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You probably did not expect it, but people who share the
same faith,
beliefs or hobbies may also help you with finding a job. You
may have a different career from theirs, but they might know somebody
who is in the same field or will be able to help you in your career.
However, depending on your level of association with them, they may
think twice about giving their opinion or thoughts about their
contacts. Their opinion can sometimes help you in making a
strategy on how to approach and ask for help from their contacts.
* People who sell you things
You may think that your relationship with these people is purely based
on trading goods and services, then paying for them. However,
people who sell you things are also sources of information when
networking.
Since these people sell their goods to different types of persons, they
may have associated with somebody who belongs to the same field as you
do, or have heard information about your target job from their other
clients.
These people will also be happy to help you, since they know that
maintaining a pleasant relationship with you means a stable
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In this case,
ask them to keep their eyes open for opportunities that
you might be interested in. You can also leave with them
copies of your resume.
* Just ask for two referrals.
Two referrals are enough from each warm contact. This is to
have another option in case the first one didn't work out.
Asking for more than two referrals could be impolite as it can take
much time from your warm contact. Also, that will make your
warm contact feel that you are relying mostly on him or her for your
job search. So, unless they volunteer the information, don't
ask for more than 2 referrals.
* Contact referrals as soon as possible.
When your warm contacts give you referrals, there are times that they
also call these people personally to give more information about
you. On the other hand, when you contact the people to whom
you were referred, your referrals may call your warm contacts to verify
the information or to ask more information about you.
Either way, you have to contact your referrals soon enough that these
people can still remember their conversation with your warm contact, or
your warm contact can still remember that you have talked.
At times, after your referrals were called by your warm contacts, they
anticipate your call and even prepare questionnaires and exams for you
to take. Do not waste this opportunity by delaying follow-up
on referrals.
Keeping these tips in mind will be able to help you in asking for good
referrals from your warm contacts.
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Calm Down
Anticipate that you'll be declined. That's it. It's
really hard but never take it as a personal attack on you.
Don't let the feeling of being dismissed put you down and roll you
back. Be patient and learn from your mistakes. You
will reap a good harvest if you commit yourself to being
persistent. This will also help you find a strategy that will
work in the long run. Look at each turn down as if it were
the next stepping stone.
The Art of Questioning
You cannot expect someone to believe you right away and just sign up
after describing your company's objectives. You have to ask
the right questions. Ask what they do correctly and promptly
to help you use it along the conversation. A sure attention
getter when opening a conversation can be "May I ask you about
something Ms/Mr?" People want to help and this question
lowers their guard. The next question will be "Can you help
me out about this thing sir/ma'am?" This question does not
ask for a yes or no answer but would definitely give you a valuable
response that you can use all through out the interaction.
It's possible that the little Girl Scout on the street asked the same
question and left the doorway with 2 less boxes of cookies at
hand!
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