<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">I would have to agree with the personal network comments. The last job that I applied for, and got, was in 2003. I've had 3 jobs since then, and they've all been through contacts from linkedin or a personal reference.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="georgia, serif">Richard Kolb II</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 9:54 PM, Bill Ricker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bill.n1vux@gmail.com" target="_blank">bill.n1vux@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The ones i liked retired.<br>
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Outplacement firm i worked with most recently said % of jobs found<br>
through personal network is growing. Getting hired as an internal<br>
referral saves them the hassle of dealing with Monster or Zip or ... ,<br>
and is usually better per-screened by the referrer, for free. They<br>
recommended strong use of LinkedIn to reconstruct who you used to know<br>
so you can leverage their eyes and ears.<br>
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