Networking = Cheating

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Mr Khan said:

JOKA_ said:

Mr Khan said:

lordmandeep said:
People who complain about networking are just sore losers...

They just want the govt to give them everything...

Conversely, the people who defend this practice confuse me. Everyone who has disagreed with me in the thread has agreed that networking is not enjoyable. So if everyone hates it, why does anyone do it?

 

Because it works.  I got my first job because I went to a networking event and just by chance met my future boss along with the companies recruiting manager.  Are there any events you can go to just to meet people in your field?

Actually that brings up a questions:  Are you attempting to get a job by completely trying not to network?  If so I might suggest trying it and see where it gets you. 

It's not an issue of trying not to network. I can't network. I don't know anyone, an occurrence based purely out of the matter of luck, as i attended lectures and events and other things in college. Just never met the right person, and no i have no ins anywhere. I live in the wrong place, and lack the funds to get to the right place (the delightful catch-22 of needing a job to be able to do anything).

Then you gotta seriously dazzle at the interview. Be professional yet funny, or move to a place where you can network. or get into a different field where you do have an "in". It seriously is a integral part of the process to weed out the others.

I myself hold 2 jobs, I work part time as a forklift driver for the last 4 years, to which my Aunt recomended me. I also started a full time office job at a University since late August, where my mother also works. In both cases, they were my "in" but thats where it stopped. They merely got me noticed in the interview process. After which, it was obviously all on me to actually deliever, which I did.

You have to set yourself apart from the rest and be credible. Anybody can be qualified, but it helps to have someone else in good standing vouch for you.