The Hidden Step
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meetings, and expanding the network.
Which choice is a better use of time? Which is more ef-
fcient? Which is more fun? Reading resumes and guessti-
mating, or receiving hundreds of referrals from experts in
the feld after they have met with the applicants in person?
Rely on your common sense, and you will fnd that em-
ployers are leaning toward networking; as a job seeker,
you want to be a part of this process meeting employers
and employment resources in person.
Read more about this
in the “Build Your Network” edition of the Hidden Step offered in
Step Four. You may also read the “Power to Infuence” offered in
Step Three.
What strategies are you currently following that someone
adamantly recommended you implement to advance your
search, yet common sense tells you that the process is
wasting your time?
Do not believe everything you read. Instead, always focus
on results and if a suggestion does not seem to make sense
or produce results, simply do not follow it.
Trust your common sense. It is surprisingly powerful.
Realization
four
Do not believe everything
you read. Focus on results.
STEP FOUR
Build Your Resume
achieving clarity
Rely on your
common sense.
You will fnd that
employers are
leaning toward
networking; as a
job seeker, you
want to be a part
of this process
meeting employ-
ers and employ-
ment resources in
person.
“Mos people
give up jus when they’re about
to achieve success. They quit on
the one-yard line. They give up
at the las minute of the game,
one foot from a winning touch-
down.”
— Vince Lombardi