This book is the revised and updated 2025 edition of NETWORKING SIMPLIFIED, How to find a new job by networking the right way to get your resume read by hiring managers.

It’s the 33rd volume in a forty-book series of a comprehensive Success Training Program (see OTHER BOOKS).

Here, you’ll learn how to use the most actionable tactics, techniques, and tools to enhance your ability to network during your job search.

What happens to your job search if your resume never gets read by the right people?

But here’s the truth about networking:

First, 65% of jobs in America are filled by networking with people they already know.

Second, networking, if done correctly, is 80% what you can do for others and 20% what they can do for you.

Third, networking is something you do every day naturally. Do you have any social media accounts (Appendix F)?

Finally, the best use of your resume is as a “leave-behind” document, not one that proceeds you. This is where networking comes in.

Plus, if you were a business owner and needed good people, where would you go first?

How about your network of family, friends, neighbors, coworkers, colleagues, vendors, and suppliers?

Also, if you were trying to help a friend find a new job, would you even hesitate to use your network for help?

Armed with this knowledge, then why wouldn’t you ask your network for help in your job search?

Now, the only thing getting in your way is your pride and fear.

The people you know and the people they know (referrals) are your best opportunity for finding your next position.

After reading this book, you’ll know all the Proven Ways I and my clients have used to get the job they were seeking.

I bring 21 years of experience as an Executive Coach, helping hundreds of people, from recent college graduates to CEOs, find meaningful employment.

I worked for four of the largest consulting, outplacement, and e-cruiting companies in America in Seattle, San Diego, Kansas City, and Phoenix.

This book is unique because it:

•Comes from my struggles finding employment and my clients' struggles over two decades.

•Teaches you all the Proven Ways of getting your resume read by the right people.

•Helps you write and speak in a language every employer understands, PCF/BOE.

•Includes all the things you want to know and the top things you didn't realize you needed to know about finding a new job.

•And much, much more!

Everything in this book has worked for me and my clients, and I know they’ll work for you!

Enjoy the book!

Ed