Share all the ways to land a job BESIDES applying online

Applying online is just one way to
land a job. Can you name others?

I wrote a blog post once about all the ways I've landed a job and what you can learn from my experiences. Interestingly, I landed most of the jobs in other ways besides (or in addition to) applying online.

For example, I've landed jobs by ...

• Contacting a friend of the family
• Writing a letter campaign to all the ad agencies in town
• Talking myself into a position over happy hour 
• Responding to a newspaper ad
• Reaching out to a former boss 
• Working my LinkedIn connections 
• Asking influential people to vouch for me
• Sending an email to the hiring manager

How about you?

How have you landed past jobs? The ways that you've gotten jobs before could work for you again. Find a free "Learn from Past Jobs" chart on the Resources page to help you track how you have landed your past jobs. Use the knowledge about your work history to land a great job.

Please share ways you've landed jobs (or tried to land jobs)!

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