Tips to develop your network

Today, having a network is essential. How to improve yours?

The network makes it possible to find a job for oneself or for a loved one, to move faster, to impress a recruiter, to find new clients, etc. Here are some tips to help you develop yours.

Seize all contact opportunities

It is very important to always stay open to the professional meeting. Your old schoolmates today have a professional life too, and it is time to break down your personal life in your professional life:

* By exchanging on your hobbies with business relationships, you can discover affinities and have opportunities.

* By exchanging on working with your loved ones, you can unlock access to interesting circles.

Take advantage of every opportunity to get acquainted: meetings with colleagues, family dinners, train trip, etc.

Good to know: to go towards the others, it is learned. Gain confidence in your network!

Be on the Internet

If you do not already have an account on every professional social network, do it! This will cost you only time (if you opt for the free version), and can earn you big.

In any case, not being present on the Internet has a disadvantage: it is not reassuring for a potential customer or collaborator not to find information about you. Today, social networks are like catalogs of candidates, independent or not!

Then do not hesitate to make a request to contact your former colleagues, high school friends, relatives, or even unknown if they take any interest.

Good to know: invest also in professional organizations (networks of entrepreneurs, clubs of business creators...) whose addresses and contacts you can find online.

Working with your image

Working with your image is on every level: you can wear your suit elegantly, but if you do not breathe the insurance, it will not do anything. It is even more important to be comfortable in society, polite and charismatic, than to be on his 31 every day.

Your loved ones know you but to become a networking pro, it is essential to ensure in all circumstances, in front of anyone.

* Always have in mind a 2-minute speech to introduce yourself in an attractive and informal way to any new interlocutor.

* Position yourself as an expert in your area of ​​expertise. The saying is not enough. Stay up-to-date on current affairs, participate in conferences, train online...

* Be detached: to network and create a link quickly, you sometimes have to set aside your susceptibility. Do not get carried away and stay smiling. Guaranteed pro effect.

Manage your business cards

If you have any, do not hesitate to give it to your loved ones who will be able to extend your network for you! And to never miss, you can organize to print them from home.

Be organized with the ones you collect:

* On the back of the business cards you are given, write down the circumstances of your meeting with the person.

* Be ordered! Have a business card folder and do not hesitate to make a digital copy of your contacts.

Good to know: If you have promised to contact someone, do it within 2 to 3 days of the interview. If you do not, you risk falling into oblivion...