tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597101361716877114.post6159304724393488143..comments2014-08-24T01:02:06.393-05:00Comments on Beach Life: An Important Clarification.Chris Beachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08605635799766912230noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597101361716877114.post-57771005477912231472009-05-01T13:45:00.000-05:002009-05-01T13:45:00.000-05:00Chris -- that's a great post.
Face to face is an ...Chris -- that's a great post.<br /><br />Face to face is an integral part of the job search and spending your time on job boards and then sending your resume into a black hole is not the avenue to a successful job search. I believe the percentage is 3-5% of jobs are found that way. Not impressive.<br /><br />Refining your networking process to your goals is critical to your networking effectiveness. Nicholas Boothman says it best in his "Make People Like You in 90 Seconds", he preaches the KFC rule.<br /><br />K = Know what you want.<br />F = Find out what you are getting.<br />C = Change what you are doing until you get what you want.<br /><br />Make your networking count!<br /><br />Case in point - I met a guy last summer and we had lunch. I had seen his resume but getting to know him was much more effective. He had been a plant manager in the past, but for the past two years he had been out of work. About a month or two later I had a contact through my church of someone looking for welders. Because I help all kinds of job seekers and employers looking for employees I called. I learned that welders was one thing they needed, but they were also looking for sales, plant management, and ... When I heard plant management I started questioning and learned that they were looking for a plant manager. I told them about the guy, now friend, I had met and within three, maybe four weeks they had hired him as their VP of Manufacturing and he is in charge of the entire operation.<br /><br />Is it who you know, how many you know, or who knows you? If I hadn't met and listened to my friend, I might have never connected the dots.<br /><br />He is happy, the company is happy, and I'm happy I could help. I was a relevant connection!<br /><br />Happy Networking!Tom Staskiewiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01089713067038820235noreply@blogger.com