Networking

Careers columnist and former HR executive Liz Ryan shares tales of clever job hunters who scored big-time by making networking mutually gratifying Recently we wrote about cringe-inducing networking fiascoes. In each of those stories, someone made a mess of a networking opportunity by forgetting what networking is all about.

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Unflappable on the surface, columnist Liz Ryan recalls a few networkers who made her scream “what in God’s name are you thinking?” on the inside Networking as we know it first took shape 15 or 20 years ago, when entrepreneurs and consultants started meeting up with people for the sole

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Networking is a great activity and often a fruitful one, but it’s not for the faint of heart. The networking jungles are full of prowling and slithering creatures who can make you wish you’d stayed at home and far from your computer. Just so you don’t emulate these unclear-on-the-concept networkers,

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Someone just sent me a job posting and asked me to distribute it to all the job seekers I know. “Make sure and tell them,” he added in a note, “that resumes will only be accepted through noon tomorrow.” That’s the 2009 job market — positions open up and close

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When I’m not writing career-advice columns or working with organizations on their talent issues, I lead an online discussion community (Ask Liz Ryan). We have a lively conversation almost every day on the topics of careers, networking, work/life and pure “life” advice. One day not long ago, we got a

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