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Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
At The Five O’Clock Club we talk about four ways to get interviews – networking, direct and targeted mail, answering ads, and working with search firms. Our research and the experience of our members has shown that networking and the direct… Read more
A Focus on Direct Contact and Networking: The Most Effective Job-Search Techniques
Most job hunters who are not Five O’Clock Clubbers search by contacting search firms or answering ads. But these stories from successful job hunters clearly bear out what our research shows: direct contact and networking are the two most effective… Read more
The Story of Carol
In thinking about the importance of networking over the holiday season, and in light of an upcoming 5OCC presentation on “Getting the Most Out of Your Contacts,” I am reminded of one 5OCC member, whom I will call Carol, who exemplified the savvy… Read more
Getting Your Mojo On
One of the goals of The Five O’Clock Club is to reach out to potential members through speeches to professional organizations in order to increase its own membership. After all, the 5OCC is as much about career development as it about job… Read more
The Successful Job Hunters’ Report Five O’Clock Clubbers Tell You How They Did It
Listening to our successful job hunters tell their stories of triumph, it is amazing how each story seems to build on the other. The same kinds of issues take on a different complexion each time, showing how personal and unique the process is for… Read more
A new networking idea from a new Member, Chuck Pisciotta, a Chief Marketing Officer.
Says Bill Belknap, Chuck’s small-group coach: “Here’s an idea I can’t believe I hadn’t heard before! . Chuck Pisciotta, one of our new Insider Members had a terrific idea for getting to the right person in a company. Contact one of their Sales… Read more
The Five O’Clock Club Brings You: The Inside Scoop About Search Firms
If you’ve been learning the Five O’Clock Club approach, you know by now that there are four ways to get meetings in your target market. You can get meetings through search firms, through ads, through networking and by contacting companies… Read more
John Urdaneta: Finding a Job and Following a Dream
John Urdaneta had a proven track record of working closely with executives and partners as a consultant with a global professional services firm. A year ago, when he became aware of a new company policy to begin cutting back on the use of… Read more
The HR Network Overview
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The HR Network – You can be a part of it !
The HR NETWORK – You can be part of it (in person or via video)! The HR Network Overview Listing of all Prior HR Network Topics and Speakers Articles about Topics Covered in the Past What Is the HR Network, and Why Does It Offer Breakfast… Read more
What To Do When Your Networking is Not Working
What To Do When Your Networking is Not Working (10:14) In the old days, networking was a great technique. We job hunters were appreciative of the help we got, and treated those we met with respect and courtesy. We used networking to meet… Read more
What To Do When Your Networking is Not Working
by Kate Wendleton In the old days, networking was a great technique. We job hunters were appreciative of the help we got, and treated those we met with respect and courtesy. We used networking to meet and form life-long relationships with people in… Read more
The Art and Science of Networking
by David Madison, Ph.D., Director, The Five O’Clock Club National Guild of Career Coaches What kind of a career can be built on having both a law degree and an MBA? While there might be many possibilities, Alan Rothman has followed a unique path…. Read more
You’re Always Close to a Five O’Clock Club Strategy Session
Getting Ready to Be Lucky After more than eight years in her job at a small not-for-profit organization, Janet decided that it was time to move on. “I had been looking off and on for about a year,” she says, but she had not seen much in the way… Read more
The Power of Your Weekly Small Group at the Club
by David Madison Ph.D., Director of the National Guild of Five O’Clock Club Career Coaches Making the Best Use of the Wisdom of Peers “Having been in HR for more than twenty years,” Julia points out, “I was aware of The Five O’Clock… Read more
Technology Etiquette for Job Hunters
by Kate Wendleton Our coaches recently exchanged their thoughts about the use of technology in a job search, largely in response to inquiries about how to use all of the gadgets and formats appropriately. After all, the abuse of technology can… Read more
An Open Letter to Five O’Clock Club Members
by Steve Sidorsky Successful job-hunters are always encouraged to return to the Club after landing new jobs or consulting assignments. In lieu of a personal appearance, Steve addressed this letter to Jim Borland, the head of the Five O’Clock Club… Read more
The Etiquette of Networking with Fellow Clubbers
As always, Five O’Clock Clubbers have been generous with their time and insight. We appreciate the help members give each other. Without this help, many Five O’Clock Clubbers would have to start from scratch to research the industries and fields… Read more
Follow the Basics, then . . . Develop Your Own Search Style
by Mary Harmon Listening to the reports our successful job hunters give is not only inspiring (and fun), but it is also instructional, which speaks to another strength of the Five O’Clock Club approach: its flexibility. Most of our searchers do end… Read more
Five O’Clock Clubbers Share Their Recipes for Job-Hunting Success
by Mary Harmon This month The Five O’Clock News reports on four members who applied the Club methodology and strategies to find their jobs–and one member who neglected to use a vital element (she learned from her mistake and later landed a… Read more
The Successful Job Hunters Report: Five O’Clock Clubbers Tell You How They Did It
by Robin White Goode Listening to the reports our successful job hunters give is not only inspiring (and fun), but it is also instructional, which speaks to another strength of the Five O’Clock Club approach: its flexibility. Most of our searchers… Read more
The Etiquette of Networking with Fellow Five O’Clock Clubbers
by Kate Wendleton Five O’Clock Clubbers have always been generous with their time and insight. We appreciate the help of the experts who contributed to this article, and we are planning articles on other fields and industries. Without this… Read more
Six Predictors of Career Success — The Five O’Clock Club Sponsored a Study to Help You Get Ahead: Understand Your Industry; Develop Your Contacts
The Five O’Clock Club Sponsored a Study to Help You Get Ahead: Understand Your Industry; Develop Your Contacts by Terri Lowe, Ph.D. People who see themselves as successful told us that they: are knowledgeable about trends in their… Read more
Working the Weddings: June is Just Around the Corner — Better Make Extra Copies of Your Resume
by Stacy Feldman Like many of you, I look at the Sunday newspaper–in my case, The New York Times–as a vast source of job information. I scour it every week. Here are some of the hot leads I found in just one Sunday’s paper: An opening for an… Read more
A Networker’s Guide to Feeling Better About the Approachby
by Ellis Chase Networking. Networking. Networking. And more networking. The word has been so overused that it can now have a negative, exploitative feel to it. It is also one of the most misunderstood terms in contemporary job-search technique,… Read more