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Q-Tips: Quick and Quintessential Tips to Guide Your Job Search and Work Life

 

Job-hunting tips from the September 12, 2011, issue of QuintZine.

 

 

A study by Right Management affirms what we've been saying for years -- face-to-face networking is the best way to get a job.

 

"Person-to-person networking continues to be job-seekers' most successful tool," the study says. "The firm analyzed job data on the nearly 60,000 individuals throughout North America to whom it provided career-transition services over the past three years. … Traditional networking was the source of new career opportunities for 41 percent of job candidates last year, while Internet job boards accounted for 25 percent of new positions landed," says a press release about the study.

 

 

 

Blogger "Anna," who blogs as as Classy Career Girl recently described the "4X4 networking challenge" she created for herself in which "every month I would met with four people I already knew but would like to get to know even better. I also made a point of meeting with four new people. My goal was to learn from each person I talked to and ask questions about how I get to the next step in my career.

 

"At the end of 2011," she says, "I will have added 48 new people to my network and strengthened relationships with 48 friends, co-workers, and family members."

 

She also got results -- interviews, referrals, confidence, and a clear direction. Read the full post.

 

 

 

In giving advice on changing careers, an ExecuNet member says: "First, see what industries are most portable with your skills. Second, show the interviewers you understand the applications of the knowledge you bring to the table and that you can help them monetize that knowledge. Finally, make sure you understand the gaps you don't fill well and speak to those in a positive way."

 

 

 

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