You’ve already heard about the studies showing that if your best friend gains weight, you will gain weight. 

Now it seems that there’s a similar thing going on with smoking.  I.e., if your friends quit smoking, you will too.

So it wasn’t a big leap for Working Girl to imagine this scenario:  You and your best friend Tootsie both hate your jobs.  Tootsie gets off her tutu and starts job hunting.  Shazam!  You start job hunting, too.

WG will further conjecture that even if you don’t have a friend like Tootsie–but do have a need for a new job–it’s a darn good idea to find a job-hunting buddy.

In fact, she just now googled “job hunting buddy.”  No surprises here.  Other writers (much smarter than Working Girl) have already connected the buddy system to job searches.  A buddy keeps you accountable, lifts you up when you’re down, acts as a sounding board, and is fun to go to networking functions with (as long as you don’t spend the whole time hunkered down together).

Check out this how-to from Quintessential Careers (great site for all things job-ish). 

And happy hunting.  Yup–that’s key:  The more FUN you have job hunting, the more successful your hunt will be. 

P.S.  Carl from CVTips would like to add that there’s a useful multimedia tour on networking right here.  (For some reason this site won’t let Carl post comments.  Nothing personal, Carl!  WordPress works in mysterious ways.)

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