My wife is part of a big group of women who bring their kids to Torrance beach every Friday. I joined them a week or so again and found myself talking to a woman who looked and sounded familiar. Normally at the beach, I'm either digging in the sand with the boys or reading a book, but lately, I've felt very sociable...almost chatty. I never thought about it as a networking opportunity when I started talking to this friend of a friend.
Turns out we knew all the same people from our past and present lives, and we worked out that we must've been on a conference call or two over the years. She gave me a name to send my resume and samples to, and I immediately got a response back from their HR. Promising.
Then, last week, my family and I were having dinner with a friend who had moved away. The friend mentioned that she'd mentioned my job hunt to her dad, who still lives out here. The next day, her dad and I had traded emails, and he'd arranged for me to talk to their Senior VP for Operations.
So, yes, I'm still planning to reply to job listings on Monster, but so far, I'm having better lunch with conversations at the beach and over teriyaki chicken!
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