| CAREER SUCCESS GUIDE June 2008 | | Dear Jsidufh, Surviving Tough Times, Part 2 As I wrote in the previous Career Success Guide, with the increase in gas and food prices, as well as the unemployment rate, it's important to be resourceful to achieve career goals. Sheer survival requires short term decision-making without sacrifices to longer term goals. I just received an email from someone who was buried deep within my network. We had not maintained contact for about a year and I was surprised to hear that he was looking for new career opportunities. We arranged some time to catch up - - and then I set aside some personal time to really re-evaluate the contacts within my network. I realize that networking with friends, associates, contacts, etc., is important and, of course, mutually beneficial. I also realize that it's crucial to constantly re-organize and categorize my network to ensure I maintain ongoing contact with people in my network. Our networks provide long term insurance. When times get tough (like it is right now), it's important to be able to contact someone within your network and ask for a referral, a recommendation, or just to say 'hi." Surving tough times may require knowing when to cut back, but also knowing what needs to be preserved for the long term. If you'd like to receive job interview tips click here for a brief web-based guide. 
Networking is Not a Dirty Word
You walk into a room filled with people. You look left. You look right. All you see are dozens of people wearing "Hi, My Name is ____" badges. You panic. You want to run and hide. "I don't want to make small talk with these strangers," you cry to yourself. But alas, you're here, at the dreaded networking event. Anxiety sets in. You want to go home and never go to another networking event again.
It doesn't have to be this way. We all make excuses for not networking: "I don't want to sell myself," "I don't want to impose on anyone," "It feels sleazy," "I hate small talk." There are many more excuses, but they all miss the point: Networking is a valuable tool that enhances your job search, your career advancement, and enables you to find a satisfying and rewarding career path and more. Overcoming the resistance to networking is crucial to your career, job search, and life.
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