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Speaker 1: What's up everybody.

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Speaker 2: This is the people Shark Hair Damon John with a

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Speaker 2: motivational moment for you. Courtesy of that Moment with Damon John,

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Speaker 2: a production of The Black Effect podcast Network and iHeartRadio.

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Speaker 1: Fact. According to CNBC, seventy percent.

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Speaker 2: Of jobs are not published on job sites and about

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Speaker 2: eighty percent of jobs are filled through connections. Now, think

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Speaker 2: about that. Networking is extremely essential when it comes to

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Speaker 2: advancing your career, whether the connections are online or in person.

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Speaker 2: In a study done by LinkedIn, thirty five percent of

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Speaker 2: participants found.

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Speaker 1: New opportunities through linked in messaging.

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Speaker 2: In a study conducted by Forbes, it was found that

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Speaker 2: in person meetings led to stronger and more meaningful business

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Speaker 2: relationships because it allows for people.

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Speaker 1: To bond and interact face to face.

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Speaker 2: So take advantage of those online opportunities. But more importantly,

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Speaker 2: I always tell people we are pack animals. And now

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Speaker 2: with the entire world trying to view each other with

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Speaker 2: these ring central screens and various other things, those are

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Speaker 2: very powerful. But meeting somebody is always so much better

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Speaker 2: because you get.

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Speaker 1: To know somebody.

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Speaker 2: My buddy Chris Saca said that when he was in

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Speaker 2: San Francisco, he had.

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Speaker 1: Millions of meetings and never really did a deal.

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Speaker 2: But as soon as people came up to his house

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Speaker 2: and they relaxed for a while and chilled, he did.

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Speaker 2: I don't know the Uber deal or I even think

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Speaker 2: maybe even the Instagram deal. People are people, so make

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Speaker 2: sure you take your time to reach out to people

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Speaker 2: today and or ask somebody when they're working someplace are their.

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Speaker 1: Openings and opportunities, because.

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Speaker 2: If they suggest you to be hired there, they know

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Speaker 2: they have their name on the line, and that means

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Speaker 2: they trust you. Good luck and tune in every Monday

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Speaker 2: and Tuesday four new episodes of That Moment with Damon

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Speaker 2: John brought to you by The Black Effect Podcast Network.

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