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You’re not ready to go public with your job search, but you want to cultivate higher visibility in your industry and grow your connections to key decision-makers. Before you go pasting on nametags three times a week, take a couple of lesson in stealth networking. Then consider how your career moves will look to your current boss, and what you’ll say if she asks you why you’ve been so active on the professional meeting circuit lately.
Because everyone lets their guard down a little bit during the holidays, the next couple of weeks can be a great time to throw your hat into the ring. Here are four ways to leverage the holidays to advance your job search.
Holiday parties may seem like a time to kick back and enjoy – and yet they also may be the best opportunities all winter to grow your network and add a little warmth to those who have helped you out, or may do so in the year ahead.
It used to be that the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas seemed a long time. Now it feels that after the last leftover turkey sandwich it’s time to get the Christmas decorations up and coordinate the social calendar with family and friends. This ‘feeling’ may be due to the ‘Black Friday’ campouts to be first in line and all the news coverage as a result. No matter the reason for the season this is a time we encounter friends, family we haven’t seen in a while as well as new faces, Tis the Network Season.
Networking can be intimidating to some job seekers, but it is a great way to make essential contacts. You never know exactly how being associated with someone can help you in the future, but it is helpful to always be prepared. Here is a list of helpful secrets to help you get organized before attending a networking event or having an individual meeting.
You know the type. The people with obnoxious laughs, pushy pitches, and the ability to corner you at industry conferences and talk about themselves continuously for what seems like hours? The ones who clearly mean well, but their lack of etiquette can make you wish you hadn’t even gone? Here’s a friendly suggestion: Don’t be that person.
The average email contact you have is worth $948 per year in your annual income, as pointed out in a Business Week article/IBM and MIT study in 2009. Since I’d like to see you make more money, below are 5 things you can do on a regular basis to build your network and, thus, your income.
As heat waves blazed through the nation in July, the job economy warmed up a bit too, adding 117,000 non-farm jobs and bringing the unemployment rate down to 9.1%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It was more than economists expected.
A large, diverse, and engaged professional network is an important part of a job search. And part of maintaining a professional network means adding to it on a regular basis. Don’t wait until you need a favor or are desperate to get your resume in front of a hiring manager! Right now, valuable contacts are on the perimeter of your social circle — they’re the parents of your kids’ chums, they’re in your school’s alumni association, and they’re your friends’ friends. So how do you turn these people from relative strangers into valuable network contacts?
If you have created a comprehensive LinkedIn profile, good for you! I see so many job seekers who have not fully utilized this valuable resource for networking. You may have a profile that is partially complete; here are a few simple things you can do to increase your exposure:
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