Networking for Better Business Stories, Jobs - Day Two

Networking for better stories, jobs

The job bazaar never closes
Relationships matter more
More connections, new roles
The strength of loose ties
BETTER JOB NETWORKING

Literally always open
Information and jobs fly
We have to be ready
We need back channels
Job bazaar never closes

Relationships matter more (Does not mean more relationships matter.)

Maven, connector, sales
Mentors and reverse mentors
Hubs, nodes, rabbis
Analyze your network
More connections, new roles

Every job I have had came because of my connections. Ex-publisher, now a CEO

Connect widely
Diversity = strength
Who’s missing?
Don’t copy
The strength of loose ties

The law of reciprocity
Networking with sincerity
Give as much as you get
BUILDING SOCIAL CAPITAL

Paradoxically, it is in helping others without expecting reciprocity in return that we invoke the power of reciprocity. Wayne E. Baker

Networking with sincerity

Connect folks in your network
Pass information along
Recommend others
Give as much as you get

ADDING STRATEGIC CONNECTIONS

Connect the connectors
Watch where you’re growing

Benefits your network
Info flows to and through you
Raises power, status, visibility
Six degrees of Kevin Bacon
Connect the connectors

Extend network strategically
Online networks first
Meetups, groups, training
Participate
Watch where you’re growing

Q & A time

Actively network online
Set a strategic course
Reinvigorate old connections
“ I RESOLVE TO …”

Thank you! [email_address]

by Reynolds Center for Business Journalism on Feb 24, 2010

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