Comments on: The “Hidden Job Market” http://placementgenius.odonnellexecutivestrategies.com/2007/12/the-hidden-job-market/ The blog for accelerating your executive career Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rhoda Bernstein http://placementgenius.odonnellexecutivestrategies.com/2007/12/the-hidden-job-market/comment-page-1/#comment-1426 Rhoda Bernstein Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:58:30 +0000 http://www.retrofitcounseling.com/blog/?p=3#comment-1426 This post is "spot on". Somehow in pursuit of a dream, many people "imagine" how they want things to work. As you describe, the reality is much different. Functional delusion will only take you so far. It certainly will increase frustration. One way I have found to help people understand how important networking can be is to ask them if they would ever hire someone to renovate their home simply by using the phone book. Everyone always says that they usually start by asking friends and neighbors for recommendations. So, then I point out that finding the right person to hire is no different. At that point, they usually begin to see things differently. This post is “spot on”. Somehow in pursuit of a dream, many people “imagine” how they want things to work. As you describe, the reality is much different. Functional delusion will only take you so far. It certainly will increase frustration.

One way I have found to help people understand how important networking can be is to ask them if they would ever hire someone to renovate their home simply by using the phone book. Everyone always says that they usually start by asking friends and neighbors for recommendations. So, then I point out that finding the right person to hire is no different. At that point, they usually begin to see things differently.

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