Use Your Alumni Network for A New Job!

I was interviewed this week by Miriam Salpeter on how to use one’s alumni network to land a new job.  Here are some excerpts of the interview:
Old-fashioned networking with a modern twist is alive at Wake Forest University. Business school professor Aneil Mishra, co-author of the book (with Karen Mishra), Trust is Everything, maintains a [...]

How NOT to Ask for a Recommendation!

Karen and I get requests from our current and former students to write recommendations all the time, and increasingly on www.linkedin.com.  Most of the time we are happy to do this, to help them in their careers, and because we appreciate being able to solicit recommendations from others ourselves.  However, every once in a while [...]

Networking is not just for a job, but for life

We met with Emily Meehan, former WSJ reporter last week and asked what she learned writing her 20-something column for the WSJ.  She mentioned that 20-somethings don’t know how to network.  They don’t realize until it is too late that they need to know more people–in related fields or folks who are older than they [...]

New Networking Group on LinkedIn.Com

Friends:
We have just created a networking group on LinkedIn for everyone who has read our new book.  The initial purpose is to share ideas and insights about how to become more trustworthy leaders, as well as to network about professional opportunities and discuss career issues.  We will be integrating this networking group [...]

Get Out of Your Comfort Zone

In my teaching, I emphasize the need to overcome the status quo.  That not only applies to your organization, but yourself, as I said in today’s Wall Street Journal:

Pay attention to metrics. Lackluster progress reports and not hearing feedback from a supervisor is a good way to tell if your work has become routine. Aneil [...]