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Networking: The Core of Your Career

 
Author: Ford Myers
 

< P > A f t e r y o u ? v e c r e a t e d a l l y o u r ? s e l f - m a r k e t i n g d o c u m e n t s ? a n d v e r b a l p r e s e n t a t i o n s , y o u ? r e r e a d y t o t a k e y o u r j o b s e a r c h ? t o t h e s t r e e t ? a n d b e g i n n e t w o r k i n g . T h e g o a l i s t o c o n t a c t p e o p l e w h o c a n h e l p y o u r e a c h t h e h i r i n g m a n a g e r s i n s i d e y o u r t a r g e t c o m p a n i e s . N e t w o r k i n g c a n b e d o n e o n t h e p h o n e , i n p e r s o n , v i a e - m a i l o r e v e n ? s n a i l m a i l . ? < / P > < P > F o r d M y e r s , M . E d . , p r e s i d e n t o f C a r e e r P o t e n t i a l , a H a v e r f o r d , P A - b a s e d c a r e e r c o n s u l t i n g f i r m a n d d e v e l o p e r o f t h e ? N e w Y e a r , N e w C a r e e r P o w e r P l a n t o A c h i e v i n g C a r e e r S u c c e s s i n 2 0 0 6 ? s t a t e s , ? N e t w o r k i n g i s a l o t s i m p l e r a n d l e s s s c a r y t h a n m a n y p e o p l e t h i n k . Y o u d o n o t n e e d t o b e a g o o d ? s c h m o o z e r ? t o n e t w o r k e f f e c t i v e l y . I n f a c t , t h e b e s t n e t w o r k e r s a r e o f t e n g r e a t l i s t e n e r s , a s o p p o s e d t o g r e a t t a l k e r s . ? < / P > < P > A n d n o m a t t e r w h a t , d o n ? t e v e r l e t - u p o n y o u r n e t w o r k i n g e f f o r t s . N i n e t y - f i v e p e r c e n t o f m y c l i e n t s l a n d g r e a t j o b s t h r o u g h t h e i r n e t w o r k s . I t ? s n o t w o r t h r i s k i n g t h o s e o d d s t o N O T b e c o n t i n u a l l y n e t w o r k i n g ! R e m e m b e r : I f y o u ? r e i n c a r e e r t r a n s i t i o n , n e t w o r k i n g I S y o u r j o b . I t s h o u l d b e t h e p r i m a r y f o c u s o f e v e r y t h i n g y o u d o . T h e q u a n t i t y a n d q u a l i t y o f y o u r n e t w o r k i n g t i m e i s d i r e c t l y r e l a t e d t o t h e p e r s o n a l , p r o f e s s i o n a l , a n d f i n a n c i a l s a t i s f a c t i o n y o u ? l l h a v e i n y o u r n e x t j o b . ? < / P > < P > W h o s h o u l d b e o n y o u r c o n t a c t l i s t ? W h o s h o u l d y o u b e r e a c h i n g o u t t o ? T h e a n s w e r i s : e v e r y o n e y o u k n o w . E v e r y o n e ? Y e s , e v e r y o n e ! E v e r y s i n g l e p e r s o n a l i v e w h o k n o w s y o u r n a m e s h o u l d b e o n y o u r c o n t a c t l i s t ! ( T h e o n l y e x c e p t i o n i s p e o p l e w h o c l e a r l y d o n ? t l i k e y o u ) ! I t d o e s n ? t m a t t e r w h a t t h e s e c o n t a c t s d o f o r a l i v i n g , o r w h e r e t h e y l i v e , o r h o w m u c h p o w e r o r m o n e y t h e y h a v e . T h e k e y i s n o t t o p r e - j u d g e p e o p l e o r m a k e a s s u m p t i o n s a b o u t w h o c a n a n d c a n n o t h e l p y o u . A f t e r g u i d i n g t h o u s a n d s o f c l i e n t s t h r o u g h t h e n e t w o r k i n g p r o c e s s , I h a v e l e a r n e d t h a t m o s t n e w j o b s a r e s e c u r e d t h r o u g h p e o p l e w h o w e r e l e a s t e x p e c t e d t o b e o f h e l p ! < / P > < P > L e t ? s ? d e - m y s t i f y ? t h e n e t w o r k i n g p r o c e s s , s o i t w o n ? t s e e m o v e r w h e l m i n g o r c o n f u s i n g t o y o u a n y l o n g e r . W h a t f o l l o w s i s a h i g h l y - s t r u