"Your network determines your net worth."
I am positive that almost everyone has heard this at some point in time in his or her life, or some variation of it. With an economy full of seasoned professionals, with thousands of eager, young graduates anticipating at least an entry level position, this phrase is especially true.
Every semester hundreds of thousands (yes six figures), of students graduate with the same exact degree as you obtained and a majority is out looking for a job (that’s the “adult” thing to do anyways).
So how exactly do you get in and get ahead?
Network. Network. NETWORK!
(Sorry, didn’t want to have to cap locks and exclamation point you all, but I had to.)
My marketing professor once said “People always say, ‘It’s not about what you know, it’s about who you know’ but that’s not true, it’s about who knows you!” (*insert illuminated light bulb here*)
Here are my five tips to help anyone not only network, but be remembered:
1. Exchange business cards
Yes this requires you having a business card on hand. You want to do this for several reasons; one being many professionals have connections to their site about themselves for you to investigate later and two, you can use the back of the card to note important things to remember after the conversation.
