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**kazinopartnerkae** · 10-12-2009, 06:16 PM

The key to networking is to build from within -- staying in touch with your past and current contacts, doing regular updates to your LinkedIn profile, etc.

Doing outreach to create new contacts who don't actually know you/your work is a waste of time, but having your own "old boys" network in place can be really helpful, even if just to have a reference that's perfect for your next job application.

I was really skeptical of LinkedIn, but it's easy to keep up with, not the spam machine I feared, and has kept me in touch with job-hopping friends and colleagues I would have otherwise lost touch with. Plus I've gotten several pieces of freelance work without any real effort.

10-12-2009, 06:16 PM	#15
kazinopartnerkae Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 453 Senior Member	The key to networking is to build from within -- staying in touch with your past and current contacts, doing regular updates to your LinkedIn profile, etc. Doing outreach to create new contacts who don't actually know you/your work is a waste of time, but having your own "old boys" network in place can be really helpful, even if just to have a reference that's perfect for your next job application. I was really skeptical of LinkedIn, but it's easy to keep up with, not the spam machine I feared, and has kept me in touch with job-hopping friends and colleagues I would have otherwise lost touch with. Plus I've gotten several pieces of freelance work without any real effort.
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