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In this episode, Jen Fort shares her human-first approach to networking and offers a 7-day challenge to help those affected by layoffs reconnect and find new job opportunities.

Cold messages are failing, and the old rules of networking are gone. If you've been impacted by layoffs or feel stuck in your job search, it's time to stop networking and start connecting. In this transformative episode of The Guiding Voice, host Naveen Samala sits down with career transition coach and author Jen Fort to discuss her "human-first" approach to building professional relationships. Discover why traditional networking collapses during layoffs and how you can use the "Safari Strategy" to unlock new opportunities without ever feeling like you’re begging for a job. What you’ll learn: Why "networking" feels awkward and why "connecting" is magic. The Safari Strategy: How to approach new connections without being aggressive. Introverts' Unfair Advantage: Why listening more than talking leads to better referrals. The 7-Day Connecting Challenge to realistically change your results by next week. How to use AI to scale your outreach while keeping your authentic human voice. Guest Info: Jen Fort is a speaker, career coach, and author of Stop Networking, Start ConnectWorking. She helps people turn disruption into momentum with practical, people-powered strategies. Chapters…

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