That’s the question I saw on my alma mater’s networking site. Students can connect with and ask questions of alumni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It struck me. Earlier today I had a video conference with a student to give career advice. He was worried about class schedules. I was worried about his network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Is this a coincidence? No. Pervasive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In general, most jobs are never posted.<\/em><\/p>Me. And lots of other people, too.<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Smelling the ocean on two different parts of the beach isn’t coincidence. It is a reliable characteristic of beaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Underestimating the importance of your network is pervasive among undergraduates. Perhaps it is especially prevalent among engineering\/computer science types. Not every job I’ve had came thru my network. But every good job I’ve had did. This fact would have distressed me in college. I can understand students that don’t want this to be true. I understand focusing on your grades, and the curriculum. Those are<\/em> important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But networks matter, too. A lot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" That’s the question I saw on my alma mater’s networking site. Students can connect with and ask questions of alumni. It struck me. Earlier today I had a video conference with a student to give career advice. He was worried about class schedules. I was worried about his network. Is this a coincidence? No. Pervasive.… Continue reading What role did networking play in landing your current job or any past jobs?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[19,180,160],"class_list":["post-738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-applying","tag-college","tag-networking","tag-question-and-answer","wow fadeInUp","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":747,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738\/revisions\/747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Here’s my answer to the role networking has played in my career:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In general, most jobs are never posted. They are filled internally or by network before they are ever listed on a job board. Many posted jobs are filled by people that have some connection to a current employee of the company.
Now I find myself doing the hiring. I’ll hire someone I’ve never met before into an internship after one interview. But hiring someone into a permanent, full-time position is tremendously risky. A person that is a known quantity thru your network has greater opportunity to demonstrate fit.
I still post my jobs publicly, review resumes, phone screen, and interview. Everyone gets a look. One of the best hires I’ve ever made came thru the public listing. But many permanent positions go to someone I’ve worked with (like a former intern), or someone I trust has worked with. They just have more opportunity to provide evidence that they will be successful at the job.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n