Job Search Tip of the Week #28 (2018)
Caressa Moy | July 9, 2018 | 9:00 am
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5 Steps to Conquer Any Networking Event
How to Impress While Networking [INFOGRAPHIC]
At a networking event, have you ever:
- Felt intimidated or uncomfortable in a room full of strangers?
- Been so nervous you made some awkward moves going for the handshake?
- Worried about saying or doing the wrong thing?
- Questioned whether you reacted appropriately to something someone said or did?
- Struggled to remember names? What was said just moments before? Conversations you had with someone you’d met previously?
- Stuck someone’s business card in your pocket and lost it seconds later? (There’s an app for that!)
- Gotten nervous when asked to talk about yourself?
- Avoided situations where you could become the center of (someone’s) attention, aka “wallflowered it?”
…and then second-guessed yourself after it was all over?
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Job Search Tip of the Week #27 (2018)
Caressa Moy | July 2, 2018 | 9:00 am
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Get Smart about Career Networking
4 Strategies for Your (July 4th) Job Search Networking
Whatever you’re up to this Independence Day weekend with your family and friends (not to mention complete strangers), it’s a great time to leverage the power of face-to-face interaction and network your way into a job.
Referrals are the leading source of external hires, reports CareerXroads, an online peer-to-peer community of talent acquisition professionals. Yet, not maintaining and growing your network is one of the 15 most common IT job search mistakes, according to CIO.com managing editor and writer Rich Hein. Most people avoid networking because they don’t know to effectively do so. (Or, they claim to be terrible with names. If you’re one of those, check out these mnemonic devices you can use to change that!)
Read on below to learn about the four strategies you need to get your (Fourth of July) job search networking off with a bang!
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