For the past several weekends I have been doing a lot of networking. Generally I like to spend Saturdays and Sundays with my husband. That is…until tag season officially begins. Then all bets are off. Almost every Saturday morning I work my way through the back roads of Westchesters elite towns and villages. My eyes scan every intersection for brightly colored neon signs that read TAG SALE.
Only this year, things have changed. Shortly before I forked over $8 for a gently used table easel; a long necklace made up of bold beads in primary colors; a pair of tear drop shaped earrings that look like a cage; and a trendy turquoise and brown top, the homeowner and I got into a conversation about my new office. She excitedly asked for my business card when she heard I was a career coach. And so it began…my new networking strategy, become the Molly Goldberg of social networking.
For those of you who are too young to remember, Molly Goldberg was the matriarch and yenta (busybody for those of you who don’t speak Yiddish) on one of the earliest radio turned television comedies that offered a humorous portrait of Jewish tenement life before later evoking such growing pains as moving into a more suburban setting and struggling with assimilation while sustaining their roots.
Each show began with “Yoo-hoo! Is anybody…?” and in later years was followed by Bud Collyer warbling, “There she is, folks—that’s Molly Goldberg, a woman with a place in every heart and a finger in every pie”.
About 75% of people who are in a job search groan at the mention of networking. The term conjures up all kinds of images and feelings. However, networking can be fun. It can be part of your regular routine. It can be meeting new people while buying stuff they no longer want or need or being just a little bit like Molly Goldberg, a lovingly meddlesome matriarch.
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