Where Executive roles can be hard to come by

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One of my favourite stories about Job Search Networking relates to Susan. She was a Chief Information Officer in Adelaide,
As with most people, I convinced Susan of the power of Job Search Networking. Providing I am clear in my explanation of the theory, everybody ‘gets it’ intellectually.

The difference with Susan was that she had the resilience to make 157 appointments over a 5 month period. She got dressed every morning in her work clothes and picked up the phone. She had the sheer guts to keep going day after day, completing a difficult task.

Susan had a positive attitude which meant that not only did these strangers agree to meet her, they were impressed enough by her demeanour at the 20-minute networking meeting to give her further contacts. And so on.

Susan’s attitude and resilience surfaced in another form, as she was able to croatia phone number resource trust in the process of networking, month after long month. You see, success using Job Search Networking only comes at the end i.e. it’s only when you get the job offer you want, that you can trace back through the various meetings that lead you there.

Interestingly, Susan and I had identified a pre-eminent organisation as a key target at our very first meeting, right at the beginning of her Job Search. Of course, she did not just rely on this one possibility – that is why she investigated those 157 leads over the five months.

But guess where Susan ended up? Guess how she won the role? - a Job Search Networking coffee meeting with the CEO, well before the position was advertised, followed up by solid interview performance.