Networkingfor better stories,
jobs
• The job bazaar never closes• Relationships matter more• More connections, new roles• The strength of loose ties
BETTER JOB NETWORKING
• Literally always open• Information and jobs fly• We have to be ready• We need back channels
Job bazaar never closes
Relationships matter more(Does not mean more relationships matter.)
• Maven, connector, sales• Mentors and reverse mentors• Hubs, nodes, rabbis• Analyze your network
More connections, new roles
Every job I have had came
because ofmy connections.
Ex-publisher,now a CEO
• Connect widely• Diversity = strength• Who’s missing?• Don’t copy
The strength of loose ties
• The law of reciprocity• Networking with sincerity• Give as much as you get
BUILDING SOCIAL CAPITAL
Paradoxically, it is in helping others without expecting
reciprocity in return that we
invoke the power of reciprocity.
Wayne E. Baker
Networking with sincerity
• Connect folks in your network• Pass information along• Recommend others
Give as much as you get
ADDING STRATEGIC CONNECTIONS
• Connect the connectors • Watch where you’re growing
• Benefits your network• Info flows to and through you• Raises power, status, visibility• Six degrees of Kevin Bacon
Connect the connectors
• Extend network strategically• Online networks first• Meetups, groups, training• Participate
Watch where you’re growing
Q&Atime
• Actively network online• Set a strategic course• Reinvigorate old connections
“I RESOLVE TO …”
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