BUILDING YOUR CAREER NETWORK

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The truth is, whether at school, the office, church, or other community events, everyone networks. When you network all you’re doing talking to other people – either formally or informally about your job plans and/or career goals.

Networking gives you the ability to connect with others and learn about existing or potential job opportunities which may not be advertised as of yet. Many employers today often rely on and in some cases prefer to hire candidates based upon referrals from either current employees or people they know and trust; which make actively networking and talking with others an absolute must.

Here are a few quick and simple tips to help you get started on the process of building your career network.

• Before you start actively networking, take the time to think about what you want to say to other people about yourself and what you want to know about them.

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• Be clear about your career goals and write them down.

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Networking gives you the ability to connect with others and learn about existing or potential job opportunities which may not be advertised as of yet.

• Ask yourself important questions like: What kind of job am I looking for? What are my strengths? What do I want to accomplish in life and why?

Building Your Career Network

If you’re job hunting or looking to move your career to the next level, you have to focus on building your career network and one of the ways to accomplish that is to network. Networking sounds complicated, but it really is quite simple.

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• Don’t just network to try and find a job, take the opportunity to use it for your own continuous personal and professional growth and development.

• Look to network with others who share similar activities and interests.

• Networking is a two-way street so don’t just look for career opportunities for yourself, take the opportunity to also share career opportunities that you’re aware of with others.

• Take the opportunity to join one or more professional or business association.

• Use the internet as a networking tool by joining online networking sites like LinkedIn®.