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Your existing network consists of family, friends, professors, current and former supervisors, team and club members and many other individuals you interact with on a regular basis. Drawing on these contacts can be extremely beneficial during your job and internship search.<\/p>\n
Develop a list of your contacts to help identify members of your network (use the Networking Prospects hand out below). Many of these individuals will often share similar backgrounds, interests or goals, which can facilitate the development of strong professional relationships.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Friends & Family
\u2022 Professors & Advisors
\u2022 Student Clubs & Organizations
\u2022 Supervisors & Colleagues<\/p>\n
\u2022 Job & Internship Experience
\u2022 On-Campus & Volunteer Experience
\u2022 Career Services & Alumni Networks
\u2022 Employer Presentations & Networking Events
\u2022 Professional & Trade Associations<\/p>\n
For more information on how to build your professional network, watch this video!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Refer to your network for career-related advice, information and job and internship leads. Continue to develop your network by seeking new contacts along the way.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Building a Professional Network Your existing network…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":268,"featured_media":0,"parent":922,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Building a Professional Network<\/h1>\r\nYour existing network consists of family, friends, professors, current and former supervisors, team and club members and many other individuals you interact with on a regular basis. Drawing on these contacts can be extremely beneficial during your job and internship search.\r\n\r\nDevelop a list of your contacts to help identify members of your network (use the Networking Prospects hand out below). Many of these individuals will often share similar backgrounds, interests or goals, which can facilitate the development of strong professional relationships.\r\n
Identify Existing Contacts<\/h2>\r\n\u2022 Friends & Family\r\n\u2022 Professors & Advisors\r\n\u2022 Student Clubs & Organizations\r\n\u2022 Supervisors & Colleagues\r\n
Develop New Contacts<\/h2>\r\n\u2022 Job & Internship Experience\r\n\u2022 On-Campus & Volunteer Experience\r\n\u2022 Career Services & Alumni Networks\r\n\u2022 Employer Presentations & Networking Events\r\n\u2022 Professional & Trade Associations\r\n
Additional Resources<\/h2>\r\nNetworking Handout_myths_realities<\/a>\r\nNetworking- Making Connections\r\n<\/a>Networking Prospects<\/a>\r\n\r\nRefer to your network for career-related advice, information and job and internship leads. Continue to develop your network by seeking new contacts along the way.","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1296","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/professional-pathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/professional-pathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/professional-pathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/professional-pathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/professional-pathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/professional-pathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108286,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/professional-pathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1296\/revisions\/108286"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/professional-pathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/professional-pathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}