Networking: Venture outside your close circle and connect with other professionals
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No matter how difficult it may seem at first, successful networking is within everyone’s capabilities. It is an invaluable tool that can help you to further your career, gain experience and one day land your dream job. This guide will teach you how to get started on expanding and maintaining your network, whatever your level of experience.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Make the most of your contacts to further your career and achieve your goals
• Nurture and expand your personal and professional network in order to increase opportunities
• Network even if you are young, shy or inexperienced by applying a few simple techniques
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Networking - 50minutes
Issue: how can I make the most of my contacts to expand my network and reach my professional objectives?
Uses: in many professional situations, a large and diverse network is an irreplaceable asset to improve your visibility, get information or advice, develop new ideas, etc.
Professional context: Job hunting, canvassing for clients, event organisation, career progression, etc.
FAQs:
Isn’t working on my network akin to ‘using’ the people around me?
Where and when should I network?
What if I’m shy?
How can I create a network of contacts if I have no time?
How can I interest others if there is not a lot to talk about?
I never know how to approach people, what should I do?
We have all heard stories of friends who have found work through friends of friends: Pete who met his future employer through his uncle’s gardener; Sophie who talked about her art project to her Pilates instructor, who talked about it to his wife, who happened to know a colleague’s husband who could help her; or John who met his best client at a conference. Perhaps you said to yourself, How lucky!
But what if these meetings were nothing to do with luck?
Pete, Sophie and John simply knew what to