10 Simple Tips to Be a Professional Networking Superstar!
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- Job search sites and LinkedIn are awesome, but learning how to network is a powerful career tool. Here are 10 simple business networking tips from guest host and uber-networker Steve Johnson!
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I go to a reasonable number of academic conferences and find networking INCREDIBLY difficult. I also find the concept of "networking" in academia, which (at least in the UK) is overwhelmingly introverted, a bit odd. Yet I know that, at the end of my PhD, being able to get a decent "real" job somewhere will rely largely on my professional contacts--so I feel the pressure to network very much. This was really helpful, thank you.
This is the most helpful episode ever! I'm in the final quarter of my undergrad and in that whole not just job but CAREER searching stage of life and I find networking incredibly awkward and do feel a little sleazy and underhanded when I ask professional people for favors so the points in this video were practically MADE for me! Thank you.
Great tips! I have found that finding some personal details out about the people also helps and remembering 1 or 2 as an easy conversation starter. I keep notes in my contacts about them (just point form) so it's an easy conversation starter. I know that I like it when people remember the personal tidbits about me do I try to reciprocate. Whether it's they love historic fiction, canoeing, golf, their kids or animal, it's a nice way to add a personal touch. I am a girl in a male driven field who is an introvert so it helps me approach people in a friendly way. You won't use this unless you've run into them before but it has helped me get introductions to others!
Such a helpful video!
I would also like to add that for people in college/uni, your professors can actually be a great resource. If there's a professor you really like who is in the field you're interested in, shoot them an e-mail or visit their office hours and ask for some advice. They might personally be able to help you, or they might be able to connect you with someone else who can. After all, these are people who have done work in their field out in the world, who know how hard starting out can be, and who have already done a lot of networking.
Cold e-mailing is quite helpful and often not talked about much. I do it by saying my name, what I'm interested in, and why I think the person I want to talk to (the recipient) is cool. Then end by asking if they have 5-10 minutes to talk over the phone.
Thank you so much for this video, strangely topical for me right now. Needed the reminder about not apologizing. Apologizing is in my nature, it's hard to remember that most people actually are understanding.
This is super helpful. So far, I always felt insecure and somewhat out of place when I attended networking events
one of the best videos this channel has done! well done!
Build a CRM. It is a software to manage your contacts. A good free one is CapsuleCRM. A good paid one is Pipedrive which allows you to put people into a pipeline or progress tract in your relationship.
but... but... networking requires talking to people... *hides under pillow fort*
+Intrigued Chicken introverts unite...separately
Yassss. I need to really work on this! Thanks for the video!!
steve is always on point when it comes to this stuff!! definitely filing these in the memory bank for future networking events. also, just a side note: the annotations at the end are very confusing because they all come up at once!
Thank you this was very helpful I'm hosting my first network group meeting and I'm going to open with this video!!!! Thanks again! Good Stuff!
really good advice. Especially for network marketing
This is great! Thanks for the tips. My biggest issues with networking are follow through and cold emails. I tend to be a bit verbose and a bit of a perfectionist, so sometimes I put things off so long that I feel weird reaching out when I feel like I should have already gotten to it weeks ago.
The most confused I've been about networking is when I go to a "networking event" or am otherwise told to network. When I'm at a conference or just meeting new people in the course of everyday work... I seem to receive business cards and helpful tips pretty easily!
I need a set of greeting cards that says "YOU ARE THE BOMB-DIGGITY" on the cover. Appropriate for all card-giving occasions except for maybe funerals and even then we just need a past tense version.
This was really helpful. I've done a fair number of informational interviews but I'm always really bad at the follow-through.
More of this guy, please.
Yay for guest hosts!!!!
Great tips! Thanks for the great video =)
Good info. Now I just have to learn how to deal with real people!
Thank you very much for this!!! :) Networking is probably the hardest challenge of life. Well, to me at least.
