The Almighty Business Card Technique - Patent Pending
1. There are gadgets for sale in STAPLES, OFFICE DEPOT and in several other such places that scan business cards. Basically, you input your card into the mouth of the device, it scans the words and numbers and then uploads it into a database on your computer. You can then add notes such as where you met them and what you talked about, who introduced you, blah, blah, blah… Okay, you do this and before long you have a database of contacts.
2. As you read through the paper searching for jobs in the hidden job market, you come across several company names that sound somewhat familiar.
3. You consult your database of indexed business cards and discover that you met a sales rep that works at the company you saw in the paper. Bingo! You give them a call, remind them of where you two met, ask about the job and hopefully you have a solid lead inside the company. Or at the least, you have the name of whom you should be talking to.
Its a neat trick, you should try it…
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