by Beth Braccio Hering, CareerBuilder writer

After a downsizing in January 2009 left Barbara Cooper without a job, she went to local "job seeker" meetings, registered with various companies on their Web sites and checked job boards. Primarily, though, she focused on networking.

Her efforts paid off a year later when a former co-worker recommended her for an open position. Cooper is now the Learning Center administrator for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

"I knew that sooner or later I would find something, primarily because I had no other choice," Cooper says. "I kept reminding myself that every rejection -- whether it was r�sum�s that didn't get responses or phone interviews that didn't lead to anything -- was one less step between me and my next position. I told myself, since it was taking so long to find another position, that the position that was waiting for me must be really terrific -- and it is!"

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