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by tjpick 6199 days ago
1. Why wouldn't your "network" (or as I like to call them in the real world, "friends") help out? If you think no one in your "network" can help, you didn't think hard enough.

2. Don't send 10 resumes. Narrow it down better, concentrate, and work hard and fast to get some offers on the table.

3. Accept an offer, starting date +1 month, buy a ticket to Europe and load whatever is left on your visa. Perfect opportunity for a holiday.

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2. Don't send 10 resumes. Narrow it down better, concentrate, and work hard and fast to get some offers on the table.

This doesn't seem like very good advice. After all, getting a job is all about the numbers--the more times you're "at bat", the more chances you have to hit the ball.

And, while you may plan to "work hard and fast to get some offers on the table", those offers are completely in the hands of the hiring companies--some of them are going to take their time, some of them are going to interview multiple people and decide to hire someone other than you, etc.

So, again, you'd better be getting yourself out in front of as many companies as possible and doing all the interviews you can get. If nothing else, you'll get better at doing interviews--you'll be more confident, you'll pick up interview questions that you'll be able to answer better the next time, etc.

(Also, IMHO, given the current economy, it doesn't seem like a very good idea to blow off a new job for a month, particularly if one doesn't have much money).

Well yeah that's probably the conventional advice. But it's not what I do.

Stop swinging the bat like an idiot, watch the ball and play the right stroke for the delivery.

Networking is always hit-or-miss, and I'm asking about a worst-case, not average case, scenario.