TL;DR "Network more" is useless advice without instructions. Modern networking is a system: 2 hours a week, 3 behaviours, 6-12 month lag to results. Here is the playbook with reply-rate data and the script that gets a yes. The three categories that produce job leads Category Time/week Lag to results Visibility (posting your work) 30 min 2-6 months Useful comments 30 min 1-4 months Direct outreach 60 min 2-12 weeks Visibility: posting your work 200-400 words weekly. One specific situation, what you tried, what worked, what did not, one generalisable lesson. No "agree?" question, no emoji walls, no corporate-LinkedIn voice. One post per week is the floor. Three is the ceiling. Useful comments: the highest-leverage move 20 minutes a day commenting thoughtfully on posts by people two levels above you. Not "great post". Specific data points, counter-examples, clarifying questions. Do this for 6 weeks with 15-25 people in your target industry. Roughly 30% will recognise your name when you eventually message them.…