Article: Job Seekers Need Better Networking and Specialized Skills, According to The New York Times Job Market Survey; Of Total Resume Submissions, Only 40% Well-Suited for Job Openings.

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Job seekers today believe they lack the required networking skills to secure a new job (40%) and hiring managers agree (94%), according to a New York Times Job Market survey, independently conducted by Beta Research Corporation, of 450 New York metropolitan-area hiring managers and job seekers.

Only 6% of hiring managers believe networking skills are a strength of the job seekers they have seen in the past three months. Hiring managers consider networking important for job candidates seeking positions in the professions (87%), executive management (82%), senior management (69%), sales (68%) and in technology-related (50%), ...

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