In the job market many positions are never advertised or actively recruited for, but are filled nonetheless. How? The positions are filled through internal and external recommendations.
Entry level positions are often planned months in advance of actual hiring dates. Particularly in larger organisations where the turnover of staff in areas such as First Line Support are high. The first people made aware of the vacancies are usually the management staff. They will be able to make recommendations from existing staff. Then regional offices and all employees know. This gives opportunities for someone to make recommendations to fill the vacancy. Candidates tapping into this internal network will often gain interviews before external advertising takes place.
Most job hunters do not think they know anyone who can offer them a job, and perhaps your direct acquaintances could not. But networking is not about first-level contacts. The key to effective networking is in building your job search network—you will need to develop a list of potential network contacts. Don’t worry about whether they are personally responsible for hiring. It’s not who you know, it’s who they know.
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