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UpMo Research: Job Seekers Doom Chances Through Poor Networking
January 21, 2010 | Author: Matthew Pender | Filed under: Uncategorized
Poor networking habits are dooming short-term job prospects for active job seekers, according to new UpMo research. With nearly 8-in-10 jobs landed through someone you know, job seekers are neglecting one of their most valuable assets.
UpMo’s research is based on data from the Job Hunt Readiness Evaluator, UpMo’s proprietary assessment tool developed in conjunction with Robert Half International, which helps each job seeker identify his or her critical needs in the job search. The research found that active job seekers—those who are unemployed and looking for work or those who plan to find a new job in the next 90 days—hurt their chances through:
- Sporadic communication: Job seekers only talk to—or email—an average of 8 people outside of their current organization on a monthly basis.
- Failure to expand the circle: Job seekers are reluctant to ask for introductions, with fewer than 4-in-10 (38%) asking for an introduction in the past month.
- Small networks: On average, job seekers have a network with of just 29 colleagues, defined as peers they have interacted with in the last 18-24 months.
- Misplaced priorities: Jobs seekers spend 68% of their time is spent looking at online job postings—and less than one-third of their time reaching out to others.
- Insufficient time investment: Generation X job seekers (those who began careers between 1980 and 2002) and Millennial job seekers (those who began careers after 2002) are the biggest offenders in not investing the time required to land a job quickly. Millennials spend just 12 hours per week on job-hunting activities, while Generation Xers spend 15 hours—far less than the 30 hours required to achieve a short job search.
The Generation Xers findings are particularly troubling, considering they are mid-career professionals who are at turning points in their careers and should be nurturing their professional networks to stay ahead.
How UpMo Can Help
UpMo offers four powerful ways that today’s job seekers can strengthen impactful connections immediately. Recently, UpMo added new functionality that allows users to upload all LinkedIn contacts in just one click. As a result, as an UpMo user, you can now:
- Immediately see all jobs connected to your network: With your contacts uploaded, UpMo’s Intelligent Job Hunt™identifies your specific, connected job opportunities, allowing you to target the exact places where you have an inside edge.
- Separate high-value connections from the pack: UpMo allows you to specifically identify your most influential contacts and group them in your Inner Circle, helping you focus on relationships that can catalyze your career.
- Get expert analysis on strengthening bonds: In 10 minutes, UpMo’s analytical tool, the Network Readiness Evaluator, takes input you provide and gives you an expert step-by-step plan for making the most of your networking.
- Build your personal brand from one hub: With UpMo’s community messaging service, My Musings, you can automatically update your Twitter account each time you post on UpMo. If you then elect to have Twitter update your LinkedIn status, you’re now gaining cross-site brand consistency by updating one source: UpMo’s My Musings.
Starting January 20, UpMo is offering a 30-Day Money Back Guarantee for our career-building service—as well as a limited-time-only $5 monthly subscription price and free how-to job book—to those who sign up before January 31.
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