Chapter 6: Find Job Openings

CAREER ACTION WORKSHEET

6-1 Where Is Your Network?

Before you start listing all your network connections, think about how you will keep
track of everybody. Below, describe how you will track common information about each
contact. It might help to review your completed Career Action Worksheet 1-3, Career
Builder Files Organization System, on page 27, as well as the options described in this
chapter.

Describe How You

Item Think About This Will Track This

Contact names Indicate that you have confirmed the Asking the person via phone.
Keeping all of this in a file
spelling of the person’s name? excel sreadsheet

Social media contact Examples: LinkedIn® address, Facebook Looking this up to find it.
information name, Twitter @name Keeping all of this in a file
excel sreadsheet

Phone numbers Note if this is a mobile or office phone (it Asking mutual contact for
might be okay to leave late-night messages their phone number.
on office phones, but not on mobile Keeping all of this in a file
excel sreadsheet
phones)

Physical or mailing Mailing address can be different from

Ask via phone. Keeping all of
address street location. The company may have this in a file excel sreadsheet
multiple buildings or locations.

Notes a. How you know each other Keeping all of this in a file
excel sreadsheet
b. Preferred communication method
(phone, email, text)
c. Related people (manager, support
person, mutual contact)

History Example: notes from last discussion,

agreements made, date of last meeting, Keeping all of this in a file
excel sreadsheet
when to reconnect

Add your completed work to the “About Jobs” section of your Career Builder Files.

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