cHAPter 5: PlAn Advice Appointments with Game-Changers. When you connect with enough Game-Changers in the right fashion, you will get Insider Information and learn about "hidden" job opportunities. Last point on networking for now: Do whatever you can to meet people in person, regardless of what type of contact they are or how you get connected. This is extremely important! Something magical happens when you meet someone face-to-face. Are You tAkInG Your exIStInG network For GrAnteD? When I was a student in college, I didn't think I knew anyone who could help me, so I looked for a job by myself. Even so, I eventu- ally got a job with an NBA team because I networked successfully with people I did not know. However, I probably could have ended up in the same place (and saved myself a lot of time and energy) if I had done more to utilize the network I had as a college student.