I’ve been attending a networking group each weekday morning and have been learning useful information for job searching. This is one of the topics that was covered: Networking for job leads. It is important to set goals for yourself. The more people you contact the faster you can find jobs leads that are useful for you. Try to call at least 10 people each week day.

If there is a certain company you want to work for, you may want to call that company and see which staffing agency they go through to get employees and then apply through that staffing agency. Ie: Novell may use Deco.

Make a list of people you know. some examples are:

Church; neighbors; Facebook; linked-In; Emails lists; common interests groups; prior customers; organizations; past coworkers; Own family; prior customers; Community contacts; peers different departments; Phone list; Address book; Employee at Target co.; Schoolmates; Professors;             Teachers; Members of professional society; Referrals; Job fairs;                   chat groups; Parents of students you work with

Don’t waste time. Check out national employer web sites. Document each call with one column of purpose of call, another column for notes on conversation, plus a third column to document the time of a follow-up call.

Call each person; ask them who they may know in your area of speciality and branch out your network.