The ICAEW Guide to Successful Job Search Episode 7: The power of networking

In the seventh podcast of The ICAEW Guide to Successful Job Search series, host Simon Gray, FCA, describes why networking is so important and how it will help you build relationships with key players in the job market.

To create the ICAEW Guide to Successful Job Search, ICAEW worked with Simon Gray, author of ‘Super Secrets of Successful Executive Job Search’ and founder of Career Codex, in addition to experts from across the recruitment and business world to share their knowledge of how to find and secure the job you want.

In Episode 7, ‘The power of networking’, Gray explores how effective networking can provide you with access to ‘market-makers’ – well-connected and influential figures within a specific industry sector, who are often trusted advisors to employers.

While networking is not always easy, Gray argues that practice makes perfect and that your efforts will be rewarded. In this podcast, Gray shares his advice on how to network effectively. “To find success at networking events you have to have a strategy and think who, where, how and how often?” He says.

In this podcast Gray is joined by:

Sally Adams, Acting Chief Financial Officer at Electrocomponents Plc; and
Andrew Clark, Finance Director at Costa Enterprises.

Episode guide

Listen to the rest of the series on icaew.com or on iTunes:

Episode	Title	Date available
2	The job market environment	12 February 2016
3	The psychology of job search success	19 February 2016
4	The importance of planning your job search	26 February 2016
5	CVs that stand out and impactful cover letters	4 March 2016
6	Getting in front of decision makers	11 March 2016
7	The power of networking	18 March 2016
8	Positioning yourself online	25 March 2016
9	Delivering a first-class interview	01 April 2016
10	Handling the offer and negotiation stage	08 April 2016

Meet the experts

Simon Gray Career Codex
After starting his career at KPMG, Simon Gray, FCA, has spent more than 15 years working in recruitment. In 2013, following the publication of ‘Super Secrets of the Successful Jobseeker’, Gray set up Career Codex which offers training to jobseekers on how to take a different strategy to their job search and stand out from their peers. His latest book, ‘Super Secrets of Successful Executive Job Search’, was published in July 2015.
Sally Adams Electrocomponents
Sally Adams joined global engineering parts distributor Electrocomponents in 1996. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Electrocomponents has operations in 32 countries and an annual turnover of more than £1.2bn.
Andrew Clark Costa Enterprises
Andrew is Finance Director of Costa Enterprises, (part of Whitbread Group). He started his career at KPMG where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and as a Corporate Treasurer. He spent a year in audit before moving to Corporate Restructuring where he spent five years advising banks who had invested in companies which were underperforming.
Jonathan Firth Michael Page Finance
Jonathan Firth has 20 years’ recruitment experience in the UK, with the last 10 years at PageGroup. While the majority of his career has been in finance recruitment, his experience at PageGroup includes assisting with building their search business and running their legal recruitment business across the UK.