by Amanda Miller | May 19, 2026 | Networking
Recently, I asked job seekers on LinkedIn, “What do you think matters MOST in getting interviews right now?” With votes still coming in, networking and referrals leads the options by a landslide. And it’s no wonder that people have gotten the memo that leveraging...
by Amanda Miller | Jan 20, 2026 | Networking
This week, I put 101 miles on my car driving across the broad Phoenix metropolitan area to attend the opening night reception of the National Resume Writers Association conference. In a room of roughly 35, I knew fewer than 10 (all members or past members of the...
by Amanda Miller | Jan 2, 2026 | Job Search, Networking
As a job seeker, you know that every day offers new opportunities to reconnect with your network. But just as people use January as a reset to their lives, you can leverage the turn of the calendar as a reset in your job search. After all, a new year offers a...
by Amanda Miller | Nov 19, 2025 | LinkedIn, Networking
The reports from job seekers in the trenches are, to put it bluntly, grim. Some have been sending applications into a seeming void for months or years. The numbers of resumes sent are staggering, reaching into the hundreds and thousands, yet the responses are...
by Amanda Miller | Jun 12, 2025 | Networking
This morning, I attended a networking event with 450 people in attendance. It was crowded, the first part was outside (in Phoenix; in summer), and I had the last vestiges of a cold. Did I want to go? Not really. But I did. If you’re an introvert, you probably read...
by Amanda Miller | Nov 22, 2024 | Networking
When’s the last time you stepped out from behind your laptop and met someone in the real world? No, I don’t mean your neighbor or the barista who knows your “usual.” I’m talking about real in-person networking—the kind that makes your career take off, builds authentic...
