The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Professional Edition: Learn to Network. Get a Job.

The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Professional Edition: Learn to Network. Get a Job.

<b>*WINNER - International Book Award - Career category!</b><br><b>*WINNER - National Indie Excellence Award - Career category!</b><br><b>*FINALIST - Foreword INDIES Book of the Year!</b><br><b>*FINALIST - USA Best Book Award - Career category!</b><br><b>*SILVER - Axiom Business Book Award - Career category!</b><br><br><i>Welcome to The 20-Minute Networking Meeting!</i>This book will successfully serve any job-seeker from any background-field sales to customer service; doctor to bartender; teacher to derrickman; legal aid to construction; retail to management. All you need is desire; the rest is in this book!<br><br>Built using the acclaimed <i>The 20-Minute Networking Meeting-Executive Edition</i> networking model lauded by business leaders around the world, the Professional Edition puts you in control of your job-search discussions and, ultimately, your career.<br><br>Taking the best elements of the best networkers from a multitude of industries and professions, combined with 40 years of the authors' own experience, the Professional Edition culminates in a highly productive networking approach from a <i>hiring</i> perspective.<br><br><b>In this book, learn what networking (<i>really</i>) is, and how to:</b><br>•Master the 5 most important parts of a networking meeting <br>•Create a networking agenda<br>•Construct key questions to lead a discussion<br>•Expand a professional network with more names<br>•Break into the “Invisible/Hidden Job Market" (where over 70% of <i>all</i> jobs are obtained)<br>•Make a networking meeting more effective, efficient, and mutually beneficial<br>•Execute the above (and much more)- inside of 20 minutes<br>•Maintain your new network <i>throughout </i>your career! <br><br>Chock full of real-world scenarios, short stories, meeting examples, and dozens of tips and observations from hiring authorities and recruiting experts, the Professional Edition is an end-to-end lesson on job-search networking, founded on the premises of gratitude, positivity, and reciprocity. Specifically constructed to clarify and simplify networking for job-search, the Professional Edition was written for even the most introverted networker and is rounded out with a complete set of readiness worksheets that guide the reader through actual networking preparation, with fully written stories that show the entire <i>The 20-Minute Networking Meeting</i> model in action.</b>Also from Career Innovations Press:</b><br /><i>The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Graduate Edition</i><br /><i>The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Veterans Edition</i><br /><i>The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Executive Edition</i>