Dangers of Not Keeping Connected to Your Network
In a recent blog post on Career Solvers by Barbara Safani discusses how and why you should keep up with your contacts even after you’ve landed a new job. Some of the ideas that Safani addresses are:
- Updating contact information: Safani suggests that when candidates start their new job they contact their network about their new address and email.
- Staying connected to colleagues: Safani suggests that by staying connected to colleagues candidates can put themselves in a position to return favors, should any previous colleagues decide to look for work.
- Keeping professional memberships active: By candidates staying up to date on association newsletters and event networks are more easily contacted and grown.
Some of the other areas to consider when keeping up with and staying connected include inviting some of your key contacts to lunch or dinner. Individual meetings outside of the workplace can be very effective in developing and maintaining key connections.
If you have difficulty remembering to keep up with your network, set up reminders in your work calendar so that when you do have some open time, you can use it wisely by contacting someone you have been meaning to call or email. Many people now have their own blogs or pages on social networking sites, such as Facebook or MySpace, that also serve as an easy way to stay in touch with your network.
And remember, if you stay in constant and sincere contact with your network of connections they will be more willing to help out when you really need them.
Originally
from Spherion Career Blog - The Big Time
by Steve Wajda
Written by Jeff Bosco with no comments.
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