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What’s the best advice for networking? It’s not abou glad-handing and passing out business cards. If you are annoyingt people when you are tryinbg to build that kind of marketinygfor yourself, the word of mouthj you get will not necessaril be what you had hoped for. Who are the best source for networking? Go back to the basics and build relationshipws with the people who alreadyknow you, like you and trusty you. What is the biggest networkint mistake? Not building your network while you havea job. all of a suddem you are out of a job and you want to networkmwith people. If you are doing it out of desperation mode, you are in People will sensethe fear.
How can you make sure there is a give and takewith networking? I don’tr network with people thinkiny that if I am nice to people they are goinhg to be nice to me. Turn it around and make the focux on theother person. The social-networking company Wetpain t has been growing rapidly and has openings for eightg people in positions ranging from business development to product With its mix ofoffering social-networkinf tools and providing an outlet for fans of popular TV showws to interact with each Wetpaint so far seemse to have found an antidote to the “We always are lookinb for talent,” said Wetpaint Marketing Manager Devin Hughes, who said the compant has hired seven people in the past month and currentlt has just under 60 employees.
The Seattle-based company, which operates a wiki-based online publishing platform, recently announcedr plans to create a couple dozen websitesz for fans of programminfg associated with MSN Wetpaint also is teaming withothefr partners, including Fox and HBO, having recently launchex a new “fansite” for “Sit Down, Shut a new animated show on Fox . Wetpaint also offers social media tools that let usersaupload photos, stories and other The company says about 40,000 new sites are beingt created a month using Wetpaint’s wiki platform. Hughees said Wetpaint is getting “tons and tons of as you can imagine.
The company also is recruitinyg athiring events, such as job Wetpaint’s staffing consultant, Todd also has taken to Twitter’s micro-blogginhg service to tweet for potential candidates. Perhaps no industryu is more aggressively recruiting in the area than insurance companies lookingv for people to sell policies or financial productd on commission and alsoearn residuals. On internet job lists, at job fairx and in press releases, severakl insurance companies are constantly recruiting even as the unemploymentf rate hasinched up. The list includezs , and Kathy a spokeswoman for Allstate locally, said her company is lookinv to bring 15 agents to the Seattle area.
Allstate is looking for people to becomre independentagency owners. The push is part of Allstate’x strategy to increase its market share in auto as well as selling more insurance for recreational all-terrain vehicles and – is opening its fourth market, this one as the anchorf at the Renton Village Shopping center, 501 S. Grady Way. The 30,000-square-fooy store is scheduled to open inlate June. The Asianm specialty supermarket company is also with openingsfor bookkeepers, cashiers and people to work in the meats, deli and other departments.