Networking is using the people you know to find the position you're
looking for. Family, friends, supervisors, and co-workers may be what
will lead you to the job you have been searching for. Some surveys estimate that at least 70-80 percent of all jobs are
secured by networking.
Networking includes the following activities:
Establishing your network
by contacting those people you already know
Asking contacts about their work (what they like best,
what they like least) and if they are aware of available positions
Asking contacts if they know of other persons who might be willing to talk with you
Convincing your contacts that your skills and abilities
would make you a good employee – the odds are
better then that they will try to think of several other
persons for you to talk with
Keep the network going. The least that happens
is that you learn about potential jobs, and the
best result could be that someone decides you are the
person who is a good fit for their organization
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