Chapter 5: Building Your Network

My current job is great. I enjoy the work I am doing, I am learning every day, and I have a great manager; a true triple-threat job. You may be thinking I had to work extremely hard to get this job. In a way I did, but not in the way you are probably thinking. I did not work hard to prepare for the interviews, as most of the interviews happened without me even knowing I was being interviewed. This was because I had built a relationship on LinkedIn with the hiring manager. For several months, we had been discussing different job opportunities within the organization he worked for, and at the same time, he was getting to know more about my skills and career goals.

In this chapter, we will discuss how to build relationships to help your career move in the right direction. The saying It isn't what you know, it's who you know is partially true. If I were to reword the saying so it was completely true, I would say Getting noticed for your skills...