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Network Intelligence Gathering

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Job Search Video

"Patience - Using the Power of the Pause in Your Interview"

You want to make a good impact during your interview, but the interviewer isn't going to remember everything you say. In order to ensure that what is remembered is important, use the power of the pause. When used correctly it emphasizes key points and helps your answers stick. Learn more from our one-minute-video tip:

www.CollegeGrad.com/job-search-videos/patience-using-the-power-of-the-pause-in-your-interview.shtml

CollegeGrad.com features more than 60 job tips in one minute video format. Review them all at:

www.CollegeGrad.com/job-search-videos

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Job Search Tip of the Week, by Brian Krueger, author of "College Grad Job Hunter," the #1 book for entry level job search:

"Network Intelligence Gathering"

Networking is often considered a less than noble activity reserved for the most desperate in their job search. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. Networking is one of the most effective and efficient activities in finding your first position.

The reality of the job market is that many positions are never advertised, never actively recruited for, never made known outside of the organization. Yet they continue to be filled. How? By referral of someone internal or external. By the "who-do-you-know" method of job search. That is what we call networking.

Let's understand some of the dynamics behind networking by looking at a practical case example:

Entry level hiring within our company is usually planned a full eight to twelve months in advance of the actual hire date. The first persons made aware of our entry level hiring needs are our local management team. Planning for entry level hiring is part of our annual strategic planning process, and the first step toward potentially filling the positions are internal recommendations from our local management staff. The process goes to the next level when we announce the potential hiring needs to all of our local employees. Next level is a request to our area office. Then a request to corporate, each time seeking qualified candidates who may be "already in the pipeline." If we have not yet identified potential candidates for the positions, we will integrate the positions into our on-campus hiring process. And no, we typically do not advertise the positions. And college students who have tapped into our internal network often gain job offers before we even begin our on-campus interviewing.

The key driver behind the internal referrals is our Employee Referral Program. Our company, like many large employers, pays a monetary bonus (often several thousand dollars) for employee referrals that are hired. Money is a very effective motivation to drive employee referrals. The "who-do-you-know" network is alive and functioning quite well in the employment marketplace.

Yet most college students do not consider themselves to be very well plugged in when it comes to networking. "After all, who do I know who can offer me a job?" Perhaps no one directly. But networking is not about first-level contacts. The key to effective networking is what I call "The Ripple Effect." Simply stated, The Ripple Effect is similar to what happens when you toss a stone into a pond. The first ripple is the largest ripple, but it is the second and third ripples that further widen the affected surface area. The more stones that break the surface, the greater the amount of the pond that is filled with your ripples. Moral to the story: if you want to give yourself the opportunity to make a ripple in the employment world, you are going to have to toss a few stones into the pond. Otherwise you probably will not even break the surface.

In building your job search network, you will need to develop a list of potential network contacts. Don't worry about whether they are personally responsible for hiring. It's not who you know, it's who they know.

Next newsletter: "The Purpose of Networking"

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Education Center

"Hot Industries: Business"

It's no secret that some of the highest salaried workers in the United States are in the business world. Business degrees come in many forms, tackling areas of study as diverse as: finance, management, marketing, human resources, and more. Because these specialties benefit all industries, a business degree offers tremendous opportunity and flexibility.

While associate and bachelor's degrees in business are common, those who strive to make it to the higher echelons of business typically earn MBAs. An MBA can not only be your ticket into a variety of careers within business, but to higher earning and advancement potential, too. According to PayScale, the average US salaries for MBA holders varies from about $60 thousand to more than $120 thousand a year, depending on the position, but higher management can earn substantially more.

Browse Top MBA Programs:

www.CollegeGrad.com/schools/mba.shtml

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- Job Search Book Online

There are at least two other entry level Web sites that offer books on job searching, proclaming that they will tell you everything you need to know about entry level job search.

However, there is a very important point about these books they don't mention up front: they cost money.

At CollegeGrad.com, we give you two things they don't:

  1. The #1 entry level job search book ("College Grad Job Hunter").
  2. It's free.

It's that simple. So don't buy the hype. Read the real information you need for FREE:

http://www.CollegeGrad.com/book

Don't ever pay for books or reports or resources of lower quality when you can access the very best quality information for free.

P.S. Yes, you can buy "College Grad Job Hunter" in hardcopy format as well at Amazon.com for $15 (actually, 30% off that price), but the online version is better. Why? Because the version at Amazon.com is being continually updated at CollegeGrad.com. So the most current version of the book is actually the online, free version.

Disclaimer: please note that all of the links were active as of the newsletter publication, but some may become inactive over time.


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