Experts agree: Building, tapping a network is crucial to finding a new job

It might sound like schoolyard horseplay, but many career counselors say a successful job hunt requires that you get yourself on top of the pile.

Actually, it’s your résumé that needs to be there — lifted head and shoulders above the rest of the bunch thanks to someone who knew someone.

But for the thousands of job-seekers out there, all of them screaming to be heard above the recessionary din, getting noticed is an increasingly complex challenge.

By Patrick May

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