progress updates or information will not help your situation. Instead, be friendly, bring them leads, and make yourself available and you'll be that much closer to establishing yourself in your professional career.

Todd Nilson is employment manager for SPR, Inc., an IT consulting firm in Milwaukee, WI, specializing in systems integration, project management and custom software development. Todd has over six years of experience in recruiting for the IT industry and has spoken and written on topics relating to online recruiting, advice for job seekers and effective resume-writing. He can be reached at tnilson@sprinc.com or through his web site http://www.execpc.com/~nilson .

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