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9 Rookie Networking Mistakes You’re Making Right Now

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Mark Babbitt

You may not know it yet, but while you are working hard to build your personal brand – you may be doing the opposite. While you labor to extend your contact list and sphere of influence – you are actually limiting your potential.

All because you’re making these easily fixable rookie networking mistakes:   

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3 Common (and Important) Networking Mistakes to Avoid

Posted on May 2, 2012 by ComeRecommended

Every job seeker knows the importance of networking. Whether it be online, offline or in-person, these days connections means everything.

In a recent Fortune article, “6 Networking Mistakes Job Hunters Make,” Anne Fisher gathered advice from veteran career coach Darrell Gurney on what job seekers are doing wrong when it comes to the ever-important task of networking.

Here are three things Fisher and Gurney say to keep in mind when networking:   

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