The 20-Minute Networking Meeting – Professional Edition: Learn to Network. Get a Job.

Updated 2025. *WINNER – International Book Award – Career category! *WINNER – National Indie Excellence Award – Career category! *FINALIST – Foreword INDIES Book of the Year! *FINALIST – USA Best Book Award – Career category! *SILVER – Axiom Business Book Award – Career category! Welcome to The 20-Minute Networking Meeting! Whether your meetings are virtual or in person, this book will successfully serve any job-seeker from any background–field sales to customer service; doctor to bartender; teacher to derrickman; legal aid to construction; retail to management. All you need is desire; the rest is in this book! Built using the acclaimed The 20-Minute Networking Meeting–Executive Edition networking model lauded by business leaders around the world, the Professional Edition puts you in control of your job-search discussions and, ultimately, your career. Taking the best elements of the best networkers from a multitude of industries and professions, combined with 40 years of the authors’ own experience, the Professional Edition culminates in a highly productive networking approach from a hiring perspective. In this book, learn what networking (really) is, and how to: *Master the 5 most important parts of a networking meeting *Create a networking agenda *Construct key questions to lead a discussion *Expand a professional network with more names *Break into the “Invisible/Hidden Job Market” (where over 70% of all jobs are obtained) *Make a networking meeting more effective, efficient, and mutually beneficial *Execute the above (and much more)– inside of 20 minutes *Maintain your new network throughout your career! Chock full of real-world scenarios, short stories, meeting examples, and dozens of tips and observations from hiring authorities and recruiting experts, the Professional Edition is an end-to-end lesson on job-search networking, founded on the premises of gratitude, positivity, and reciprocity. Specifically constructed to clarify and simplify networking for job-search, the Professional Edition was written for even the most introverted networker and is rounded out with a complete set of readiness worksheets that guide the reader through actual networking preparation, with fully written stories that show the entire The 20-Minute Networking Meeting model in action. Also from Career Innovations Press: The 20-Minute Networking Meeting – Graduate Edition The 20-Minute Networking Meeting – Veterans Edition The 20-Minute Networking Meeting – Executive Edition