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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." —Amy 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."—Marvin Walberg, Scrips Howard News Service Syndicated Career ColumnistStrand Media Group's "Something You Should Know" air date TBA
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." —Amy 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."—Marvin Walberg, Scrips Howard News Service Syndicated Career ColumnistStrand Media Group's "Something You Should Know" air date TBA
- GenresNonfiction
224 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2000
About the author
Katharine Hansen
27 books2 followersKatharine (Kathy) Hansen, Ph.D., creative director and associate publisher of Quintessential Careers, is an author and instructor, in addition to being a career expert. Her book Dynamic Cover Letters has sold more than 100,000 copies.
Having completed a rigorous credentialing process with Career Thought Leaders, Katharine has earned the designations Credentialed Career Manager and Master Resume Writer, the ninth practitioner worldwide to earn the Master Resume Writer title. The Master Resume Writer designation places Hansen in an elite group of career practitioners who are committed to professionalism and dedicated to continuous learning. She is one of an exclusive group of career professionals to hold both of the Alliance's Credentialed Career Manager and Master Resume Writer designations.
In more than six years as a college professor, Katharine taught the writing of resumes and cover letters and critiqued the job-search correspondence of countless college students. Katharine also is editor of QuintZine, a free career and job-hunting newsletter filled with timely and topical tips for springboarding careers.
Katharine holds a doctoral degree in organizational behavior from Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, OH.
Katharine was writer-editor at numerous newspapers, magazines and nonprofit organizations, and she served as speechwriter for the first woman elected to the Florida Cabinet. Katharine, who earned her bachelor of arts degree in humanities from Stetson University, lives in Kettle Falls, WA, with her writing partner, Randall.
- excerpted from http://www.quintcareers.com/creative_...
Having completed a rigorous credentialing process with Career Thought Leaders, Katharine has earned the designations Credentialed Career Manager and Master Resume Writer, the ninth practitioner worldwide to earn the Master Resume Writer title. The Master Resume Writer designation places Hansen in an elite group of career practitioners who are committed to professionalism and dedicated to continuous learning. She is one of an exclusive group of career professionals to hold both of the Alliance's Credentialed Career Manager and Master Resume Writer designations.
In more than six years as a college professor, Katharine taught the writing of resumes and cover letters and critiqued the job-search correspondence of countless college students. Katharine also is editor of QuintZine, a free career and job-hunting newsletter filled with timely and topical tips for springboarding careers.
Katharine holds a doctoral degree in organizational behavior from Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, OH.
Katharine was writer-editor at numerous newspapers, magazines and nonprofit organizations, and she served as speechwriter for the first woman elected to the Florida Cabinet. Katharine, who earned her bachelor of arts degree in humanities from Stetson University, lives in Kettle Falls, WA, with her writing partner, Randall.
- excerpted from http://www.quintcareers.com/creative_...
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November 15, 2018
For those individuals who don't care for networking, this book will give you some valuable advice in terms of this necessary tool to advance or enhance your career. Networking really is about relationship building - it isn't about harassing people for jobs but establishing a relationship of mutual benefit - the giving and sharing of ideas all the while learning about the other person. Real friendships in your career are established this way, so it doesn't hurt to engage more with people in your field.
September 6, 2011
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The socially savvy may not need this book, but those of us who are rather shy, or at least reluctant to risk annoying people, need a push. This book is the gentle nudge nonassertive types need to venture out and take a social risk.
Very few jobs are obtained through the job websites such as Monster. Recently, a job in Las Vegas for a part-time museum greeter drew over 600 applications! By law, government and publically supported organizations must advertise, but that doesn't prevent them hiring from within, which they usually do.
Where do you find jobs? Through people you know. So, the more people you meet, the more people you know and the more people you know, the more people can know you. Like the old saying says, "It's not what you know, but who you know. "
Networking sounds rather mercenary, but actually it is just friends and acquaintances. I think Katharine Hansen has written the best book yet on how to network from scratch. How do you go about breaking the ice? What do you write? How do you find people who can help you? What do you say? How do you make yourself impressive and memorable to someone you've just met? With specific examples, A Foot in the Door: Networking Your Way Into the Hidden Job Market will show you how.
Thanks to her, I now spend more time out of the house being socially productive and less time at the lonely computer spinning my wheels.
The socially savvy may not need this book, but those of us who are rather shy, or at least reluctant to risk annoying people, need a push. This book is the gentle nudge nonassertive types need to venture out and take a social risk.
Very few jobs are obtained through the job websites such as Monster. Recently, a job in Las Vegas for a part-time museum greeter drew over 600 applications! By law, government and publically supported organizations must advertise, but that doesn't prevent them hiring from within, which they usually do.
Where do you find jobs? Through people you know. So, the more people you meet, the more people you know and the more people you know, the more people can know you. Like the old saying says, "It's not what you know, but who you know. "
Networking sounds rather mercenary, but actually it is just friends and acquaintances. I think Katharine Hansen has written the best book yet on how to network from scratch. How do you go about breaking the ice? What do you write? How do you find people who can help you? What do you say? How do you make yourself impressive and memorable to someone you've just met? With specific examples, A Foot in the Door: Networking Your Way Into the Hidden Job Market will show you how.
Thanks to her, I now spend more time out of the house being socially productive and less time at the lonely computer spinning my wheels.
October 3, 2012
Fast, easy read about how to get and give informational interviews. The book seems to be primarily intended for university students, but it has some interesting information for adults as well.
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November 20, 2012I felt that some subjects could have benefited from a more indepth treatment rather than the very short chapter than they got.
August 6, 2016
Better than I expected.
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February 11, 2016A great book on networking for people in various types of situations.
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