Here's a Guerrilla Job Search maxim to live by: When in doubt, do the opposite.
Think about it: If most job hunters are struggling to find work, why do what most job hunters are doing?
Take email, for example. If most job seekers email their resumes to employers … and get no reply, why not try the opposite? The opposite of email could be in-person delivery, fax, or U.S. Mail, to name but three possibilities.
Here's another example: If most job seekers apply only for advertised jobs and flounder for months, why not go after unadvertised jobs? And the best way to do that is what I call, networking from the opposite direction.
Huh? What happened to plain old networking?
Again, think: If you network like everybody else is doing, you'll get results like everybody else is getting.
Not good.
So let's dispense with standard networking and look at three ways you can make connections more effectively at employers -- and get hired faster -- by networking from the opposite direction …