The Lion’s Pride: Networking - How to Make Six Degrees of Separation Work (Even If You're Not Kevin Bacon)

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The Lion’s Pride: Networking

How to Make Six Degrees of Separation Work (Even If You're Not Kevin Bacon)

You've probably heard about the Six Degrees of Separation. The theory goes that every person is no more than six steps removed from any other person.

(The theory is mutated comically when it comes to movies. There, the theory goes, every film actor is no more than six steps removed from working with Kevin Bacon.)

Does it necessarily need to take you six steps to get to any one person? Probably not; you can get to most people in few steps.

But you may want to take the extra step and seek out the extra "degree." That's not necessarily a bad thing.

Each person (or "degree") you speak to will talk to other people. Even if they mention you to only five people, you now have five new "second degrees" - and five new opportunities to build "third degrees." Then fourth and fifth.

This is not to encourage you to waste time. In fact, it may well prove to be the opposite: if your "target contact" turns out to be a bust, at least you've made new contacts, thus increased your odds of landing a job.

IN THE CARAVAN: While a straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, you'll develop more job leads with a curvy path.

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