Success Story - The Value Of Reaching Out To Your Network

In my post earlier this week titled "4 Ways You Stop Yourself Getting Help After Redundancy", I emphasised the importance of reaching out to your network by sending an email to your contacts and friends after being laid off.  An email that is not a "here is my resume, can you help me?" email - but instead an email to inform and update people and so ensure you maintain relationships.

Well, look at what's just dropped into my mail box today from a client I started working with in April:

“Hi Sital,

The email you encouraged me to send out to my contacts in April just came up trumps.

It took someone 3 months, but the response I got from of one of my contacts was “can you help me out?” So I now have a 6 month contract!

It is not in the area I wanted - but it‘s an role I worked in some years ago and really enjoyed - but it gets me some interim management experience which is what I was after as you know. Thanks for all your help.  I’ll keep you posted.

Have a good weekend,

P.”

This client has found a role in London's financial district (where there are apparently "no jobs"), which wasn't advertised anywhere and with very little competition. All because he followed the steps in this article and placed greater importance on reaching out to people he had an existing relationship with, rather than spending endless hours contacting recruiters and job sites that are overwhealmed and overloaded with applicants. 

So what are you waiting for?

Who I have you held off contacting so far?

Who can you email right now to inform them about your situation and reconnect? 

By Sital Ruparelia from 6 Figure Career Management

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