Ten Days to a Happier, Successful Career and Life: Day Nine: Network Your Way - Professional Success

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Ten Days to a Happier, Successful Career and Life Day Nine: Network Your Way - Professional Success From Susan M. Heathfield, your Guide to Human Resources Harvey Mackay, well-known, irreverent, speaker and author of Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty (Compare Prices), tells you that networking is a full time job no matter your career or business. And, you want to have a professional network established long before you need a network. Networking is meeting an extended group of people to form mutually beneficial relationships that provide assistance and support over time. When I sought to change jobs before I started my consulting practice, I quickly discovered that my entire network of contacts was other people who were also working in education. This was not a helpful state of affairs when the positions I wanted were in a different field. I had to take the time to extend my network of contacts before my job searching was successful. The funny end of the story is that after building an extensive network of contacts, an educator did provide the contact that eventually led to my new job in training and organization development. I have retained much of the network I developed at that time, however. Continue on the Ten Days to a Happier, More Successful Career and Life journey. Day Nine Network Your Way to Professional Success You can become a magnet that attracts people and resources if you invest the time and energy necessary to develop a strong network of contacts. You can effectively network. Build a network of partners to keep an open eye and ear for new opportunities for you. Reach targeted individuals in two ways: directly or indirectly. Build visibility by raising your profile. Go to every social gathering you possibly can. Extra Resource Network Your Way to a New Job or Career While focused on career networking, this resource provides effective network building strategies for you to use, too. This email is written by: Susan M. Heathfield Human Resources Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Missing a lesson? Click here. About U. is our collection of free online courses designed to help you learn a new skill, solve a problem, get something done, or just learn more about your world. Sign up now, and we will email you lessons on a daily or weekly basis. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the About.com 'Ten Days to a Happier, Successful Career and Life' email. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Advertisement