I'm a LinkedIn career expert. Skip 'doomjobbing' and do this instead.

Catherine Fisher is a career expert at LinkedIn. LinkedIn LinkedIn's Catherine Fisher warns against "doomjobbing," or mass applying with no strategy. Fisher advises job searchers to start by researching where the jobs are. She suggests being specific about networking requests and asking for short amounts of time. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Catherine Fisher, a career expert at LinkedIn, based in San Francisco. This story has been edited for length and clarity. It's...