Carnival input from Heather and Seth

Carnival input from Heather and Seth I e-mailed Heather Hamilton and Seth Godin (neither of them knew me) and asked them how they would respond to the question. Note Im still keeping silent on the input/comments, although I found some gems from these guys in their very short entries. I hope you do too. The question: Yikes! You just lost your job! You’ve been so busy at *work* that you don’t feel your network is as strong as you would like it to be! What are you going to do with (and to) your network in the next 6 weeks as you begin an aggresive job search campaign? And, outside of your network, what job search tactics will you employ? Or your best networking tips related to job searches. Heres Heathers reply: Use every resource you have available to you, including corporate job sites, job boards and blogs. Contrary to recent reports, people do get hired via job boards and career sites. Start working your existing network to build it out (shame on you if you dont already have a LinkedIn account). Call everyone you know and ask who they can introduce you to at your top companies and within your industry. Once that is exhausted, realize that you have done yourself a huge disservice by not having built out your network earlier and never let this happen to you again. This whole scenario runs counter to what I coach people to do. This hypothetical person isnt a good listener : ) So my question for Heather is, what exactly do you coach people to do? Heres Seths reply: Well, the bad news is that the best time to network was last year and the worst time is right now. Given where you are, the best way to network over the next six weeks is to do NOTHING but help other people. Volunteer at a non profit, pitch in at a startup, create a blog pointing to great companies and great ideas. Help other people 60 hours a week for no other reason other than youve got some time and its the right thing to do. Ask for nothing. Do as much as you can. Thats how you build a network. Thanks to Heather and Seth. They both have great blogs that you should consider checking out. Click here to see 5 questions that Heather poses to other recruiters (and their comments) great info on the state of things like cover letters, interview questions, etc. Seth is just a dang good read. For some reason this is one of my favs. Carnival input from Heather and Seth I e-mailed Heather Hamilton and Seth Godin (neither of them knew me) and asked them how they would respond to the question. Note Im still keeping silent on the input/comments, although I found some gems from these guys in their very short entries. I hope you do too. The question: Yikes! You just lost your job! You’ve been so busy at *work* that you don’t feel your network is as strong as you would like it to be! What are you going to do with (and to) your network in the next 6 weeks as you begin an aggresive job search campaign? And, outside of your network, what job search tactics will you employ? Or your best networking tips related to job searches. Heres Heathers reply: Use every resource you have available to you, including corporate job sites, job boards and blogs. Contrary to recent reports, people do get hired via job boards and career sites. Start working your existing network to build it out (shame on you if you dont already have a LinkedIn account). Call everyone you know and ask who they can introduce you to at your top companies and within your industry. Once that is exhausted, realize that you have done yourself a huge disservice by not having built out your network earlier and never let this happen to you again. This whole scenario runs counter to what I coach people to do. This hypothetical person isnt a good listener : ) So my question for Heather is, what exactly do you coach people to do? Heres Seths reply: Well, the bad news is that the best time to network was last year and the worst time is right now. Given where you are, the best way to network over the next six weeks is to do NOTHING but help other people. Volunteer at a non profit, pitch in at a startup, create a blog pointing to great companies and great ideas. Help other people 60 hours a week for no other reason other than youve got some time and its the right thing to do. Ask for nothing. Do as much as you can. Thats how you build a network. Thanks to Heather and Seth. They both have great blogs that you should consider checking out. Click here to see 5 questions that Heather poses to other recruiters (and their comments) great info on the state of things like cover letters, interview questions, etc. Seth is just a dang good read. For some reason this is one of my favs. Carnival input from Heather and Seth I e-mailed Heather Hamilton and Seth Godin (neither of them knew me) and asked them how they would respond to the question. Note Im still keeping silent on the input/comments, although I found some gems from these guys in their very short entries. I hope you do too. The question: Yikes! You just lost your job! You’ve been so busy at *work* that you don’t feel your network is as strong as you would like it to be! What are you going to do with (and to) your network in the next 6 weeks as you begin an aggresive job search campaign? And, outside of your network, what job search tactics will you employ? Or your best networking tips related to job searches. Heres Heathers reply: Use every resource you have available to you, including corporate job sites, job boards and blogs. Contrary to recent reports, people do get hired via job boards and career sites. Start working your existing network to build it out (shame on you if you dont already have a LinkedIn account). Call everyone you know and ask who they can introduce you to at your top companies and within your industry. Once that is exhausted, realize that you have done yourself a huge disservice by not having built out your network earlier and never let this happen to you again. This whole scenario runs counter to what I coach people to do. This hypothetical person isnt a good listener : ) So my question for Heather is, what exactly do you coach people to do? Heres Seths reply: Well, the bad news is that the best time to network was last year and the worst time is right now. Given where you are, the best way to network over the next six weeks is to do NOTHING but help other people. Volunteer at a non profit, pitch in at a startup, create a blog pointing to great companies and great ideas. Help other people 60 hours a week for no other reason other than youve got some time and its the right thing to do. Ask for nothing. Do as much as you can. Thats how you build a network. Thanks to Heather and Seth. They both have great blogs that you should consider checking out. Click here to see 5 questions that Heather poses to other recruiters (and their comments) great info on the state of things like cover letters, interview questions, etc. Seth is just a dang good read. For some reason this is one of my favs. Carnival input from Heather and Seth I e-mailed Heather Hamilton and Seth Godin (neither of them knew me) and asked them how they would respond to the question. Note Im still keeping silent on the input/comments, although I found some gems from these guys in their very short entries. I hope you do too. The question: Yikes! You just lost your job! You’ve been so busy at *work* that you don’t feel your network is as strong as you would like it to be! What are you going to do with (and to) your network in the next 6 weeks as you begin an aggresive job search campaign? And, outside of your network, what job search tactics will you employ? Or your best networking tips related to job searches. Heres Heathers reply: Use every resource you have available to you, including corporate job sites, job boards and blogs. Contrary to recent reports, people do get hired via job boards and career sites. Start working your existing network to build it out (shame on you if you dont already have a LinkedIn account). Call everyone you know and ask who they can introduce you to at your top companies and within your industry. Once that is exhausted, realize that you have done yourself a huge disservice by not having built out your network earlier and never let this happen to you again. This whole scenario runs counter to what I coach people to do. This hypothetical person isnt a good listener : ) So my question for Heather is, what exactly do you coach people to do? Heres Seths reply: Well, the bad news is that the best time to network was last year and the worst time is right now. Given where you are, the best way to network over the next six weeks is to do NOTHING but help other people. Volunteer at a non profit, pitch in at a startup, create a blog pointing to great companies and great ideas. Help other people 60 hours a week for no other reason other than youve got some time and its the right thing to do. Ask for nothing. Do as much as you can. Thats how you build a network. Thanks to Heather and Seth. They both have great blogs that you should consider checking out. Click here to see 5 questions that Heather poses to other recruiters (and their comments) great info on the state of things like cover letters, interview questions, etc. Seth is just a dang good read. For some reason this is one of my favs.