Superconnect: Harnessing the Power of Networks and the Strength of Weak Links by Richard Koch & Greg Lockwood

Author:Richard Koch & Greg Lockwood
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2010-06-28T14:00:00+00:00

So how long should you stay in a firm? Clearly, there is no universal answer, but here are a few cautionary tales. Back in the early 1970s, Mark Granovetter was the first to notice an intriguing tendency. He talked to several people ‘who seemed personable and intelligent, who had stayed in one job for fifteen or more years, and had then had remarkable difficulty in job search’. He cites the case of ‘Victor O’, a chemical engineer. When Victor left the army he worked in one firm for two years, before going to work for a small company near Buffalo:

He held this job for eighteen and a half years; many of his workmates stayed there the whole time. The company was then bought out in a conglomerate acquisition, and Mr O’s position was eliminated. He began searching by contacting friends and acquaintances and by answering ads. He wrote to 115 companies; as time passed and his frustration mounted, he began keeping a scrapbook of the ads and his letters along with the responses.

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