Looking for a job? You need your network more than ever before. Networks require attention and work to be effective.

Decide who your network is and pick your best contacts. Past co-workers, especially those that moved on before you, past supervisors, owners, competitors, customers, suppliers. Ask yourself how can you be of value to these people. When something happens that you know one of your contacts would have an interest in then send them a note about it. This is what “Paying it Forward’ is all about. If you just develop the habit of doing this it will appreciated as being sincere because that is what it will be.

Even if your out looking for a new job yourself you will learn things that would help others so pass it on. .