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So moral is networking.

• VLM 13y ago
  The definition of networking is nebulous. Linkedin spam isn't going to do it. A salesguy where I work now, was a salesguy at our mutual previous employer, and I made his customer happy, which made his commission check happy, which makes him remember me favorably, which is how he ended up a reference on my custom resume for my current employer. Doesn't mean we're personally networked or linked or even rise to the level of acquaintance, but I do have at least some kind of reputation. I had a lot of people on the inside like that for my current job. In a way, this makes it easier to get a job at a big company after you're been around awhile. At a tiny startup, its statistically likely no one would know me... at a local 500 person office, I am certain to know at least five current employees, even if by nothing more than reputation. HR people usually know their dept policies are dumb as a group, but are individually smart enough to get excited for a "real" reference from a current employee.