Networking for Better Business Stories, Jobs - Day Two

Networkingfor 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 ofmy 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&Atime

• Actively network online• Set a strategic course• Reinvigorate old connections

“I RESOLVE TO …”

Thank you!joe.grimm@gmail.com