{"id":4997,"date":"2015-06-22T08:30:21","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T08:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/internship\/?p=4997"},"modified":"2024-01-30T14:10:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T19:10:48","slug":"everyone-talks-about-networking-but-could-you-be-doing-it-wrong-careerspc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/everyone-talks-about-networking-but-could-you-be-doing-it-wrong-careerspc\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone talks about \u201cNetworking\u201d \u2013 but could you be doing it wrong?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"rapport\"<\/a>By many studies, networking is noted as the #1 way people find new jobs and advance their career. Levo\u2019s Personal Branding Blog<\/strong> notes multiple strategies for effective networking, highlighting two:
\n1) Make the other person talk more than you and
\n2) make effective requests for action.<\/p>\n

Many people believe that the goal of networking is to let as many people as possible know who you are and what you\u2019re looking for. While this can provide some advantage, like blasting out standard resumes to many companies, you will never get the same response as targeted well-built relationships. This is particularly evidenced by the aforementioned strategy of having the other person speak. When others speak more it typically builds rapport faster and ensures you\u2019re not dominating the conversation (which everyone hates!). Both of these strategies can be implemented by asking questions.<\/p>\n

What kinds of questions can you ask? Well, early in the conversation, if you were introduced, you can ask questions about the person that introduced you (eg. \u201cHow long have you known Mary?\u201d). If you weren\u2019t introduced, rely on open-ended situational questions (eg. \u201cWhat are you hoping to get out of this conference?\u201d). Either way, you want to stay away from questions that allow only \u201cyes\u201d or \u201cno\u201d answers.
\nOnce you really feel you\u2019ve formed a bond with the individual, questions can help with your second strategy. Asking something like \u201cIs there someone in your company with that expertise that you could introduce me to?\u201d can really set you up to accomplish your objectives.<\/p>\n

Questions are the meat of making connections \u2013 so get out there and get asking!
\nThis blog was adapted from Levo\u2019s Personal Branding Blog and can be found here: http:\/\/www.levo.com\/articles\/career-advice\/better-questions-equal-better-networking-results<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By many studies, networking is noted as the #1 way people find new jobs and advance their career. Levo\u2019s Personal Branding Blog notes multiple strategies for effective networking, highlighting two: 1) Make the other person talk more than you and 2) make effective requests for action. Many people believe that the goal of networking is … Continue reading Everyone talks about \u201cNetworking\u201d \u2013 but could you be doing it wrong?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-4997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment-preparation","tag-career-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5108,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4997\/revisions\/5108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}