I was thinking over my last column on why more people don't have geeky jobs. Something that came to mind that people often forget, and that I left out because I was focusing on personal traits, is this.
Geeky Jobs are HARD.
Career
Networking, the job search, and cost . . .
As all of us has been informed ad nauseum since we ever had to consider the remote possibility of a job search – networking is everything when it comes to finding a job.
And now, in the age of the internet and an economic downturn, we hear once again how important Networking is, even moreso now.
I'm arguing with none of these points. In fact, I fully agree Networking is important in your career, and gets more and more important as your career goes on. I also agree it's even more important now. But I want to add one more thing.
Networking is also cheaper. Today, people are going to pay even more attention to that. More, I think it's become even cheaper because of changes in the job search.
Job Search, Social Media, and Payoff.
The Job search changed. We know that. We hear about it. We're probably sick of hearing it.
We've also heard that Job Searches are different because of social media. We're also probably sick of that.
So I'm going to discuss both these things. Chalk it up to the two-wrongs-make-a-right approach.