"The best advice I can give on navigating one-on-one networking is to check out The 20-Minute Networking Meeting. Follow their advice and your meeting will be a well-crafted success." - USA Today College
*WINNER - USA Best Book Award - College Guides Category!
Part of the award-winning 20-Minute Networking Meeting series, the Graduate Edition is a simple, step-by-step guide written expressly for job-seeking grads, whether two-year, four-year, trade school, graduate or doctoral level, and shows you how to use your educational background to express your professional experience. This includes anyone that has gone back to school!
 Built using the acclaimed The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Executive Edition networking model lauded by business leaders around the world, the Graduate Edition shows you how to develop the most important career-making skillset in business--networking. 
Taking the best elements of the best networkers from a wide array of industries and professions, combined with 40 years of the authors' professional networking experience, the Graduate Edition culminates in a highly productive networking approach from a hiring perspective. 
In this book, learn what networking (really) is, and how to: 
<ul>
<li>Master the 5 most important parts of a networking meeting </li>
<li>Create a networking agenda </li>
<li>Construct key questions to lead a discussion</li>
<li>Write networking emails to people you don't know</li>
<li>Expand your professional network with more names </li>
<li>Break into the "Invisible/Hidden Job Market" (where over 70% of all jobs are obtained)</li>
<li>Make a networking meeting more effective, efficient, and mutually beneficial</li>
<li>Execute the above (and much more)-- inside of 20 minutes </li>
<li>Maintain your new network throughout your career!</li>
</ul>
Chockfull of real-world scenarios, short stories, meeting examples, and dozens of tips and observations from students, hiring authorities and recruiting experts, the Graduate Edition is an end-to-end lesson on job-search networking founded on the premises of gratitude, positivity, and reciprocity.
Specifically constructed to clarify and simplify networking for even the most introverted networker, the Graduate Edition is rounded out with a complete set of readiness worksheets that guide the reader through actual networking preparation, with fully written stories that show the entire The 20-Minute Networking Meeting model in action. 
Take control of your job-search - and your career!
Also from Career Innovations Press:The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Professional Edition The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Veterans Edition The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Executive Edition

The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Graduate Edition: Learn to Network. Get a Job.

Business & Money

Perez, Nathan A.

Ballinger PhD, Marcia

Business Culture

Career Innovations Press

The original book in the award-winning 20-Minute Networking Meeting series, the Executive Edition is a carefully constructed job-search model designed to break into the Invisible/Hidden Job Market where over 70% of all jobs are obtained. *U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 
Lauded by Fortune 500 and international business leaders around the world, the Executive Edition takes the best elements of networkers from a wide array of businesses and industries, is combined with 40 years of the authors' professional networking experience from a hiring perspective, and culminates in a concise, efficient, and highly productive networking model. 
Chock full of real-world scenarios, short stories, meeting examples, and dozens of tips and observations from hiring authorities and recruiting experts, The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Executive Edition shares the wisdom of senior executives who have been in transition (looking for work), and the perspectives of those who are most asked to network. Constructed to clarify and simplify networking for job-search, the Executive Edition also contains fully written networking stories that demonstrate the entire 20MNM model in action, ending with a complete set of "readiness worksheets" that guide the reader through actual networking preparation. 
 An end-to-end lesson on job search networking, The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Executive Edition is founded on the premises of gratitude, positivity, and reciprocity, and has found great success in the hands of executives, career coaches, outplacement firms, college graduates, and sales professionals around the globe.
Also from Career Innovations Press: The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Graduate Edition The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Professional Edition The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Veterans Edition

The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Executive Edition: Learn to Network. Get a Job.

