

Whether you recently lost your job or are ready to jump ship from your current one, the chances of your getting a new position through the want ads is next to nil. A headhunter offers advice about other avenues to pursue.
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Lately, there has been a spike in the number of articles that have been written on networking to find a job. While this is not a new concept, the overarching view of networking does bear some fundamental flaws. Unfortunately, the majority of Americans lack critical thinking skills and don’t consider the [...]
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Networking is about meeting people you know who can vouch for your past performance and connect you with people you don't know.After writing The Best Job-hunting Secrets of All Time, and reading the comments, I can safely conclude that 20% of job-seekers find networking necessary, appropriate, and comfortable. Another 20% find it necessary, but uncomfortable. The rest are either not doing it, or doing it wrong. (Note: here's a link to the job-seeker webcast I hosted on on Oct 10th discussing this and related topics.)As many of you know I wrote a book, The Essential Guide for Hiring & Gett