Work your net!

And Your Net Will

Work For You!

• Getting Out of Your Shell

• Meeting New People

• Renewing Acquaintances

• Helping Yourself Help Others

• Keeping in Communication

• Cheering Your Friends On

Mary Jane Savoy, Phone: 415.987.9619, E-mail: [email protected]


• When you moved to a new

neighborhood or started a new job, you

made new friends, formed alliances

• You discovered others’ strengths so they

might help you

• You discovered their weaknesses so you

might help them


• Be Prepared with Your Goals in Mind

– Bathe and dress for success

– Have copies of your resume and business

cards (use this link to get my friends’ discount

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– Get LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com) to each

person with whom you have a positive

interaction

– Let everyone know what’s so special about

you!


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• Follow Up

– People always appreciate a thank you note

– Reciprocate by writing recommendations

– Congratulate others on their successes

– Contact your network whenever you come

across things in which they’d be interested

– After you’ve done something well, ask for

referrals/recommendations


• Set SMART (Specific, Measurable,

Realistic, Timely) Goals

• Record Your Successes

• Write Your Own Annual Evaluation

• Ask Your Network for Constructive

Criticism and Feedback

• Review All the Above At Least Monthly


• Model the Behaviors You Want Them to

Have

– Write recommendations

• What I did successfully

• How it contributed to your or your organization’s

goals

• That, of course, you’d work with me again (in a

heart beat)

• You Get What You Give


• Always Do the Right

Thing

• Do Unto Others As

You Would Have

Others Do Unto You

• What Goes Around

Comes Around


To Reel ‘Em In, You’ve

Got to Cast a Broad NetMary Jane Savoy, Phone: 415.987.9619, E-mail: [email protected]


Mary Jane Savoy

Career

Work your net!