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Networking Skills

Networking just means contacting people (in person, telephone, email, text messaging, Internet) and responding to their contacts in positive ways.

If you are trying to establish a career, networking can help you broaden your employment chances by talking to people. Let them know that you are looking for work and ask about advertised and hidden job opportunities. The objective of this kind of networking is to market your special skills, personality, knowledge, and benefits to employers and to people who know employers.

If you are already established in your career, networking is the way you will build a trusted group of colleagues. This group, or network, will help you gather information, learn about opportunities, and advance more quickly. If you want to hire someone, networking will help you discover the best candidates for your available positions.

When do you start? Now. How do you start? We can help. Below are some pages that will give you some ideas. If you put these ideas into practice, you will soon have a powerful network of your own.

Networking Tips and Techniques

This page gives you some hints about networking skills, generally accepted networking rules, and who should be in your network.

Networking in Person

This page will give you some tips on

  1. Making contacts
  2. Joining professional associations
  3. Finding and working with a mentor
  4. Contacting previous employers
  5. Starting a Success Club
  6. Attending job fairs
  7. Sending letters of intent
Networking Through the Internet

This page provides some links that you can use to begin to build your network.

No one wants to network with someone who is grouchy, negative, or trying too hard. The most important part of networking is the fun of meeting new, interesting people.

Make sure you keep it fun and your enjoyment will show through positively to others.



Networking, or making connections with others, is your next step to success after Global Business English.

Because people still deal with people, even in our electronic world.

Here are some tips and techniques to help you establish your professional network.

And if you have any tips that have helped you connect with others, send them along. We are glad to post them here.