If you want to understand the importance of referrals, I want you to consider how many job applications Google receives every year? If you Google the question (haha), you’ll see references to up to 2,000,000+ applications annually. How much time does a recruiter spend reading a resume? The resume that you spent hours refining each […]
If you’re applying for a role you saw posted online, I’m sorry to tell you that you are already late in the process. That role has been available for weeks, perhaps months, and the hiring manager has considered multiple candidates before it was even posted online. So where do hiring managers look first to fill […]
Are you an introvert? Is the idea of networking uncomfortable for you? Does it give you anxiety or make you feel awkward? Do you feel that because you are an introvert, you will not be good at networking? While you may feel that all of the above statements are true, they are only true because you allow them to […]
While I was networking and searching for my ideal roles, BCG’s career services team challenged me to think about what comprised MY personal brand.
After going through this process, I used my experience to create the PEG-D framework to help YOU build out your personal brand.
every person in your network CAN help you in your journey! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to quickly identify how they can help, and extract the value from each conversation.
Below are 5 different ways your network can help throughout your job search
There are many ways you can ask for help when networking and you simply don’t know until you have the discussion how an individual could potentially help you.
The goal of every networking conversation is to increase the information you have about getting access to an opportunity that will fit your needs and goals.
The people in your network want to help you. You just need to make it easy for them by being prescriptive and explicit in how they can best help you. If you do not direct them on how to help, the networking conversation is likely going to be ambiguous and lead to a sub-optimal outcome.
Your network is bigger than you realize. There are potentially hundreds, even thousands of people you can reach out to ask for help in your job search.
You just need to start building the list starting from all the various sources your network exists in today.
The Networking Resource Vault contains access to the LinkedIn Profile Optimization Checklist, Sample Networking Questions and the Network Building Cornerstones Guide.
