| Networking
& Informational Interviewing
Some practical advice to using your network in
your job search.
Most
job seekers have heard suggestions like “make
sure you network,” and “don’t
forget to ask your uncle if he can get you a job
in his company.” Given the recent rise in
unemployment, networking and informational interviewing
are more important than ever when searching for
a job. This guide will discuss the purpose of
networking, barriers encountered by many when
they attempt to network, and tips on conducting
informational interviews.
Informational
Interviewing
A great way to explore careers, network and develop
job leads!
Informal networking is one
of the best sources of job leads and opportunities.
It gives you a way to investigate a specific career
field and help you narrow your target job choices.
And while you get advice on where you might find
the best fit, you are broadening your network
of contacts for future reference. This
article tells about the informational interview
process including who
and how to make contacts
as well as how to prepare
for and handle your actual informational interview.
| Networking
Articles & Advice |
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Guide
to Successful Networking
From
AdvancingWomen.com
Links
to various articles on networking
successfully. Some article specially
address the needs of women but can
be used by all. Resources are provided
by AdvancingWomen.com. |
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Networking
Advice from Career Journal
From
Career Journal
Various
articles on networking successfully
from Career Journal. |
| Inspiration
for You |
"Friends
are those people who know the words
to the song in your heart and sing
them back to you when you have forgotten
the words."
-
Anonymous |
"Each
friend represents a world in us;
a world possibly not born until
they arrive, and it is only in meeting
them that a new world is born."
-
Anais Nin
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| Call
it a clan, call it a network, call
it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever
you call it, whoever you are, you
need one.
-
Jane Howard, "Families" |
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First
it is necessary to stand on your own
two feet. But the minute a man finds
himself in that position, the next
thing he should do is reach out his
arms.
-
Kristin Hunter, O Magazine, November
2003 |
| You
must give some time to your fellow
men. Even if it's a little thing,
do something for others - something
for which you get no pay but the privilege
of doing it.
-
Albert Schweitzer |
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