2010 Job Tip Series: Navigating Your Career
This is the first article in the Capstrat series, Navigating Your Career. We hope to meet you at our Annual Networking Night, April 14 at 6:00 p.m.
#1: Using Your Networking GPS to Navigate Your Career.
Register here: http://GPS2010.capstrat.com
Millennials (college students to late twenty-somethings) have been dubbed the "always connected" generation - we're the most socially and technologically engaged generation in history. Our networks are extensive.
We're active. We rarely sit still. Our days are filled with work, studying or going to class, e-mailing, tweeting, texting, keeping in touch, meeting new folks, volunteering, keeping up with news, playing sports, etc. We belong to at least one social networking community, a civic or religious organization, a gym, a school or professional organization. We never stop talking (or typing). And all the while - whether we realize it or not - we're engaging and building our network.
When it comes to landing a job, whether it's your first or your fifteenth, there's hardly anything more important than learning to use your network effectively to help you navigate your career (besides the no-brainers like developing a solid, tailored, typo-free resume). In fact, I'm here at Capstrat right now because I engaged my network via almost every professionally appropriate channel imaginable. Karen Albritton, our president, joked the other day that my name, resume or bits of information about me came across her desk through eight to 10 people who were all seemingly unrelated - all before I even stepped foot in the door for my first interview.
So reach out to your professors, your parents, your uncle's neighbor, your dentist, your best friend's dad - talk to them about where you want to go, how you'd like to get there and ask for their advice. Give them the tools to speak on your behalf. If they can't point you in the right direction, they can point you to someone who can. Be patient but persistent. Good luck!
We hope you'll join us for Capstrat's Student Networking Night!
What: Networking GPS - How to Navigate Your Career
When: April 14 from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Where: Capstrat
Dress: Business Casual
Register today: http://GPS2010.capstrat.com
*Don't forget to bring copies of your resumé!
Comments
Is this networking event for current students ONLY? I recently graduated from NC State in December 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Relations; therefore, as I am no longer a current student, am I eligible to attend this event?
The event is open to current and recent students. All you need to do is register and submit your resume. See you Wednesday!
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