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Quick Tip - Network With Employed People
During job search you meet a lot of people, some who will become lifelong friends and others who will simply be another person in your network. But during job search, who should you be talking to? Fellow job seekers are easy to meet. They need help, you need help. It is a natural partnership assuming they are not the defensive or greedy type, hoarding all of the good job leads.
Anyway, while networking with fellow job seekers is largely comfortable and low pressure, I recommend at least half of your networking be done with employed people. Why?
First, they have jobs and people with jobs often have more credibility to recommend you than those who do not.
Second, it opens you up to a whole new group of people who can tell you about the most important jobs there are - real ones at real companies. Remember the fact that only 10% of jobs go through recruiters?
Q: Where do you find out about the 90%?
A: From the people who work at the hiring companies.
It’s still networking. Just networking with a different crowd and with a different purpose.