Networking Made Easy

Whoever said silence is golden wasn't a woman trying to succeed in the job market.

Success is not just about what you know, it's who you know...and how you keep it all organized. Make sure you begin building a Personal Dream Team or your very own Board of Directors, those people whose helping hands will boost you to the top of the career ladder. From people with a heart of gold to those with a pot of gold, the idea is to create a prize-winning database of individuals who know your name and take your calls.

Since 80 percent of jobs are found through networking, you can't rely solely on the big online job boards or the Sunday Help Wanted ads. The name of the game is networking. But all the networking in the world can't help you if you aren't comfortable at events and if you can't find those people's phone numbers and email addresses when you need them.