Every job seeker has heard how networking is by far the most successful job search technique, yet so many continue to spend the majority of their effort on the least fruitful method, scouring the job boards and applying on-line.
How many of you read about the recent Facebook study on 'degrees of separation'?
Back in 1967, psychologist Stanley Milgram did a study asking 296 volunteers to send a message by postcard, through friends and friends of friends, to a specific person in a Boston suburb. The conclusion was the now famous "six degrees of separation" theory that later spawned the "six degrees of Kevin Bacon" game.
Now a study done using 721 million Facebook users found that the average number of links between any two people was 4.74. And for US users, it declined to only 4.37.
We can argue about the limitations of the study, which numbers are correct, etc., but it's undeniable that there are only a few degrees of separation between you and any particular hiring manager, CEO, or potential client with whom you want to connect.
Just think of the implications of that statement:
If you create a list of the senior executives who might hire you (or buy your services) if they knew you existed and exactly how you could help them, you have a short route to each of them, if only you could follow it.
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