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Many job search industry professionals say that networking is the single most effective strategy for landing your next job. How’s your networking working?

You may think you don’t know anyone who can help you with your job search. But you know more people than you think, and they are willing to help you. However, you need to reach out and connect with them first. 

You're Hired! Leveraging Your Network – Job Search Strategies That Work, offers tactics to help you reach out to build and leverage your personal and professional network.

“It’s not who you know… it’s who knows you know…”

You're Hired! Leveraging Your Network -- Job Search Strategies That Work puts you to work in learning how to use 'best practices' to create a professional network that will increase your success in landing your job. 

The content is excerpted from You’re Hired! Job Search Strategies That Work, with bonus articles covering a range of frequently asked questions about professional networking.

Networking… is work. Your immediate job is to let people know ‘what’ you know and get to know ‘who’ they know. Your next connection may be looking for a candidate to fill an open position.

Your task is to become the only choice. The right choice!

Section One: Creating & Leveraging Your Network Web

3. Introduction to Your Network Web

4. Leveraging Your Connections

5. Tips for Strengthening Your Job Search Network

6. Dress for Success

7. Business Card Presentation & Etiquette

8. Whole Lotta Shaking Going On

9. Follow-up is Everything!

10. Top 15 Networking No-Nos

11. Linkedin Revisited

Section Two: Reference Strategies

12. Maximizing Your References

13. Match Your References to the Target Job

14. Professional Reference Questions List

15. Personal Reference Questions List

16. Go on The Offence

Section Three: Additional Resources

Section Four: Bonus Material

58. Too Shy to Network? Power Networking Tips & Techniques

59. You Get Back What You Give: Power Networking Tips & Techniques

60. Be the Red Car: Power Networking Tips & Techniques

61. Johnny Appleseed Knew What He Was Doing: Power Networking Tips & Techniques

62. Power Networking Secret Revealed!

63. So What's Your Story? Power Networking Tips & Techniques

64. Become a Thought Leader: Power Networking Tips & Techniques