>> Really understand the value of an interview, an in person interview
and really making the most of it.
I think when people coming out of school,
when you're going for interview, naturally you're nervous.
A lot of times for big companies like mine they do group kind of bringing people in
and one session kind of the info session.
It's really important to get the one-on-one connection with folks.
So it's not enough just to ask someone for their business card,
but you've got to follow up with thank yous.
And not only do you follow up with thank yous, you also want to follow up with a coffee.
Even if you think that that individual may not be able to directly help you
with something you feel like you wanted to do, having an individual coffee with someone,
I mean, especially in a town like DC, that's what you call synergy style of networking.
And that's how you can see how one contact, even though it's not your direct contact.
It could be two or three contacts away from the job you're trying to get to,
so that would be kind of one effort.
It's really kind of taking advantage of the networking and the elements
of being able to land the job that you want.