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Successful Networking: How to Build New Networks for Career and Company Progression
The benefits of networking are many - improving the chances of keeping a job, getting a new one, career progression, learning how to get along with others and improving personal effectiveness and company performance.
Successful Networking is designed to remove the fear factor and encourage people to make the effort to 'network for success'. It gives you advice and guidance on handling any social or workplace situation that could be awkward. People are complex, and a lack of awareness of 'soft skills' can cause endless workplace challenges. Knowing that you have the ability to deal with all those you'll encounter will increase your self-confidence. With detailed information on the role of networking in the virtual community, which is essential knowledge for everyone today, this book is vital reading for anyone who wishes to stay ahead of the pack.
Successful Networking is designed to remove the fear factor and encourage people to make the effort to 'network for success'. It gives you advice and guidance on handling any social or workplace situation that could be awkward. People are complex, and a lack of awareness of 'soft skills' can cause endless workplace challenges. Knowing that you have the ability to deal with all those you'll encounter will increase your self-confidence. With detailed information on the role of networking in the virtual community, which is essential knowledge for everyone today, this book is vital reading for anyone who wishes to stay ahead of the pack.
208 pages, Paperback
First published June 3, 2010
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About the author
Frances Kay
21 booksFrances advises and writes on all aspects of professional development and relationship building. The majority of her time is now spent writing books and articles, researching, editing and giving talks based on her book topics.
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October 11, 2012
Although targeted at career progression as the title implies, networking is suggested across the board as a personal life-long initiative. It covers most of the fundamentals from motivation, selection, finding networks and groups, to first impressions, rejection, the 30 second pitch, following up, and sharing networks. Additional topics include virtual networking and managing growth beyond a certain point.
Rating: 3.5/5 - The main feature for a quick-read are the key-points provided throughout the chapters, which are brief and theoretically concise. The chapters themselves consist of multiple large paragraphs, that seem drawn. There is nothing overly innovative, but rather fundamental, yet timeless. Some images, charts, graphs would've done wonders.
Food for thought:
"When I took office, only high-energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the worldwide web… Now even my cat has its own page."
- Bill Clinton
Rating: 3.5/5 - The main feature for a quick-read are the key-points provided throughout the chapters, which are brief and theoretically concise. The chapters themselves consist of multiple large paragraphs, that seem drawn. There is nothing overly innovative, but rather fundamental, yet timeless. Some images, charts, graphs would've done wonders.
Food for thought:
"When I took office, only high-energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the worldwide web… Now even my cat has its own page."
- Bill Clinton
August 11, 2016
A great book on networking to increase contacts and keeping them for the sake of increasing one's networth
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