c t u r e d a n d p u r p o s e f u l a p p r o a c h t h a t c o n s i s t e n t l y p r o d u c e s e x c e l l e n t r e s u l t s ! U s i n g y o u r C o n t a c t L i s t t o f o c u s o n t h e s p e c i f i c p e o p l e t o c o n t a c t , h e r e a r e t h e b a s i c s t e p s y o u ? l l n e e d t o f o l l o w : < / P > < P > 1 . B u i l d R a p p o r t . S t a t e , ? I w a s r e f e r r e d b y ( g i v e n a m e o f m u t u a l f r i e n d / c o l l e a g u e ) , o r ? I w a s r e f e r r e d b y o u r m u t u a l c o l l e a g u e / f r i e n d ( g i v e n a m e ) , w h o s u g g e s t e d t h a t ? ? . ( F i n d s o m e a r e a o f c o m m o n i n t e r e s t t o d i s c u s s ) . I ? m c o n t a c t i n g y o u a b o u t a c a r e e r m a t t e r , b u t l e t m e a s s u r e y o u t h a t I a m n o t c a l l i n g t o a s k y o u f o r a j o b ? n o r d o I e x p e c t y o u t o e v e n k n o w o f a n y j o b o p e n i n g s . L e t m e s t a r t b y t e l l i n g y o u a b i t a b o u t m y s e l f a n d m y p r o f e s s i o n a l b a c k g r o u n d . . . . < / P > < P > 2 . S t a t e ? w h e r e y o u ? v e b e e n ? b y u s i n g a P o s i t i o n i n g S t a t e m e n t . T h i s i s a s u c c i n c t , p r e - p r e p a r e d v e r b a l s t a t e m e n t t h a t e x p l a i n s ? w h o y o u a r e ? p r o f e s s i o n a l l y . E x a m p l e : ? I a m a s e n i o r F i n a n c i a l a n d O p e r a t i o n s P r o f e s s i o n a l a n d g r a d u a t e o f W e s t e r n G e n e r a l ? s F i n a n c i a l M a n a g e m e n t P r o g r a m . I h a v e m o r e t h a n 1 5 y e a r s o f e x p e r i e n c e i n t h e M a n u f a c t u r i n g a n d S e r v i c e s i n d u s t r i e s . M y s t r e n g t h s i n c l u d e a n a l y s i s , p r o b l e m - s o l v i n g , c o m m u n i c a t i o n a n d i n n o v a t i o n . I h a v e s p e c i f i c e x p e r t i s e i n F i n a n c i a l A n a l y s i s a n d R e p o r t i n g , C a s h a n d R i s k M a n a g e m e n t , a n d P r o d u c t i v i t y A n a l y s i s . I a m s e e k i n g a l e a d e r s h i p p o s i t i o n w i t h a f o c u s o n F i n a n c i a l R e p o r t i n g . ? < / P > < P > 3 . S h a r e ? w h a t h a p p e n e d ? w i t h a n E x i t S t a t e m e n t . T h i s i s a c o n c i s e e x p l a n a t i o n o f w h y y o u ? r e n o l o n g e r a t y o u r p r e v i o u s p o s i t i o n , o r w h y y o u ? r e i n t e r e s t e d i n l e a v i n g y o u r c u r r e n t e m p l o y e r . E x a m p l e : ? A s a r e s u l t o f a m e r g e r b e t w e e n t w o b u s i n e s s u n i t s , o v e r 1 , 5 0 0 p o s i t i o n s h a v e b e e n a f f e c t e d , i n c l u d i n g m i n e . I n o w h a v e t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o e x p l o r e o t h e r c a r e e r o p t i o n s i n F i n a n c i a l S e r v i c e s t h a t w i l l l e v e r a g e m y p r o v e n s t r e n g t h s i n a n a l y s i s , p r o b l e m - s o l v i n g , c o m m u n i c a t i o n a n d i n n o v a t i o n . ? T h e E x i t S t a t e m e n t m u s t b e e x p r e s s e d i n p o s i t i v e t e r m s , s o t h e r e w i l l b e n o s u s p i c i o n t h a t y o u ? d i d s o m e t h i n g w r o n g ? t o l o s e y o u r j o b . < / P > < P > 4 . A s k f o r h e l p . ? W o u l d y o u b e w i l l i n g t o h e l p m e ? ? < / P > < P > 5 . ? D e c o m p r e s s ? ? t a k e t h e p r e s s u r e o f f ? r e a s s u r e y o u r c o n t a c t a g a i n t h a t y o u