by Donald Strankowski | Nov 26, 2023 | Job Search Tactics, Networking
The Thanksgiving-to-New Year holiday season is often viewed by many job seekers as a job-search desert. Nobody’s hiring, new budgets haven’t been decided, and everybody’s on vacation—so the conventional wisdom goes. People are thinking more about shopping lists,...
by Donald Strankowski | Nov 30, 2012 | Networking
The holiday season provides a perfect opportunity for job search networking. More people are hired via networking than any other job search technique, so take advantage of the plethora of networking opportunities the holiday season offers. People are more in the mood...
by Donald Strankowski | Dec 24, 2011 | Networking
Even with new job search tools such as job search engines, niche-industry job boards, and the plethora of social media sites, more people are still hired through word of mouth than any other method. Certainly, sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Indeed.com can...