I’m catching up on your posts … and they are all excellent. Whoever would have guessed your degree? Glad, as are many others, you found your true calling!

This is sage advice on indiscriminately handing out resumes. Sadly, job seekers have forever changed the face of networking because they either forgot, or don’t know, the true meaning of the word. Or, they are driven by desperation. However, once you damage a networking relationship, that door may very well be dead-bolted forever.

Warmly,
Cindy Kraft,
the CFO-Coach

I was telling a colleague the other day that I very rarely give my resume out. When I do, it’s either for advice on what can be tweaked, somebody that wants me on their team or I’m responding to a job posting.

I know times are hard and people get desperate for a job, however when somebody pushes their resume like a drug pusher, that desperation resonates and typically can scare off professionals. On the other hand, if that same job seeker were to focus on building relationships and learning more about the companies they are interested in from inside people, they will have more of a chance to tap into the hidden job market.

When I hear job seekers say they will do “anything” and they just need a “job,” I cringe a bit. I’ve been there, said that, landed “a job,” and took the very next thing that came along. With all of the bad press that is out there on the unemployed people, it’s no wonder people will take “anything” that comes along. Everyone has heard the phrase, “it’s easier to find a job when you already have one.” True… but what if you don’t have a job but you are an amazing volunteer with oodles of talents? If you are a volunteer at a non-profit, you are still being productive AND networking

Networking is extremely vital and imperative for the job seekers, but the professional contacts you meet don’t necessarily want your resume emailed to them 50 million times either – unless they are really into aggressiveness like sales. In those cases, being aggressive might be advantageous…