Who Do I Contact In A Job Search?
My friend Mark asked this question: In laying out my job search strategy, I’m trying to devise lists of people I need to reach out to for coffee and informational …
UNsocial Networking
Struggling With Trying to Network With Professionals: 3 Steps of a Powerful Evolution
We got an email from user “L” last week with two issues… I want to address one today. He says: “I am struggling with trying to network with professionals.” Not …
Ask the Coach #5: How to Network in a New Area?
This is part of a continuing series called Ask the Coaches, where YOU pose a question that I send to dozens of career experts, and they give their awesome responses. …
Networking not worth it? What, then?
I saw a link to this on Facebook: Good News for Young Strivers: Networking Is Overrated. I think it was written by Tim Enthoven… while reading the first part of …
Fascinating Read from The Tipping Point on Relationship Strength
I’m finally muscling my way through The Tipping Point. It’s an excellent concept but I’ve had a problem getting past the first forty or so pages. Last night, though, I …
What if networking is not working? Or, how to network…
A few years back someone said “I am not sure I know how to network.” This person wanted guidance on how to greet someone, how to make conversation, what to …
Nothing Says “Welcome to the Real World” Like an Influx of New Graduates (congrats anyways)
Not to be a Debbie Downer, but when I saw this headline this weekend my first thought wasn’t “congratulations!!!!” If one school graduates almost 6k people in May… how many …
New Course: Resumes and Self-marketing (for Software Developers)
Last week my newest Pluralsight course went live: Resumes and Self-marketing for Software Developers This is a course on what to do with your resume… how to use it to …
New On The Job? How To Announce Yourself To Customers
I got this email from a sales professional last week: “I manage a large territory for my company and I am fairly new here and have a lot of customers. …
Is Networking a Waste of Time?
A few weeks ago I saw a post on Facebook from career pro and friend Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter with this image: I thought this was interesting because for me, 99% of my …