Instant Business Speak 26

People in organisations talk a lot about building their network. Once a rubber band around a stack of business cards, now a complex inter-connected web of social media software, 'contacts' and 'who do you know?'. Networking is the new escape plan, having by-passed the lotto win as an ever-present hope. Hope? Hope of escape. Surely someone, somewhere must recognise my talent? And be able to help me out of this career cul-de-sac?

Possible. Unfortunately the power of the network has increasingly been diluted by becoming grid-locked as everyone hopes someone else will help them.