Book Review: Highly Effective Networking by Orville Pierson

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Highly Effective Networking: Meet the Right People and Get a Great Job
by Orville Pierson
# ISBN-10: 1601630506
# ISBN-13: 978-1601630506
 

PROS:

  • A sober, straightforward system for networking for a new job.
  • Builds on Pierson's past work effectively.
  • A refreshing, low-key change to the "supernetworking" books.

CONS:

  • Repeats some previous material.
  • The system presented is very intense, and may take effort to adapt to a lower-key job search.

SUMMARY: A book on career networking with the network you have, and how to do it in an organized manner.  A good purchase if you want to improve your network use or use Pierson's techniques.

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Frustration Friday: Bye-Bye Retirement Plan

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Man I miss my retirement plan.

Oh it's not I don't have one, or am not working on one, it's just I miss the one I had before the Great Recession.  The one that was soberly planned, carefully laid out, and based on what turned out to be a naive idea of some levels of market stability and predictability.  Sure I had ups and downs in mind, but not the entire re-alignment of the world financial system.

You know what I'm talking about.

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Anime North Update

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So let's get the bad news out of the way – I won't be selling any copies of my book, just have some as prizes.  There was some paperwork I would have had to have done earlier to sell copies.  You'll have to go to lulu.com or amazon.com to get copies, or check other booksellers online.

Now the good news, plenty of events are going on I'll be at:

Friday 7PM – The Fan To Pro Panel.  Me and Bonnie will discuss the fan-to-pro opportunities many people miss.

Friday 11PM – Careers in Video Games.  Come join me as I destroy your dreams and hopes with hard reality – and rebuild them with some serious advice.

Saturday 9PM – Brainstorming your Dream Job.  I'll demonstrate my "three-pillar" brainstorming technique, and as a group we'll help dream up new careers for people.

Sunday 3 PM – Otaku at work: Why you don't have your dream job.  All the reasons your career may really be lousy.

Hope I see you there!

– Steven Savage