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After a candid, insightful phone conversation -- during which he offered plenty of ideas and suggestions about whom to meet -- a local businessman signed off by saying, "Let's definitely keep in touch." "I will," I assured him, thanking him again for his time. "I'm serious," he said. "Will you...

I know someone who has her job search figured out. She's identified an enviable opportunity, she knows whom to talk to and she plans to play up her credentials, which include management of some impressive projects and notable connections in a big city far away. Too bad she hasn't figured out that...

Some thank-you notes are hard to write. If you, like me, are in the midst of a job search, I'm betting you've had at least one encounter with someone who left you shaking your head. I've had several, including a man who, during our networking coffee, thumbed through his Blackberry as we spoke,...