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Welcome to WB's Networking
Center
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Most jobs
are found through networking, not online or in
newspapers. Yet, it is so much easier to stay
home, browse the Web for openings and apply to those
openings. Why is it so much more comforting?
Because job openings are concrete and are offered to
us. All we have to do is apply to them.
True, but those same openings are also made known to
the multitude of other job seekers out there.
Hence, oftentimes, jobs found online or through
newspaper listings are much more competitive.
The other reason why people are reticent to network
is because they don't feel so well. That's
understandable. They don't have a job or just
lost their job, so they feel demotivated.
All these
reasons may explain why a person does not want to
network, but they just add to the problem as opposed
to solving it. If you find yourself in a bad
situation, the worst thing that you can do is to
stay still. Unless you move or do something,
your situation may not improve... unless you are
lucky. Are you willing to rest your career on
luck?
What
is suggested is not that you go out to network the
day after you got laid off. To the contrary,
take time to rest and recoup. When you are
ready, however, you should contact people you know,
attend events and participate in meetings. This
is what networking is about. It's about
meeting other people and helping each other out.
It's about building relationships, asking for help
or advice and also landing a hand to others.
The
trick is to have the courage and the motivation to
go out there and network. For many, the idea
of attending networking events or calling distant
acquaintances is dreadful. Yet, your
willingness to network is often an indication of how
much you want to find a job. Staying home
and hoping that someone will call you to offer you a job
is not realistic. If you really want to work, you
will do what is necessary, and that includes networking.
WorkBloom's Networking Center offers tips on how to
network. However, the best way to find out what
works for you is for you to go out and figure it out for
yourself. On that note, good luck!
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At the Essence of Networking |
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By the time
you really need to network, it will often already be too
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Good
faith goes a long way in building relationships. |
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Networking
requires you to be active. To be active
sometimes means that you have to step outside of your
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Ask for help
and offer your help. |
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Networking
Quotes |
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"The way of
the world is meeting people through other people."
(Robert Kerrigan) |
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"Networking with
integrity creates a greater willingness of all
parties to be part of a human conduit to serve as energy
and resource to one another. Sometimes you will give
more than you receive and sometimes you will get back
more than you give. It's not about keeping score."
(Chris London, MANHATTAN SOCIETY: The Art and
Spirituality of Networking) |
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