The people, like this guy, who might consider you are well hidden behind a wall of HR drones. Therefore if you do have lateral experience you either need to _al

The people, like this guy, who might consider you are well hidden behind a wall of HR drones. Therefore if you do have lateral experience you either need to _also_ be able to pad your CV well enough to get past them, or otherwise hope that your networking skills are excellent and you get lucky with an introduction. I got my current job through a series of near-miraculous coincidences. However one in a million chances come up very frequently (because the game is played a billion times a day) so increasing the number of tickets you hold by meeting as many people as possible is a good idea.