9 Steps to Successful Job Search Networking
If published statistics are accurate, employment agencies and search firms fill about 22% of all jobs in the U.S. Job boards fill anywhere between 2% and 8%. So how do the others get filled?
Networking consistently fills more jobs than any other method. Yet people often don't know how to network well, act only in crisis (I need a job now!). Networking when you don't need a job will help you cultivate relationships that will help you find work.
The statistics are that 70% of jobs are filled as a result of networking and 70% of the 70% (49%) are filled as a result of people you meet who your network knows and you don't.
Are you investing your time properly or chasing job board ads and recruiters?
Here's what to do to be effective networking:
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