Broadcast Letter to Friends (Law)
Broadcast Letter to Friends (Banking) FREE
Broadcast Letter to Friends (M&A)
Broadcast Letter to Friends (CFO)
Broadcast Letter to Friends (MD)
Broadcast Letter to Friends (Information Technology)
Broadcast Letter to Friends (Fundraising)
Broadcast Letter to Rotary Club (Fundraising)
Broadcast Letter to Friends (COO/Manufacturing)
Broadcast Letter to Friends (Marketing Consulting)
Broadcast Letter to Friends (Corporate Officer / Owner)  
Seeking Business Turnaround or Purchase (Senior Executive)  
Seeking Advice at Career Crossroads (Senior Executive)  
Help from College Alumni or Former Classmates (Senior Management) FREE
Help from College Alumni or Former Classmates (Medical Device Manufacturing)
Help from College Professor
Help from Professional Acquaintance
Help from Director
of College Program
Help from Distant Contacts (Senior Management)
Help from Distant Contacts (Entrepreneur)
Help from Distant Contacts (Human Resources)
Help from Former Banker
Help from Former Business Colleague (Senior Management)
Help from Former Vendor
Help from Association
or Professional Organization
Help from Association
or Professional Association
Help from Realtor FREE
Help from Spouse's Friends
Return to Work From Retirement  

"Care for an hors d'oeuvre,
Mr. Macklin, or a copy of Ed's resume?"


Fifty to seventy-five percent of good jobs come from friends—and friends of friends—by word of mouth. The higher the level of the job, the more that rule applies. At the senior executive and professional level, for example, as many as 90 percent of good jobs come through personal friends.

Therefore, it's urgent to involve your friends in your job-search, not just notify them of your plight ("I'm out of work. Let me know if you hear of anything.").

Job campaigns often stall because job-hunters leave their personal networks too quickly to go off into the world of "strangers." Strangers will seldom be as responsive to you as people whom you've met before, even briefly. Surprisingly, your attendance at a trade show can qualify you as a "friend" in someone's eyes.

Make sure you get your job-hunt strongly established with personal friends and business acquaintances before you spend a lot of time answering ads, working with recruiters, or cold calling. Cold calling isn't very appealing—that's why they call it cold calling!

+1/303/790-0505 : copyright 1996-2008 William S. Frank : All Rights Reserved : Web Design by DATA