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Networking Tips and Articles
The following articles are from www.CareerJournal.com A Wall Street Journal Site. They offer up all sorts of tips to help women in networking and job searching.
Time to Nurture That Ol' Gals Network
Start building a network early on in your career. You can do this by joining professional organizations, but you have to keep building and maintaining your relationships. For women who are working, this is hard. You are spending long hours at work, so it's difficult to go to a networking event, workshop or seminar at night. But we recommend that women build those relationships by attending these conferences and workshops...
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Finding Time: Blending Networking Into Your Life
...tending to your career doesn't require spending long days in hotel ballrooms or long nights in smoke-filled bars. If you see everyone as a potential contact, you can network during any mundane daily activity, from waiting in line for a latte to peddling at the gym to commuting...
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Women Find Nontraditional Ways To Network for Advancement
...When it comes to business networking, executive women throughout the U.S. are throwing out their golf clubs and joining others like them to talk shop in online discussions, book clubs, nail salons, knitting groups, and other nontraditional venues...
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Why Networking Clubs Aren't Just for the Boys
...Historically, women have had no comparable alternative to the good old boys' club. During the first half of the 21st century, no female organizations related to business existed, and most of the professional and civic organizations, such as the Rotary Club, didn't allow women members. The brave women in the workplace, particularly those who had aspirations for advancement, found themselves isolated and alone...
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Savvy Professional Women
Promote Themselves Well
...We women aren't good at tooting our own horns because we're taught that good girls don't brag. While boys grow up vying for the limelight and learning to one-up each other, girls are taught to share the glory. We aren't supposed to be the center of attention. Therefore, in business, we sadly watch as we're passed by time and time again for promotions, high-visibility assignments, committee chairs and so on because we don't draw attention to our accomplishments...
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Why Women Make
Better Networkers
..."By and large, the women I contact are more receptive, interested, collaborative and better prepared to receive, as well as provide, information," says the attorney in Philadelphia. "Those who call me for help are more sensitive to my needs and time. They're clearer and more honest about their agenda and expectations."...
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Networking Tips
For Shy Job Seekers
Unfortunately for introverted people, it's getting more and more difficult to succeed professionally without developing a broad range of connections to other people. There simply is no such thing as a job or career field in which you can be rewarded entirely for what you know and how well you do your work. You not only have to do your job well but also make sure that others know you're doing your job well...
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Networking Strategies
For Shy Professionals
If you're a reserved person, losing a job may feel like your worst nightmare coming true. Like anyone else, you'll likely have financial worries during your transition. But your problems won't stop there. To land a new position quickly, you need to do what every shy person hates most: talk to people you don't know...
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