As often as not I’ve gained employment through other people rather than by going through the whole job hunt/application process. My brother got me in at my first “real” job. The contacts I made there got me into my second one. Even the job I have now I suspect I got partially because I know someone my boss knows.

At the same time, I have to admit I stink at networking. I don’t do enough to keep my network primed, and when I find myself out of a job I feel terrible suddenly approaching people I haven’t spoken to in years. It’s something I know I should work on, but it’s easily forgotten. I’m trying to do better, as the job I’m in now has a built-in end date.

How’s your network? It doesn’t have to be large to yield results, but everyone should have one.

Check out the video below. I can’t seem to get it to embed, so… Based on a true story about networking:
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/video/2016-12-0003-basketball-got-me-a-job?lang=eng