Networking is the most common method for finding a job, but it's much more than heading to the hors d'oeuvres table to collect business cards. It's about developing a personal strategy of long-term and synergistic engagement with others with whom you can mutually share resources and opportunities. If you're a new graduate, begin now to build this list of contacts. Nuture it by sending a short, heartfelt note of well wishes once per year--in writing via a real postage stamp. This powerful networking strategy used by executives and even U.S. Presidents will build good will, and the payoff will be a bank of opportunity that will follow you throughout your career.