Networking

How Could You Use Networking

for Job Advancement?

Instructions All of the following statements are true except one. Find and circle the false statement.

1. There is more to networking than shaking hands and asking for people's business cards.
2. Identify people you want to network with, go where they go, and make an effort to meet them.
3. Locate the organizations of the people you want to meet and go there to meet people.
4. Volunteer for committees to increase your visibility in your key interest groups.
5. Write a compelling article or letter to an editor that people in your key interest groups are likely to read and
comment about.
6. Become a master of making purposeful small talk.
7. Have a few prepared chit-chat topics to help you start a conversation when you meet others.
8. Avoid the appearance of being a salesperson of any type.
9. Learn to be an extraordinary listener.
10. Become proficient at remembering names.
11. Contact people regularly to ask how they can help you.
12. Use an electronic or paper system for organizing and storing networking information.
13. Do something meaningful with your networking database, such as sending people birthday cards, inviting
them to meetings of mutual interest, and so forth.
14. Networking happens everywhere.

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