I was a little rough on him, I admit it. I didn’t apologize for it because I think it was the right thing to do, but I did acknowledge that I was being rough. He needed me to. Sometimes as job seekers and career changers we don’t seem to be able to get out of our own way. We want to have a great network providing us leads, but we shy away from the hard work. Networking is hard work and way out of the comfort zone for a lot of job seekers. But it is THE WAY to land a job in today’s market. Don’t hold yourself to the standard of the “power networkers” with 800 Linked-In contacts and a gift for making new friends if that is not who you are. Not being like that doesn’t make you a bad networker, it just makes you not as good as them. So what?! You are looking for work for you, so do so in a way that works best for you. Put your best efforts into it but put forth the effort! That network is not going to create itself. Go get em!