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62,500 volunteers: Learn how to tap into the army of 62,500 volunteers waiting to send you job leads.
 
Portray enthusiasm: Pick up the phone, call each job lead, and follow this script, modifying it to suit you.
Network in reverse: Don't forget to look both ways when you network -- forward and back.
Payback time: Right now find five people you've bought something from in the last 12 months.
A friend on the inside: Start a relationship with an employee at targeted company and together use the referral program.
Make contact: Hit employers in all directions. And never, ever give up.
Don't take no for an answer: Turn a verbal rejection into a job interview.