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  • A Foot in the Door: Networking Your Way into the Hidden Job Market

    A great book about the power of career networking -- for all job-seekers!

    by Quintessential Careers Creative Director Katharine Hansen, author of Dynamic Cover Letters for New Graduates, Top Notch Executive Resumes, and co-author of Dynamic Cover Letters, which combined have sold more than 110,000 copies.

    Ten Speed Press
    ISBN-10: 1580088929
    ISBN-13: 9781580088923
    Price: $14.95
    Publication Date: May/2008

    Order a copy now!

    Foot in the Door

    Read some of the online reviews of the first edition of A Foot in the Door.

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    Table of Contents

    INTRODUCTION

    PART ONE: NETWORKING: WHAT, WHY, HOW, WHO, WHERE, AND WHEN

    Chapter 1: What Is Networking?
    Chapter 2: Why Is Networking So Important?
    Chapter 3: How to Make Contact
    Chapter 4: Who Should Be Part of Your Network?
    Chapter 5: Where to Network-The Top 50 Networking Hot Spots
    Chapter 6: When to Network
    PART TWO: HE NITTY-GRITTY OF NETWORKING
    Chapter 7: The Psychology of Asking for Assistance
    Chapter 8: Contacts Beget Contacts: Getting Your Network to Work for You
    Chapter 9: Networking for the Shy and Intimidated
    Chapter 10: Networking Etiquette
    Chapter 11: Sell the Sizzle: Advertising the Product (You)
    Chapter 12: How Networking Really Works: A Week in the Life of a Networker
    Chapter 13: Networking in the Diverse Work World
    Chapter 14: Ducks in a Row: Keeping Track of Your Network
    PART THREE: NETWORKING IN THE WORLD OF WEB 2.0
    Chapter 15: Networking Visibility and Branding
    Chapter 16: Searchability and Your Online Presence
    Chapter 17: Business and Social Online Networking
    PART FOUR: INFORMATIONAL INTERVIEWING: THE ULTIMATE NETWORKING TECHNIQUE
    Chapter 18: What Is Informational Interviewing?
    Chapter 19: How to Find and Choose Interviewees: Network, Network, Network
    Chapter 20: How to Set Up Informational Interviews
    Chapter 21: How to Prepare for an Informational Interview
    Chapter 22: What to Ask: 200 Great Questions to Choose From
    Chapter 23: How to Maximize the Interview Experience
    Chapter 24: How to Track and Analyze Your Informational Interviews
    PART FIVE: NEXT STEPS: USING NETWORKING AND INFORMATIONAL INTERVIEWING AS THE LAUNCH PAD FOR YOUR JOB SEARCH
    Chapter 25: The Fine Art of Following Up with Networking Contacts
    Chapter 26: Using Name-Dropping Referral Cover Letters to Get the Most Out of Your Network of Contacts
    Chapter 27: The Needs-Fulfillment Cover Letter


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