Summary：To almost all of us, we have connection with each other in some way. When you are in job searching, you can take advantage of your network and you will find the strong power and magic of network.
As we all know, human beings are social animals who are hardly to live along. We build our own social network day to day, year to year. In this network, people are connected to each other for various kinds of relationship - parents-child relationship, friendship, neighborhood and etc.
1. Who is in your network?
You may take it for granted that you know everyone in your network. And I tell you that you are totally wrong. A network for which you know all people in is a network in narrow sense. The fact is your network is much wider than you think. You friends can be in your network, and the friends of your friends’ can also be included in your network as well. You may have or have no connection with those people you don’t know in your network. However, they may play an important role in your life in some circumstance.
2. How can you take advantage of your network?
Here what we talk about is how to take advantage of your network in your job searching. First, you should distribute the news that you are in job searching and tell people in your network to take an eye on suitable job chance for you or give the news to people in their network. Some people may think that it's embarrassing to tell the world that you are in job hunting. However, the truth is people thinks that you are an industrious and aggressive person rather than an annoying people.
3. How can you maintain your network?
Someone may have a wide network and some has a narrow one. To build a wide network, you should be an easy-going, optimistic, and capable person who is willing to adventure new things and know new friends. What’s more, it's a long term work which may start as early as your kindergarten time. To maintain the network, you should also pay great attention to. Send emails and messages to people in your network and communicate with them as frequently as you can.
4. Will the network work?
To this question, the answer is definitely yes. If you are a person who works well in network maintaining, people in you network will be willing to give you a hand if they can. And to employers, people who are recommend by people they know may be more trust worthy.
