A Foot in the Door: Networking Your Way into the Hidden Job Market
This empowering and accessible guide shows career rookies how to get a foot in the door-and then kick it wide open. The revised second edition emphasizes the importance of contemporary social networking, such as discussion groups and forums, online portfolios, and blogging. Featuring a list of networking hot spots, confidence-building advice for the shy or intimidated, and a comprehensive guide to informational interviewing, A FOOT IN THE DOOR reveals proven strategies that will help those seeking their first real-world job land the position they've been looking for.

 
  • A concrete and practical guide to the nuts and bolts of networking, using a step-by-step approach geared to recent grads and young career changers.
  • Helps young professionals identify who they should connect with. Katharine Hansen's books have sold 145,000 copies.
  • Reviews"Extensive chapters on informational interviewing and Internet networking make this a must-have book for job seekers and others trying to connect with people in the workplace." ‚ÄîAmy Lindgren, Syndicated Career Columnist"You name it, if it deals with networking, on any level, Katharine Hansen's book covers it. ...This is a book I wish I had written. It will help you."‚ÄîMarvin Walberg, Scrips Howard News Service Syndicated Career ColumnistStrand Media Group's "Something You Should Know" air date TBA

     
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    A Foot in the Door: Networking Your Way into the Hidden Job Market
    This empowering and accessible guide shows career rookies how to get a foot in the door-and then kick it wide open. The revised second edition emphasizes the importance of contemporary social networking, such as discussion groups and forums, online portfolios, and blogging. Featuring a list of networking hot spots, confidence-building advice for the shy or intimidated, and a comprehensive guide to informational interviewing, A FOOT IN THE DOOR reveals proven strategies that will help those seeking their first real-world job land the position they've been looking for.

     
  • A concrete and practical guide to the nuts and bolts of networking, using a step-by-step approach geared to recent grads and young career changers.
  • Helps young professionals identify who they should connect with. Katharine Hansen's books have sold 145,000 copies.
  • Reviews"Extensive chapters on informational interviewing and Internet networking make this a must-have book for job seekers and others trying to connect with people in the workplace." ‚ÄîAmy Lindgren, Syndicated Career Columnist"You name it, if it deals with networking, on any level, Katharine Hansen's book covers it. ...This is a book I wish I had written. It will help you."‚ÄîMarvin Walberg, Scrips Howard News Service Syndicated Career ColumnistStrand Media Group's "Something You Should Know" air date TBA

     
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    A Foot in the Door: Networking Your Way into the Hidden Job Market

    A Foot in the Door: Networking Your Way into the Hidden Job Market

    by Katharine Hansen
    A Foot in the Door: Networking Your Way into the Hidden Job Market

    A Foot in the Door: Networking Your Way into the Hidden Job Market

    by Katharine Hansen

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    This empowering and accessible guide shows career rookies how to get a foot in the door-and then kick it wide open. The revised second edition emphasizes the importance of contemporary social networking, such as discussion groups and forums, online portfolios, and blogging. Featuring a list of networking hot spots, confidence-building advice for the shy or intimidated, and a comprehensive guide to informational interviewing, A FOOT IN THE DOOR reveals proven strategies that will help those seeking their first real-world job land the position they've been looking for.

     
  • A concrete and practical guide to the nuts and bolts of networking, using a step-by-step approach geared to recent grads and young career changers.
  • Helps young professionals identify who they should connect with. Katharine Hansen's books have sold 145,000 copies.
  • Reviews"Extensive chapters on informational interviewing and Internet networking make this a must-have book for job seekers and others trying to connect with people in the workplace." ‚ÄîAmy Lindgren, Syndicated Career Columnist"You name it, if it deals with networking, on any level, Katharine Hansen's book covers it. ...This is a book I wish I had written. It will help you."‚ÄîMarvin Walberg, Scrips Howard News Service Syndicated Career ColumnistStrand Media Group's "Something You Should Know" air date TBA

     

    Product Details

    ISBN-13: 9780307814715
    Publisher: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
    Publication date: 12/04/2013
    Sold by: Random House
    Format: eBook
    Pages: 224
    File size: 2 MB

    About the Author

    KATHARINE HANSEN, PHD, has authored some of the most widely used job-hunting resources on the market, including DYNAMIC COVER LETTERS (100,000 copies sold). She is an instructor of business communication and the creative director for Quintessential Careers, which receives one million unique website visitors monthly and has been awarded a Forbes.com Best of the Web award. She lives in DeLand, Florida.
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