Tag Archives: informational interviewing

The Hidden Job Market

By Alice Wojcio | Published: January 5, 2010
Years ago, when we taught workshops at an outplacement center, we made sure to tell people that only 15% of the available jobs were ever listed in the paper or even online. Even now, fully 85% of the jobs people find have never been listed anywhere! People find these jobs in other ways. They network with [...]
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Network to Gather Information

By Alice Wojcio | Published: October 29, 2009
Networking is not just about getting a job, or selling a product or service. Its main purpose is to give or get useful information. As such, it is one of the best research tools we have available to us. How many times have you asked a friend or neighbor where s/he buys tires? Or who to [...]
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