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

This book is very practical. It is full of actionable steps that help the reader develop his own networking skills while offering a clear and concise adaptable framework. The guidance is efficient and direct to the point, saving time for both parties involved.

Great for networking

While it doesn't account for many different scenarios like asking contacts to let you know if they see or hear of any opportunities, this concise guide helps you gain evangelists which would be willing to do more than be your eyes and ears by demonstrating respect, gratitude and preparedness.

Whether you're job hunting or looking to expand your network, this quick and practical guide provides a solid model for those conversations. Easy to understand and implement, it's a great addition to your business/career toolkit.

Definitely a book to buy to refer back to later. The appendix needs to be printed and copied!! Can't wait to apply the knowledge I just gained.

It won't take you long to read, but it will completely change how you think about networking (it isn't something to be dreaded with this detailed guide!), and how you conduct your networking activities. Even if you thought you were good at networking, this book will transform you into a much more effective networker, and a networker that gets much more positive results. I highly recommend this book to any and all job-seekers!

Great tips on how to be more respectful of peoples time when doing informational interviews. Very practically written and the examples are helpful.

Couple friends found this book excellent and recommended it. It's a quick read, filled with good humor, anecdote and extensive direct experience.I particularly appreciated the candid treatment of the entire topic of networking, dispelling my view of it being a "schmoozy" practice that often felt like it was a waste of time when people asked to network with me. I now see how those notable exceptions that I truly enjoyed had leveraged the concepts in this book.I was asked to speak earlier this week at an upper level college class for Finance students and recommended this book to them. The professor is planning to acquire it and provide for each of his students.

True to the core message of this book, the authors have given you so much more with less.A quick read for anyone looking to end their job search or transition to a new role.I picked up this book because I work for a great company and always looking to progress internally.At this stage, any moves for me will only happen through referrals.The book is practical, to the point and does not dwell on the same point over and over again. That’s why it’s a quick read that keeps you hooked till the end.I’ll be applying the 20MNM principals to create “evangelists” in the enterprise I work at, and with patience and persistence (and practice) I’m confident I’m going to be movin’ on up!!!

In December I managed to book 6 different people for Networking coffees in Jan. So over Christmas I decided to do some planning to make the most of them and part of that was reading this book.I am going to start by saying this is the most begrudging 5 start review I have ever left.The first 45% of the book is waffle that looks designed to sell you on buying the book. Thanks but I already bought it and and was hoping to learn from it. 1 Star.However the second half of the book is incredible. The method works. I have been using it and feel it has added immense value to my networking meetings. I actually saw some of the scenarios highlighted play out across the face of one of the people I was meeting as they shifted from not sure what they could do to couldn't be any more helpful. Their structure has also been flexible enough to let me bring in a few other ideas or topics of interest beyond just job hunting. All my meetings so far and ended with a positive impression and additional contacts and advice, the additional contacts especially being something I was really struggling to get previously. 10 Stars!So on average 5 Stars then... you can see maybe why I feel this is a begrudging review but I think if you are interested in getting better value from networking then you MUST read this, at least the second half.

The best book I have ever found on the steps necessary to run an effective networking meeting. All of the other books I have found contain very generic questions and don't provide a timeline and the detailed questions the way this book does.

I just couldn't get into this book. I think I expected more based on the previous reviews and all the awards that the book got.