Networking
Networking is the art of building relationships
Benefits to Networking
- Companies estimate that they fill more than 25% of their positions by networking
- Earlier chance at an opportunity
- Building a professional network for the future
What is Networking?
- It’s a learned skill
- It’s all about visibility
- It’s about building alliances, not about job hunting
- It’s not a replacement for talent, it’s about being recognized as talented
Networking is NOT…
- A one-way street…it must benefit both parties
- About gaining the confidence to call strangers to ask for a job
- Always productive…expect some people to not respond
Networking IS…
- Maintaining connections and building alliances
- Often more effective on an informal basis
- Collecting information, educating yourself about employment opportunities, increasing your list of professional contacts, and informing them of your availability
Tapping the Hidden Job Market
- Experience shows that networking is a very rich source of:
- Job leads
- Information about unpublished job openings
- Career advice
