Joann S. Lublin, from The Wall Street Journal, discusses some pretty bad networking mistakes:

• Sending an email to 12,000 contacts telling them that you were fired. Somehow, your old employer got the email and forces you to sign a separation agreement limiting what you can say about your departure. Broadcasting bad news about how you left your old employer is a bad idea. Stay positive and wait until your emotions settle down.
• Avoid name dropping if you don’t know how the other person feels about you.
• Don’t exaggerate your relationship with an acquaintance (knowing the other person doesn’t mean you two are “friends”).
• If you ignored a headhunter while employed, try at least to acknowledge you were wrong before contacting that headhunter back.
• If you contact a person for an “informational interview,” avoid asking for a job at the end of it.

How to Network Without Sabotaging Your Own Job Hunt, TheDay.com

Please go to WorkBloom.com for additional networking tips.

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