[danilocampos]

I recognize that you're trying to be helpful, but "work on your network" is an over-used trope heard on the job-hunt. It's about as useful as telling a depressed person to "snap out of it."

Better advice would be given by a local in OP's job market. "Come to such and such event, which is every Thursday at X pub – many tech folks mingle there and it would be a good first step."

Absent such concrete guidance, "work on your network" is stating the obvious.

[thomaslangston]

I'd disagree. "Work on your social network" is not obvious to many people. I've mentored people who explicitly told me they did not think of it. Nor is specific information necessary. If you know what to search for, such meetups might be a web search away.

London Java User Group. http://www.meetup.com/Londonjavacommunity/

London Python User Group http://wiki.python.org/moin/LondonFinancialPythonUserGroup

[mvkel]

I agree, it's an over-used trope. Because it works. And I was implying exactly what you stated. Go to meet ups in the field of your choice, etc. The whole point of that is to expand one's social network.

It's second only to "update your resume!"