Comments on: Top 10 Ways to Find Jobs – Networking STILL Important http://careerchangeforacademics.com/http:/careerchangeforacademics.com/networking/top-10-ways-to-find-jobs-networking-still-important/ Find the work you want - Get the life you want Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:18:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: admin http://careerchangeforacademics.com/http:/careerchangeforacademics.com/networking/top-10-ways-to-find-jobs-networking-still-important/comment-page-1/#comment-4 admin Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:02:45 +0000 http://careerchangeforacademics.com/?p=9#comment-4 Randa, Great points to make about how to use LinkedIn! (1) Unfortunately, I see very few LinkedIn profiles in which people have actually listed their skills beyond the resume-like jobs/experience. (And, I'm even guilty of that myself!) (2) Noticing these linkages with friends and their interests is a great counter to the question I often see, on why we should bother collecting a lot of people as "friends." It's a great way to get background on a person before you meet face-to-face, to help establish common ground in a conversation. -- "It's really good to meet you, and I noticed that your LinkedIn profile says you're working on a (whatever it is). I've been doing some parallel research and I wanted to ask you about...." (3) Yes, and those passing opportunities can work both ways! A friend of mine was "found" in LinkedIn by a business acquaintance who was looking for a web designer, but he didn't know she did that as a sideline until he searched his local LinkedIn profiles for "web designer." Both searcher and searchee were pleased with the result. Thanks for the comments - I really liked your extension of the post. Randa, Great points to make about how to use LinkedIn!

(1) Unfortunately, I see very few LinkedIn profiles in which people have actually listed their skills beyond the resume-like jobs/experience. (And, I’m even guilty of that myself!)

(2) Noticing these linkages with friends and their interests is a great counter to the question I often see, on why we should bother collecting a lot of people as “friends.” It’s a great way to get background on a person before you meet face-to-face, to help establish common ground in a conversation. — “It’s really good to meet you, and I noticed that your LinkedIn profile says you’re working on a (whatever it is). I’ve been doing some parallel research and I wanted to ask you about….”

(3) Yes, and those passing opportunities can work both ways! A friend of mine was “found” in LinkedIn by a business acquaintance who was looking for a web designer, but he didn’t know she did that as a sideline until he searched his local LinkedIn profiles for “web designer.” Both searcher and searchee were pleased with the result.

Thanks for the comments – I really liked your extension of the post.

]]> By: randa http://careerchangeforacademics.com/http:/careerchangeforacademics.com/networking/top-10-ways-to-find-jobs-networking-still-important/comment-page-1/#comment-3 randa Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:30:01 +0000 http://careerchangeforacademics.com/?p=9#comment-3 Good to know the numbers show face-to-face contact still overwhelms the virtual application for success in job hunting. Some scuttle among friends is suggesting online social networking sites offer a few bonuses to the job search. (1) On Linked In we actually get to see each others skill/experience list, allowing more complete information about each others skills than we can absorb in a history of conversations. (2) We can see linkages between friends, shared interests and expand on them. We also see what interests or business areas THEIR friends work in. These do not always come up in conversations. This allows us expanded opportunity to ask for introductions to like minded (or like industry) contacts, in a casual manner. (3) We can access these 'resumes' anytime to make a connection with a passing opportunity. So, I agree the virtual social networking sites can be good supplement to our job search quest. Good to know the numbers show face-to-face contact still overwhelms the virtual application for success in job hunting. Some scuttle among friends is suggesting online social networking sites offer a few bonuses to the job search.
(1) On Linked In we actually get to see each others skill/experience list, allowing more complete information about each others skills than we can absorb in a history of conversations.
(2) We can see linkages between friends, shared interests and expand on them. We also see what interests or business areas THEIR friends work in. These do not always come up in conversations. This allows us expanded opportunity to ask for introductions to like minded (or like industry) contacts, in a casual manner.
(3) We can access these ‘resumes’ anytime to make a connection with a passing opportunity.
So, I agree the virtual social networking sites can be good supplement to our job search quest.

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