Want a dream job? Start networking because a report has found that it's not what you know but who you know when it comes to landing your dream job.

Experts suggest that networking is the key more than ever. Even a chance conversation at the gym or the school gates is likely to be just as effective as poring over the vacancies columns or randomly sending out your CV, reports express.co.uk.

In fact, 80 percent of jobs are now secured through networking, found job advice website careerplan4.me.

'Yes, use the right recruitment agencies, yes, look at job ads, but understand the secrets of a job search and work them. Keep every avenue open,' said the site's co-founder Tor MacLeod.

The report advises job hunters to get chatting with new and relevant people every day, be it online or face to face, and to make yourself known.