Well the week that just passed turned out to be a little busier than I thought! I had envisaged being able to post here at least a couple of times, but it wasn’t quite to be.

Anyway enough of my lame would be excuses, here’s this week’s Friday five for your reading pleasure.

• Ask not what your contacts can do for you, but what you can do for them. Connecting the Dots is a great article at Jugglezine all about how to become a networking superstar. There’s a lot more to it than just handing out your business cards and waiting for the world to beat a pathway to your door. Just in case you didn’t know!
• Sorry, but I’m going to keep the networking theme going here, since I think it so important. Dr. Bamster’s Blog, which specialises in career advice for those 40 and over, has two posts worth a read, on the hows and whys of networking. What Kind of Networking is Most Beneficial? and The “Why” of Networking! Network to a plan and be fruitful!
• Career Fables is not about proliferating career “myths” but rather busting them! In an article, Career Transition Myth #1, Career coach Ricki J. Frankel tackles the “It’s too hard, I can’t do it” obstacle that many would be career changers come up against.
• Designing success at Guerrilla Job Hunting is an example of how, what I refer to as “gimmicks”, can really draw attention to yourself and go along way to landing a job. There are plenty of ways of doing something that is different, but not entirely over the top, to get noticed!
• Finally for this week, while not entirely career change related I thought you’d still enjoy it. Arguing with reality, by Curt Rosengren, is a reminder that there are certain events and occurrences we have no control over, such as a delayed flight, so rather than getting pent up and expending negative energy, start looking for solutions or ways to turn a negative into a positive.