Coaching practices for How Can I Communicate to a Friend That He Should Apply to More Jobs
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- My whole job search is just refreshing job boards and firing off applications into the void, competing with hundreds of strangers for whatever happens to be posted
- I want to message someone in a field I’m curious about, but I freeze on what to even say
- The conversation goes great and then it just...
- Someone gave me real time and good advice, and weeks go by where I never circle back to tell them I actually used it
- I keep noticing that two people I know from totally different corners of my life really ought to meet
Practices that may help
- Build and work a target list of roles and organisations
Replace passive job board browsing with active research into specific organisations you want to understand.
Informational Interviews: Career Research That Builds Your Network - Request the conversation the right way
A short, specific, no-pressure request gets far more responses than a vague networking ask.
Informational Interviews: Career Research That Builds Your Network - Close every informational interview with one forward step
End by asking: "Is there someone else you think I should talk to?"
Informational Interviews: Career Research That Builds Your Network - Send a meaningful thank-you note
Write a follow-up that references something specific and reports back on how you used their advice.
Informational Interviews: Career Research That Builds Your Network - Make cross-cluster introductions
Introduce two people from different clusters who genuinely benefit from meeting.
The Strength of Weak Ties - Become the connector in every room
Make it your personal brand to know who should meet whom.
Never Eat Alone: Building a Real Network - Prepare questions you genuinely don’t know the answer to
Ask about the unwritten realities of the role — the things no job posting reveals.
Informational Interviews: Career Research That Builds Your Network - Adapt to your manager’s communication style
Match your manager’s preferred level of detail, pace, and channel — not theirs to yours.
Managing Up: Practical Skills for Working with Your Boss - Turn cold calls into warm calls
Research the person and find a genuine point of connection before any outreach.
Never Eat Alone: Building a Real Network - Practise your story before you need it
Have a clear, genuine two-minute narrative about who you are and where you’re headed.
Informational Interviews: Career Research That Builds Your Network
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Request the conversation the right way
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