The third workshop

I have attended the workshop called “Networking: Is it Who or What You Know?” on December, 6. This workshop was talking about how to build your networking and how the networking improve your career opportunity. A good personal networking will bring you more opportunity to get into the better jobs. During the workshop, the two instructors answered many specific problems from the participants. This is a helpful and informative workshop.

The two instructors were Christine Ippolito and Jodi Brockington. Christine is the founding of Compass Workforce Solutions. Her expertise is focused on employer compliance programs and processes specific to Federal, New York, New Jersey and New York City employment laws; the design, development and deployment of compensation plans; and full life cycle recruitment, selection and on-boarding programs. Jodi is the founder of NIARA Consulting, a full service marketing and business development company. She utilizes her more than 15years of the experience in the nonprofit, corporate, and government sectors to consult for individuals, nonprofits, small businesses and corporations, as well as offer career and college coaching for youth and professionals.

As they said, we generally have three types of networking. they are family, schoolmates, and professionals. To build up our networking, we need to find out what we really interest in. and then we can find out the people who have the same interest. we can build up the networking with people who have the same interest more easily.

It’s important that we should contact with people to build up with people, like when you join a meeting, you want to build up your networking with others, you need to talk to other people, and whatever just do something that makes people know you. If you do not have idea who you need to talk to, the speaker of the meet is the best target. It’s hard to star a talking with a stranger. you can ask some easy to begin the conversation. like, what is his name, what makes him interested. Also you need treat people differently with different levels. fist you need figure out the level of the person and what he really wants to talk about.

sometimes, we can’t fulfill everybody’s requirement, but we can give something instead. If someone ask you for a job, but you can’t give him a job. you can not tell him that I don’t have a job for you. instead, you could said if there is a good opportunity good for you, I will let you know. you should be helpful to those we network with as possible as you can, we one day also need help from other people.  As we ask help form other people, we need ask the things that  people actually can help you. For example, if we want a job in a company, we can not ask people can you give me a job. we can ask if you know someone works in that company, then we can build up other networking with that people. Don’t make the people feel awkward.