After you’ve created all your “self-marketing documents” and verbal presentations, you’re ready to take your job search “to the street” and begin networking. The goal is to contact people who can help you reach the hiring managers inside your target companies. Networking can be done on the phone, in person, via e-mail or even “snail mail.”

Ford Myers, M.Ed., president of Career Potential, a Haverford, PA-based career consulting firm and developer of the “New Year, New Career Power Plan to Achieving Career Success in 2006″ states, “Networking is a lot simpler and less scary than many people think. You do not need to be a good “schmoozer” to network effectively. In fact, the best networkers are often great listeners, as opposed to great talkers.”  Read more... (1009 words, 1 image, estimated 4:02 mins reading time)