After you've successfully completed a job search, shouldn't professional networking be the last thing on your mind? Not so, say networking experts. In fact, internal networking, right from the ...

The starting point of successful networking is courage: having the confidence to ask for help. Of course, it can feel scary. But you’re not likely to get the job you want if you don’t get help from ...

Every time you make a connection with another person, your network grows a little larger. That’s why it’s a smart strategy to attend networking events in your field -- business, medicine, academia, ...

You may have heard the oft-repeated statistic that 80 percent of jobs are filled through networking. It turns out that networking not only helps you find a job, but results in better pay, too.

I am often asked for career advice on how to break into the networking job market. While my answers have changed somewhat over the years as the market has changed, generally my responses have remained ...

You may have days as a job seeker when you think you'll scream if you hear that statement again. But that's when you need to step out of your own shoes -- and into those of an employer. If you had a ...

“Yo. You need to stop telling me to network my way to a job.” OK then. That demand was huffed at me by “Tom,” a former colleague who was coming up on a full year of being out of work. And, I guess, he ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The pandemic has cost a lot of people their jobs. On top of that, it's taking a lot of people longer to find a new job. So experts say it's important to work on your network between ...