Comments on: Slay the monster(.com)

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By: CareerTiger

CareerTiger — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:20:45 +0000

Thanks Simon.

Absolutely agree – its just too easy to try reaching out to employers using a few clicks. The hard part is creating a message about one’s value prop and then taking it to the right people.

In which case, one’s personal network always come in handy.

p.s. thanks for mentioning the blog post, it is really great!

By: simoncm

simoncm — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:11:27 +0000

The temptation to just sit there in your PJ’s and trawl the job boards are too attractive, especially if you’re feeling a little ‘down’.
It’s also one of the
10 signs your job search is stalled I blogged about earlier today.

The job search is changing at a pace too fast for most to keep up, in which case the old networking is still king.

Simon at VirtualJobCoach