Networking

Networking is the building of relationships that help you get information, guidance, and support in your career. Networking has proven benefits of helping one advance more quickly in your career, get better compensation for your skills, develop career mobility, and get more satisfaction from your work life. Networking can be said to be social capital. The more people that you have in your network, the more social capital you have. This capital can be used to get information, opportunities, exposure, more networks, and long-term support in your career. With social capital, you can also advance and develop your career more quickly. An effective network must be built with certain considerations to ensure that you derive maximum social capital from it. The two most important considerations are network size and composition. Network size involves the number of contacts that...