How to Develop your Hidden Network

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How to Develop your Hidden Network
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In the Market for a Job!

• Many of the available jobs in the market are
  never advertised or published.
• Networking is a means to get personal and
  professional contacts for information on
  available jobs.

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Topics of Discussion

• Purpose of Networking.
• Whos in your network?
• Develop a tracking system.
• Be Professional.

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Purpose

• Networking lets people know your skills.
• Time and Place to network
• Approach a Prospective source

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Your Network

• Relatives
• Friends and Acquaintances
• Supervisors
• Colleagues from professional organizations and
  business groups
• Instructors and Faculty

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Tracking System

• Develop a system that keeps track of your
  contacts.
• Phones Calls, Interviews, e-mails.
• Benefit 1 Avoids confusion
• Benefit 2 Builds Viable Network.
• Benefit 3 Develops Viable Network.

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Professionalism

• Be Professional
• Make courteous contact initial contact.
• Ask for information not a job.
• Be Politely Persistent

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Networking Summary

• Build a Viable Network.
• Overcome Rejection Concerns.
• Develop a Viable Network.
• Utilize Your Network.

TIP Be Profession at all Times when
Networking.
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Questions and Answers

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Contact information