Phew. I didn't know any Jims OR any Bobs. THANKS, STEVE. :]
Cannot recommend informational interviews highly enough. We *had* to do them as part of my college program, and it probably would never have occurred to me otherwise, but I've made a couple of great contacts that way. One in particular ultimately led to me getting...not a job, exactly, but an exciting gig/opportunity.
I want that "You are the bomb-diggity" quote on a poster.
Thanks. This was a much more approachable explanation of networking than I've ever seen before.
I have a video request: how to cope with the utter panic of post-graduation life when you have NO IDEA what to do next. Please send help.
I was going to put a sarcastic comment about how I hate the host, but realized soon that some might not be in on the joke.
But great advice! The whole not apologizing thing is a definite, and its hard, but I think I've gotten the hang of it haha.
So does this allow me to get my CCNA Cert?
great tips.
What do you put on a business card if you don't have a job or are in a short-term position? Any advice on networking at events/conventions where everyone is more established than you and seems to already know each other?
You could put some kind of catch-all term, like [Blank] Student, [Blank] Professional, [Blank]er, or [Blank]ing. You'll notice Steve's didn't have a specific job title; it just said "Creator". I work in special event planning, and before I got a real job I had some cards made that said "DanThePropMan / Events. Fundraising. Promotions." because those were the things I had experience with, and it was a quick way to let people know what I did. Before I graduated, I had another set that said "DanThePropMan / Event Management Student / [XYZ College]".
I just subbed this guy like a week ago
Great tips!
Networking is important no matter your business.
Especially if you're trying to take over the world!
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
seriously, though, very important, and awesome video.
the field i'm going in isn't gonna require networking, just a strong stomach, and i find that reassuring somehow.
Realized while watching this video that I'm wearing that same exact shirt.
I hate networking so much. so much.
if you hate networking, you should not watching this..no one is forcing you to be part of it..
+certmaldita0529 Sy Although I don't like networking it is something that I have to do if I want to get a job in my chosen industry. Like it or not I have to deal with it.
Haha, this video is the bomb-diggity!
Step one to being a professional networking superstar: learn to subnet.
Dude, fix the audio. Keeps getting quiet then loud and quiet again.
Never mind, it was my computer, not your video. Sorry dude.
This is too hard. I don't like networking; it just makes me feel awkward.
Am I the only one who thinks the follow up call/email seems naggy? I mean, I know they're important and that the other people don't think of them that way, but I can't shake that feeling. Does anyone have tips? Ways to word it that aren't naggy or ways to think about it that remove that negative connotation?
I actually disagree that a follow-up is naggy or bothering them. Most companies and people want to see that you're really interested and invested in the thing you're asking for. For instance, I had to go into the place I wanted to work once a week for four weeks to get an interview, but it showed them that I wasn't just flippantly trying to get a job. Colleges now have "shown an interest (sent emails, visited the school, went to an info session, did an interview)" as a checkmark on their list to accept or deny potential students. Give them a week or so between each email/call, but they want to help you. It's how I got a job and how I managed to get extra help (financial and informational) from a college that I'm potentially going to attend.
Who's this weirdo?
I have no idea :/ I thought he was okay, I'm just sightly confused at the random change of host
laura s WOOOOSH
fizzylimon Ugg.. so soft spoken and charming... blah
I hate networking! Especially among scientists, because 90% of us are introverts, so we suck at small talk. Also small talk is the worst concept ever invented. If I'm gonna connect with somebody, I go genuine or I don't go. But being genuine and trying to 'make friends' with more than one person a week is just hard.
I hate networking. I mean, incidental networking is fine: I've gotten jobs thanks to former employers and such, but deliberate networking? Noooo. Then again, I have very little ambition. I have a great job and a decent salary and I'm satisfied where I am for now. If not networking means settling for mediocrity, I'm okay with that.
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Crap !!!!!. This contains very general, truism, almost nothing to follow. The self chat and self proclaimed guru. The self validation and seeking verification. Nothing else. Disappointed with this self talk.
What a waste of time
all good, solid tips! definitely adding this to mah favorites list