Book Review: Highly Effective Networking

Virtually all experts agree that networking is essential to the job hunt. But most job-seekers do not have a clue how to network.

Most networking books on the shelf are designed for people in the sales industry. While there are bits of advice that can translate from sales to job searches, Highly Effective Networking provides networking advice solely for job hunting. This book is about finding comfortable, honest, and effective ways to use existing networks to find a great new job.

With over 30 years’ experience in career services, Orville Pierson has helped over a million job hunters land great new jobs. As Senior Vice President, Director of Program Design and Service Delivery for Lee Hecht Harrison Orville Pierson leads the team that designs job search assistance programs used by up to 100,000 job-seekers each year.

Highly Effective Networking empowers readers to:

• Make the best of social networking websites, as well as other computer and paper-and-pencil tools.
• Get the right message to the right people.
• Speak effectively and comfortably with networking contacts.
• Talk to decision-makers before the job opening is announced.
• Use a small network to reach dozens of insiders and decision-makers

This book will teach readers the basics of networking and how networking will help in the job search. With good planning and by working smart, job-seekers can identify their personal networks, which will become a major asset in the job hunt.

College grad or seasoned executive, Highly Effective Networking is full of effective networking approaches that work for everyone, including those who rarely network and those who would rather not.

Orville Pierson is the author of The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search and senior vice president and corporate director of program design and service delivery for Lee Hecht Harrison, a leading career services company with 240 offices worldwide. In career services since 1977, Pierson has trained hundreds of career consultants. Yale-educated, he is in demand as a speaker for college undergraduates, business school alumni, and job-hunters ranging from hourly workers to senior executives. Often quoted by journalists, his work has been featured on radio and TV. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Highly Effective Networking (EAN 978-1-60163-050-6, pages: 224, price: $15.99) was published by Career Press. For more information about Highly Effective Networking and other new releases, visit the website of publisher Career Press at http://www.CareerPress.com.

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