{"id":55314,"date":"2020-06-15T14:08:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T14:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/?p=55314"},"modified":"2023-01-25T17:08:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T17:08:13","slug":"network-to-find-a-job-or-internship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/2020\/06\/15\/network-to-find-a-job-or-internship\/","title":{"rendered":"Network to Find a Job or Internship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-55315 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2020\/06\/Header.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"4000\" height=\"1250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2020\/06\/Header.png 4000w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2020\/06\/Header-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2020\/06\/Header-768x240.png 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2020\/06\/Header-1024x320.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4000px) 100vw, 4000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Networking<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Networking is the ongoing process of building professional connections. Career professionals report that up to 75 percent of job openings are never advertised, therefore, networking is a crucial element to job searching.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plain and simple, the purpose of networking is to build relationships, connect with people in your field of interest, and an effective way to find job and internship opportunities. Networking can happen in a casual environment, a professional setting or at formally-structured networking events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Opportunities to Network include:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social media &#8211; We suggest creating a LinkedIn profile to seek out individuals you are connected to who are in positions or companies you are interested in exploring.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Informational interviews<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Job Shadowing\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chamber of Commerce events<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professional organization meetings and conferences<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Classroom speakers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Current employers, supervisors, and colleagues<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Job and internship fairs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mentoring groups (on-campus or community-based)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Networking Tips:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The more you network, the better your chances of hearing about job openings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Present yourself professionally in appearance, language, and interactions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prepare a personal introduction or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.candidcareer.com\/video-nonprofit+manager,7ed8b2f4fec25a92406a,Augsburg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">elevator pitch <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which includes your name, major, year in school, interest areas, and general career goals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Develop a list of general questions to ask about an individual\u2019s job, career path, and place of employment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maintain an organized list of contacts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Send a thank you note to those who provide information and referrals within 24 hours.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out our events page in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/augsburg.joinhandshake.com\/login\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Handshak<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e to find and register for upcoming opportunities to network.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Networking Networking is the ongoing process of building professional connections. Career professionals report that up to 75 percent of job &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job-search-tools","category-tips-facts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/290"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55314"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55631,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55314\/revisions\/55631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/strommen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}