GO-getter 'Delighted' to land jobPublished in The Toronto Star 
Reporter: Trish Crawford Jun 04, 200
Dawn Montgomery left no stone unturned in her successful search for a job.
She starts work for a Toronto property management company next Monday after one of the most innovative job searches going.
The Hamilton resident's three-month search included networking, combing the ads, sprucing up her online profile, putting flyers on car windows and, most famously, trying to see if using public transit could cough up some job offers.
Montgomery hopped on the Hamilton to Toronto GO train in May to hand out her business card to strangers and garnered some publicity in the process.
This ploy netted eight firm contacts that resulted in people taking her resumé or setting up interviews.
"I'm tapping into the hidden job market," Montgomery, a divorced mother of four grown children said at the time. The British immigrant, who has worked as a data analyst, leasing consultant in the auto industry and office manager, was looking far and wide for work saying, "I've survived a lot of change."
It was social networking that ultimately landed her a position as a property management administrator in a residential/commercial complex in the Sheppard and Bayview Aves. area.
While updating her contacts on LinkedIn, the online professional networking site, Montgomery reconnected with a former co-worker who is a graphic designer. They had lunch and he put her in touch with someone he knew was looking to hire. Six weeks later, she was called for an interview and got the job.
"I love Toronto and I am delighted to be working in the property management field again. I am so excited and genuinely pleased," says Montgomery, declining to give her salary.
"It's very important to connect with everyone out there. It's not the job so much but the people you are looking for. You have no idea what you will find."
