Correction:
PRODUCER’S NOTE: Sometimes, with great determination to ensure you are communicating the right message, the exact opposite occurs. In yesterday’s video, script editing and narration errors may have given hopeful job seekers who hate networking, the idea that John was saying networking isn’t necessary.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Professional or strategic networking, as John prefers to say, is not optional. It is mandatory unless, of course, you enjoy repeated rejections from machines and you prefer sitting on the sidelines rather than being in the game. We regret the clumsy editing.
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