How to Expand Your Network
July 3rd, 2009 Posted in 2-JOBS TIPS
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To have a friend, you must be a friend. And to have a robust natural network filled with friends, you've got to be a thoughtful friend. It means sending thank-you notes for referrals or favors you receive.
Networking isn't about artificial settings or immediately asking someone at a professional event for a job. Rather, in the truest sense of the word, networking is about friendship and communication.
Your family, friends, and relative, are all part of your natural network. So is everyone you stay in contact with and show an interest in.
It also means staying in regular contact through emails, phone calls, and get-togethers. Each week, set a goal to send one friendly unsolicited email to someone who's in your network (or someone you'd like to be in your network). Also, make at least one personal phone call a week to another individual. Finally, at least once a month, arrange to meet someone in your natural network for lunch, cocktails, or just coffee.
If none of this comes naturally to you, make it a priority by putting each obligation on your to-do list. One of the best ways to be a good friend and great natural net worker is to become a connector.
Do you like to play tennis? Rather than playing with your usual partner, walk on to a course as a single and play with a threesome. You could make three new friends -- and add three new members to your network.
Rather than focusing on how people in your network and new friends can help you, focus on how you can help them. Keep your ears open when someone says they're looking to break into a certain industry or they're seeking someone with specialized knowledge.
Who in your network can help?
Who in your network would benefit from such an opportunity?
Becoming the ultimate connector may not bear immediate fruit for you and your professional ambitions. But when you need it, you will have a flourishing network to lend you a hand.
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To have a friend, you must be a friend. And to have a robust natural network filled with friends, you've got to be a thoughtful friend. It means sending thank-you notes for referrals or favors you receive.
Networking isn't about artificial settings or immediately asking someone at a professional event for a job. Rather, in the truest sense of the word, networking is about friendship and communication.
Your family, friends, and relative, are all part of your natural network. So is everyone you stay in contact with and show an interest in.
It also means staying in regular contact through emails, phone calls, and get-togethers. Each week, set a goal to send one friendly unsolicited email to someone who's in your network (or someone you'd like to be in your network). Also, make at least one personal phone call a week to another individual. Finally, at least once a month, arrange to meet someone in your natural network for lunch, cocktails, or just coffee.
If none of this comes naturally to you, make it a priority by putting each obligation on your to-do list. One of the best ways to be a good friend and great natural net worker is to become a connector.
Do you like to play tennis? Rather than playing with your usual partner, walk on to a course as a single and play with a threesome. You could make three new friends -- and add three new members to your network.
Rather than focusing on how people in your network and new friends can help you, focus on how you can help them. Keep your ears open when someone says they're looking to break into a certain industry or they're seeking someone with specialized knowledge.
Who in your network can help?
Who in your network would benefit from such an opportunity?
Becoming the ultimate connector may not bear immediate fruit for you and your professional ambitions. But when you need it, you will have a flourishing network to lend you a hand.
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