Lesson: What is networking?

This is a copy of the original text by Lucio Buffalmano, Never Eat Alone Summary for Power-Networking Men.

The original text is given https://www.reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/comments/1l3t00a/comment/mw3icu4/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button.

Networking is getting to know someone to the point where they see you as a friend (or closer acquaintance) and they are happy to take your call and vouch for you.

You start networking in college. The friends you make in college are part of your network. The nights you go out partying and making lasting memories with your buddies are how you solidify your network.

If you didn’t attend college, you start networking at your very first job. You network by having conversations with your coworkers, going out to socialize at work events, going to birthday parties, and generally being friendly with coworkers who reciprocate your friendliness.

As you develop your career, you grow your network by attending industry events and conferences. You constantly find opportunities to talk with people you cross paths with professionally, and eventually you build an affinity with some of them, and they become part of your network.

A majority of the people you “meet” for the first time on LinkedIn will not be part of your network.

Your real network is built in person, piece by piece, as you come across people in various professional and nonprofessional settings over many years, and make friends with some of them.