Posts Tagged ‘networking’
All the Right Networking in All the Wrong Places
It dawned on me while I was at a breakfast meeting for some Association of Whatever. It was the typical event with time set aside for networking before the program began. I don’t remember what the program was about but I do recall I wasn’t interested in the topic.
So why did I spend $35 to attend? I [...]
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Why Should they Care?
I am an introvert. No kidding. Personally, I don’t find networking to be very natural. As a result, I need to have a clearer sense of purpose and see better results in order to find it worthwhile.
Some great networkers believe the universe is working in their favor and they just need to put their “energy” out there and good things [...]
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The Illogical Game of Hide and Seek Jobs.
Why companies don’t advertise or post their job openings. It’s more comon than you think!
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The Theory of Weak Ties
Kim Thomson wrote today in the SF Gate (The San Francisco Chronicle’s website) about a woman who had exhausted her primary network of friends in her job search. She decided it was time to turn to her “acquaintances” network and it was from one of these “weak tie” sources where she unexpectedly landed a job [...]
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When Networking, the World Might Not Seem So Small (After All)
Disneyland’s “It’s a Small World” ride is where guests ride passively in a half-sunken barge through a darkened canal to an endless choir of animatronic dolls singing the same verses over and over and over again. I wonder in awe at the ability of that darn song to get trapped in the subconscious. Can you hear it [...]
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Degree-less and Doomed??? You have got to be kidding.
I am all for college degrees. In fact I have a couple myself. But for many people, getting the college degree didn’t happen either by plan or by circumstances. Despite this they have built a good career holding the types of professional jobs even though their peers in similar positions had degrees.
How does this happen?
Simple actually. These degree-less people [...]
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The Straight Line Job Search
I had a client who just hated networking. This was not new of course, but he was really serious about it. He did not like to ask for favors. He did not like the fuzziness of it and it seem to him like a bit of a crap-shoot to meet with people in hopes that [...]
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Personality Traits and Traitors
Once again I came across someone who tried to not-so-patiently to explain why networking in job search would not work for their personality type. They were a technical person who suggested those in technical trades are more comfortable facing a keyboard and screen than facing another person in a networking conversation. Further, they suggested that [...]
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Another Broken Promise. Were They Lying?
The nerve of them. You ask a simple favor. Send your resume to one of their contacts. Forward to you the name and number or at least the email address of their friend, or colleague, or somebody they thought could use your skills or talent. It was even their idea and they promised they would [...]
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What to Do When You’re Flat Out of Friends
(This post is based on some of the principles included in the new book, Unlock the Hidden Job Market: 6 Steps to a Successful Job Search When Times Are Tough which I wrote with Duncan Mathison. For a free sample chapter, click here )
If you’ve been following my posts, you’ll know that I’ve been writing [...]
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