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Top ten people to butter up before the recession hits - Linux World

Recession fears are everywhere. Here are the top ten people to make sure you're on good terms with before you need them.

"Social" sites are not enough.

Watch your "inbox" on LinkedIn or any of the other social sites, and you'll see floods of invitations from nervous IT professionals looking to build up some connections before the big job hunt.

But people who survived the last tech bubble are taking a few more important steps. It's more important to butter people up than just to collect social network links.

(from Don Marti)