Using Present Employment for Future Success
When you think of networking, what comes to mind?
Happy hour with co-workers, hoping for a moment with the big boss?
Coming home after a trade show event with dozens of business cards, not being able to place the faces with the card names?
There is value in using these opportunities, but a far more effective way to secure your future.
Begin with the work relationships you have now, with your bosses, higher-ups and co-workers. I cannot emphasize this enough, from first-hand experience.
Several years ago, I was working for a company that overextended itself, financially. Employees were being forced out to cut costs.
One person being forced out was a gentleman I worked with but who was transferred to another department. When I heard he was being forced out, I took him to lunch. I listened to what he was experiencing in looking for a new position.
A few weeks later, my boss called me into his office, to tell me he was leaving the company, and couldn’t take me where he was going. He said the move would most likely take a few months, but that I should begin looking for a new job. He was not being forced out but was leaving due to the financial downturn of the company. He was being…
