Don’t Go It Alone in a Job Search

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Brian Ray joins Crown Financial CEO, Chuck Bentley, again to share how you can be more productive in your job search. Below you’ll find a summary of the MoneyLife career podcast that aired on February 22, 2010.

Don’t Go It Alone in a Job Search MoneyLife Radio Career Podcast

Our guest today is Brian Ray, Founding Director of the Crossroads Career Network. Brian’s with us to talk about a part of the job search process that’s often overlooked, asking other people to help you.

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Brian shares 3 Rules of Networking:

1. Three-Foot Rule.
   When you’re in a networking environment like a career event, share what you’re looking for with anyone standing within 3 feet. Start by getting the person’s name and employment goals.
2. Help-Others-First Rule.
   By helping the other person first, you’re making an emotional investment in them. Once you do that, they’ll be more willing to listen to you. ave a servant heart. Look for someone you can help. Everyone knows somebody, hears about job opportunities. If you help enough people, you’ll eventually get what you need.
3. Have-a-Weekly-Plan Rule.
   Saturday is a great day to review the past week, celebrate, and make a list of the career things you need to do for the next week. Have 2 to 5 things that will help you most advance your career search. Assign those tasks to a day. It could be making 5 new contacts every day. Be able to quickly share what you’re looking for and ask if they know someone in that field.