Professional Networking: Skills and Opportunities
Taking a closer look at life, you will realize that you need people at every stage, whether in personal or professional hemisphere. You need family, friends, colleagues, and others in the industry and market. Clearly, professional networking is as important as social networking. Professional networking groups allow you to form relationships with others, in related fields or others that may work as a potential partner, investor, supplier, or customer. Making connections with other people so that you know them (or they get to know you) on a personal level forms the key aspect of networking. Networking opportunities can come your way only when you invest yourself in it. It means, you must: Maintain a positive impression with everyone you meet People will remember you for who you are, not what you are. Maintaining a positive, honest and open communication with others in the network will help leave a positive impression. It conveys a message that you are not only competent, b...