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Networking

Networking does not just know who hires in the industry; it also recognizes the people who make up a field. It's the way ideas are exchanged, new modes introduced, and an informal way to maintain life-long learning. While places like conferences still provide opportunities for networking, social media, and especially LinkedIn, has made getting together more accessible and more global.

Featured Titles

21st-Century Networking by David Sole; Belinda Roberts
Location: ebook
Publication Date: 2016
Networking can be seen as a daunting and intimidating task, yet interpersonal relationships remain at the heart of success for career and business development. In straightforward and simple terms, this book offers a practical approach to developing this core skill. Including chapters on assessing your networks, developing your personal brand, the softer skills of networking, using social media and making networking part of your everyday life, 21st Century Networking is filled with case studies to bring the theory to life through real examples.--Book Description
Find a Job Through Social Networking by Ellen Sautter; Diane Crompton
Location: ebook
Publication Date: 2010
'This timely book unveils the reality that online networking is more than a fun way to pass time. It's a career management strategy that is rapidly changing the way job seekers and employers connect in the world of work. With this guide, readers will discover how to launch their online networking efforts and will gain advice for getting the most out of LinkedIn, Twitter, blogs and other sites. They'll also learn how to find jobs, seek advice, research employers, build a network, and create online portfolios and blogs. Additional guidance and worksheets help readers develop and communicate their personal brand online.'--Book Description
I'm on Linkedin--Now What (Fourth Edition) by Jason Alba
Location: ebook
Publication Date: 2014
The tactics are practical, realistic and respectful of your busy schedule. This LinkedIn book is a favorite resource of career coaches, marketing directors, social marketing consultants and others who regularly use LinkedIn to reach customers, find important contacts and communicate with them, increase their brand recognition, and help others learn more about them. The strategies and tactics are explained with clear instructions that should last through new changes in LinkedIn, since they are principle-based.--Description
Knock 'em Dead Social Networking by Martin Yate
Location: ebook
Publication Date: 2015
Learn how to integrate social networking into every aspect of your job search and then leverage your social media presence for ongoing professional success. Build professionally relevant networks and a desirable, flexible brand that evolves with your growing experience, while you build and nurture networks that help you navigate a long worklife, and gain greater control over your destiny.--Book Desciption

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Networking as an Introvert
Dorie Clark gives helpful advice on how to remain true to your introverted self without, in the words of the descriiption 'having to to go our on an introverted limb.' Part of a wider course titled "Managing Your Career as an Introvert."
Professional Networking
You don't have to be an extrovert to be good at networking, and you don't have to be fake. In this course, former presidential campaign spokeswoman and self-professed introvert Dorie Clark shows you networking strategies that you can personalize to play to your strengths and connect with people you actually like. She helps you identify the most important people in your network and prioritize who is most critical to your success. She also helps you choose which networking events are a valuable use of your time, and shows how you can host one yourself. Then, you'll learn how to start conversations that build real connections, and use social media to network authentically. Last, she helps put all the elements together into a plan you can use to become a better networker.

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