Are You A Reluctant Networker?

4/8/2019

When you think about networking for your career, are you thinking "Yes!" or "Oh, no!"?

If you are reluctant to network, here are a few strategies to move you forward.

First, understand why you should network?

Meet people with shared interests
Explore Career / Recareer options
Analyze the market
Identify trends, emerging fields and industries
Learn about company culture
Get referred for jobs

Second, understand why you are reluctant?
Which of these reasons stops you from networking?

Unsure how to/where to start?
Don’t know what to say
Shy or embarrassed
No time
Overwhelming
Don’t know anyone
Don’t want to beg

Each of these reasons has their own strategy described in the slide deck. (The presentation opens in SlideShare.)

Additional Resources

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain

* Book review - "Quiet" Inspiration for #WorldBookDay," 2 Mar 2017 blog post
* Susan Cain: The Power of Introverts (video)

I’m on LinkedIn: Now What? By Jason Alba
Network your Way To Your Next Job FAST by Cylde C. Lowstuter and David L. Robertson

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11/25/2019 05:44:47 pm

It is nice to have small goals. I mean, of course, setting huge goals is important too, but that is not something that I recommend. When you want to do set a goal, it is better to keep it easy. If you just go and plan a huge goal for yourself, then you will just get disappointed. It is not always true that you will be able to accomplish anything as long as you put your mind and soul into it.

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10/25/2022 01:19:08 am

Hi thanks for posting this

Are You A Reluctant Networker?

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