I've got connections - Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Skype - - yipes!!!

Everyone can say "I've got connections".  But what does it really mean to you as a job seeker/ job finder.  In the world of Facebook, and LinkedIn, it can mean personal friends on Facebook and professional friends/connections on LinkedIn.  What's fun and exciting is to make  new connections - - especially on LinkedIn if you're looking for a career change.  And then there's Twitter.  I can't quite get my arms around it - - but it is fun to see who's saying what - - and retweet the good tweets (now this is a whole new language and there are no birds involved at all!).

Certainly you should remember how to "close the loop" whenever you find a job (or a company) that looks promising.  By closing the loop, I mean finding someone on LinkedIn who is associated with the company that you can reach out to via an inmail and close the loop on a connection.  While you won't hit a home run every time, you will get more hits than misses and the journey can be amazing.

Add in Skype w/camera and you are suddenly talking in real time, looking at someone in real time - even though you may be thousands of miles apart.  That electronic face-to-face connection can be a deciding factor in your career search - - - not only for now, but in the next few years as you move to another position in another company - - and quite possibly another country as well.  It happened to me in the past 2 days.  I talked with my son who's currently in China on Monday morning (my time) using Skype - - amazing technology.  Today I exchanged IM's with a client who is in Afghanistan, and on Friday I will Skype with a colleague in Poland!!!  Oh, I'm also now connected to Marina in Armenia and I haven't included those who are following me on Twitter.

So utilize your electronic connections - - but never forget the power of the personal touch - - and a good cup of coffee @ Starbucks or a networking meeting.  Check out Cup of Coffee Networkers.

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