The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Professional Edition: Learn to Network. Get a Job.

Summary

Built using the acclaimed The 20-Minute Networking Meeting--Executive Edition networking model lauded by business leaders around the world, the Professional Edition puts you in control of your job-search discussions and, ultimately, your career. Taking the best elements of the best networkers from a multitude of industries and professions, combined with 40 years of the authors' own experience, the Professional Edition culminates in a highly productive networking approach from a hiring perspective. In this book, learn what networking (really) is, and how to: * Master the 5 most important parts of a networking meeting * Create a networking agenda * Construct key questions to lead a discussion * Expand a professional network with more names * Break into the "Invisible/Hidden Job Market" (where over 70% of all jobs are obtained) * Make a networking meeting more effective, efficient, and mutually beneficial.* Execute the above (and much more) -- inside of 20 minutes * Maintain your new network throughout your career! Chock full of real-world scenarios, short stories, meeting examples, and dozens of tips and observations from hiring authorities and recruiting experts, the Professional Edition is an end-to-end lesson on job-search networking, founded on the premises of gratitude, positivity, and reciprocity. Specifically constructed to clarify and simplify networking for job-search, the Professional Edition was written for even the most introverted networker and is rounded out with a complete set of readiness worksheets that guide the reader through actual networking preparation, with fully written stories that show the entire: The 20-Minute Networking Meeting model in action.