The Networking Survival Guide Get the Success You Want By Tapping Into the People You Know

In today’s dwindling job markets, people who rely on want ads and headhunters succeed about 5 percent of the time. But those who have mastered the art of networking find new positions nearly 66 percent of the time. Writing for job seekers and career builders alike, networking superstar Diane Darling shows how to cultivate a rich network of professional contacts and use it to find success.

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5 Stars Really helpful guide!
This is the best book on networking that I’ve come across! Starts at the beginning and keeps getting better! Really easy to understand and apply in your own life/business. I bought another book on networking and found this book at the library. I wish it had been the other way around, and I’d bought this and borrowed the other! This book answers questions about everything you need to know, and includes things you probably wouldn’t have thought to ask.

The book is divided into 18 chapters. Each chapter begins with a relevant quote, dives right to the meat of the subject and has sub-headings, questions and advice then ends with a summary.

I love this book and will be getting my own to refer back to! If you are looking for a great book on networking, this is it!

5 Stars A must read!
I have my own networking group and I was able to learn some new ideas that I have already put in place. Great book! Shirlee Fender

4 Stars Too much good advice
This book contains lots of useful advice. Following all the advice requires a larger commitment to networking than I can make at this point, however, it has honestly changed the way I approach and interact people in social and professional situations. It’s worth what I paid for it in the store and even cheaper online.

5 Stars Great practical, tactical advice.
Diane cuts straight to the most important obstacles some people have to networking:

“It feels shmoozy and disingenuous.”

“I feel like I would be using people or taking advantage of them”

“I never know what to say.”

“I feel like I’d be intruding on them”

Diane’s book cuts straight to those objections, explains why they are only sometimes true, and outlines a very specific path for how to be a genuine, helpful, positive networker that adds value to everyone they meet. She shows that networking isn’t for sleezeballs – it’s for people who want to help others, people who have more to give to life than just a 9-to-5, and who want to build more meaningful relationships, principally by:

-thinking of networking as a 2 way street, not a “what can you do for me” proposition

-recognizing that most people welcome comfortable conversation with a new person at a trade show, conference, airport…they enjoy making meaningful connections just like you do

-proposing that if you give freely of yourself (help others with your network) that they will return the favor tenfold.

The result is a guilt free, life-giving, and sweetly connected network of relationships where everyone wins. I really liked this book and its practical, entertaining suggestions to get you over the hump and into the conversation. Should be a staple business book and a standard read for MBAs. Well worth the purchase price.

3 Stars Good refresher
Many lists of very specific, practical things to do. A good, easy refresher and you’ll learn some new tips.

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