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Advancing Your Career: Strategies to Find Mentors and Advocates in Events
Skift Meetings·August 24, 2026
If you are job searching, stop focusing solely on your resume and start auditing your network for advocates. In a competitive market, a recruiter referral is worth more than ten blind applications. This shift highlights that top employers now prioritize candidates with strong internal recommendations. To land your next role, identify mentors who are willing to put their reputation on the line for you. In this industry, who you know is not just a cliché, it is the most effective hiring strategy available today.