Marcia Ballinger

Nathan A. Perez

Job Hunting & Careers

*WINNER - International Book Award - Career category! *WINNER - National Indie Excellence Award - Career category! *FINALIST - Foreword INDIES Book of the Year! *FINALIST - USA Best Book Award - Career category! *SILVER - Axiom Business Book Award - Career category! Welcome to The 20-Minute Networking Meeting!This book will successfully serve any job-seeker from any background—field sales to customer service; doctor to bartender; teacher to derrickman; legal aid to construction; retail to management. All you need is desire; the rest is in this book! Built using the acclaimed The 20-Minute Networking Meeting—Executive Edition networking model lauded by business leaders around the world, the Professional Edition puts you in control of your job-search discussions and, ultimately, your career. Taking the best elements of the best networkers from a multitude of industries and professions, combined with 40 years of the authors’ own experience, the Professional Edition culminates in a highly productive networking approach from a hiring perspective. In this book, learn what networking (really) is, and how to: •Master the 5 most important parts of a networking meeting •Create a networking agenda •Construct key questions to lead a discussion •Expand a professional network with more names •Break into the “Invisible/Hidden Job Market” (where over 70% of all jobs are obtained) •Make a networking meeting more effective, efficient, and mutually beneficial •Execute the above (and much more)— inside of 20 minutes •Maintain your new network throughout your career! Chock full of real-world scenarios, short stories, meeting examples, and dozens of tips and observations from hiring authorities and recruiting experts, the Professional Edition is an end-to-end lesson on job-search networking, founded on the premises of gratitude, positivity, and reciprocity. Specifically constructed to clarify and simplify networking for job-search, the Professional Edition was written for even the most introverted networker and is rounded out with a complete set of readiness worksheets that guide the reader through actual networking preparation, with fully written stories that show the entire The 20-Minute Networking Meeting model in action.Also from Career Innovations Press: The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Graduate Edition The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Veterans Edition The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Executive Edition

The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Professional Edition: Learn to Network. Get a Job.

When the stakes are high and you really want the job, advice from an expert is essential. In this straightforward and practical guide, executive search expert and author of the acclaimed book The 20-Minute Networking Meeting, Marcia Ballinger, spells out exactly what it takes to win your executive interview and get the job offer. In this book, Marcia reveals: *What really goes on during an interview, from the other side of the desk *How to prepare for a variety of interviews, and position yourself for success *The very best answers to the most common interview questions This practical book is full of real-world stories, examples and dos and don’ts. It lays out the best way to plan for an interview, the right approach to any type of interview, and is a must-read for any job candidate.

Winning the Executive Interview

Welcome to The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Veterans Edition! This book will successfully serve any veteran job-seeker from any armed-services background, no matter your rank or professional experience.
Built using the multi-award-winning The 20-Minute Networking Meeting networking model lauded by business leaders around the world, the Veterans Edition puts you in control of your job-search discussions and, ultimately, your career. Learn, step-by-step, the most important civilian skill in finding employment: How to network for a job.
Taking the best elements of the best networkers from a multitude of industries and professions, combined with over 50 years of the authors' own experience, the Veterans Edition culminates in a highly productive networking approach designed specifically for veterans, for any kind of job search, from a hiring perspective.
In this book, learn what networking (really) is, and how to: 
<ul>
<li>Master the 5 most important parts of a networking meeting</li>
<li>Create a networking agenda</li>
<li>Construct key questions to lead a discussion</li>
<li>Incorporate and express your service experience in civilian meetings</li>
<li>Expand a professional network with more names</li>
<li>Break into the "Invisible/Hidden Job Market" (where over 70% of all jobs are obtained)</li>
<li>Make a networking meeting more effective, efficient, and mutually beneficial</li>
<li>Execute the above (and much more)-- inside of 20 minutes</li>
<li>Maintain your new network throughout your career!</li>
</ul>
Chock full of real-world scenarios, short stories, meeting examples, and dozens of tips and observations from hiring authorities, executives, recruiting experts, and fellow veterans, the Veteran Edition is an end-to-end lesson on job-search networking, founded on the premises of gratitude, positivity, and reciprocity.
Specifically constructed to clarify and simplify networking for job-search, the Veterans Edition was written for even the most introverted networker and is rounded out with a complete set of readiness worksheets and checklists that guide the reader through actual networking preparation, with fully written stories that show the entire The 20-Minute Networking Meeting model in action.
Also from Career Innovations Press The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Professional Edition The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Graduate Edition The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Executive Edition

The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Veterans Edition: Learn to Network. Get a Job.