a r e n o t a s k i n g f o r a j o b . R e i t e r a t e , ? A s I s a i d , I a m n o t a s k i n g y o u f o r a j o b , n o r d o I e x p e c t y o u t o k n o w o f a n y a p p r o p r i a t e p o s i t i o n s . H o w e v e r , I a m i n t e r e s t e d a n y a d v i c e o r g u i d a n c e t h a t y o u c o u l d o f f e r , i n a d d i t i o n t o a n y n e t w o r k i n g c o n t a c t s y o u c o u l d p r o v i d e . ( G i v e n a m e o f m u t u a l f r i e n d / c o l l e a g u e ) t o l d m e t h a t y o u ? d b e a g r e a t p e r s o n t o t a l k t o f o r t h i s p u r p o s e . W o u l d y o u b e w i l l i n g t o r e v i e w s o m e o f m y c r e d e n t i a l s , a n d g i v e m e c a n d i d f e e d b a c k ? I c o u l d s e n d t h e m a t e r i a l s r i g h t o v e r . ? < / P > < P > 6 . A s k a g a i n f o r h e l p , i . e . , e x p a n d i n g c o n t a c t n e t w o r k , g u i d a n c e , a d v i c e , f e e d b a c k . L e v e r a g e t h e n o t i o n o f ? s i x d e g r e e s o f s e p a r a t i o n ? ? a s k f o r c o n t a c t s f r o m y o u r c o n t a c t s ! A n d a l w a y s ? c o m e f r o m g e n e r o s i t y . ? T h i s m e a n s y o u s h o u l d b e o n t h e l o o k o u t f o r o p p o r t u n i t i e s t o o f f e r s o m e t h i n g o f v a l u e i n r e t u r n . < / P > < P > 7 . S h a r e y o u r m a i n d o c u m e n t s , a n d s e t a t i m e t o g e t b a c k t o t h e m . S t a t e , ? I ? l l e - m a i l ( o r f a x ) a o n e - p a g e P r o f e s s i o n a l B i o g r a p h y a n d l i s t o f T a r g e t C o m p a n i e s t o y o u . T h e n I ? d l i k e t o f o l l o w - u p a n d h a v e a n o t h e r c o n v e r s a t i o n ? w h e n w o u l d b e b e t t e r f o r y o u , W e d n e s d a y a f t e r n o o n o r F r i d a y m o r n i n g ? I k n o w y o u r i n p u t w i l l b e o f g r e a t v a l u e , a n d I a p p r e c i a t e y o u r w i l l i n g n e s s t o h e l p . F o l l o w - u p a f t e r y o u r n e t w o r k i n g m e e t i n g a n d k e e p t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n g o i n g w i t h t w o - w a y v a l u e e x c h a n g e . N o t e : i f t h e c o n t a c t i s a ? c e n t e r o f i n f l u e n c e , ? t r y t o h a v e y o u r f o l l o w - u p d i s c u s s i o n f a c e - t o - f a c e i n s t e a d o f o n t h e p h o n e , u n l e s s t h e c o n t a c t i s o u t s i d e y o u r g e o g r a p h i c r e g i o n . < / P > < P > I t ? s a s m a r t c a r e e r m o v e t o a l w a y s b e n e t w o r k i n g , n o m a t t e r w h a t ? s g o i n g o n f o r y o u p r o f e s s i o n a l l y . I f y o u d o n ? t n e e d h e l p a t t h i s t i m e , b u i l d - u p y o u r n e t w o r k i n g p o w e r b y h e l p i n g o t h e r s . I n g e n e r a l , p e o p l e w i l l w a n t t o h e l p y o u . I t m a k e s t h e m f e e l g o o d a b o u t t h e m s e l v e s . I t b o o s t s t h e i r s e l f - e s t e e m t o b e c o n s i d e r e d ? a c o n n e c t o r ? o f p e o p l e w i t h o p p o r t u n i t i e s a n d i n f o r m a t i o n , a n d i t m a k e s t h e m f e e l i m p o r t a n t . ? N e t w o r k i n g i s a g r e a t i n v e s t m e n t i n y o u r f u t u r e , a n d o v e r t h e l o n g - t e r m , i t a l w a y s p a y s b i g d i v i d e n d s ! ? < / P > < P > C o p y r i g h t ? 2 0 0 6 , F o r d R . M y e r s a n d C a r e e r P o t e n t i a l , L L C . < / P >

 
 
 

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