BY ANDRE GOMEZ Networking is essential for career growth in any industry. Even with experience, degrees, and the certifications necessary for a job, there are hundreds of other candidates who possess the same credentials. How can you stand out to a potential employer? What sets people apart when looking to advance their career is a professional network: the people that you have connected and built relationships with throughout your career.
I was first introduced to networking right after high school; my best friend helped me get my first job through his employer. He put in a good word for me and I was able to get an interview, and ultimately, the job. At the time, I did not realize that I was networking; I just thought my friend was doing me a favor. Almost every job or internship I’ve landed since, has been a result of the relationships I’ve built with professors from school, or connections I’ve made in extracurricular organizations. As I started to gain more work experience and matriculate through college, networking kept occurring. Research shows that between 50 and 80 percent of jobs are filled through networking. Having a stellar resume and work experience is only one part of moving up the corporate ladder. That is why it is particularly important to build your network and foster mutually beneficial relationships. Sometimes it's not what you know, but who you know that can be the deciding factor. Source: How to get a job often comes down to one elite personal asset https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/27/how-to-get-a-job-often-comes-down-to-one-elite-personal-asset.html
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