Managing Your Career: Professional Networking Essentials


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Overview/Description
Do you have a strong professional network of people who can help you move forward professionally? Does the thought of networking scare you because you feel uncomfortable in situations where you're expected to be outgoing and make conversation with people you don't know? Regardless of your strengths and weaknesses, situation or occupation, an important factor in making progress in your career is using good communication skills. With these skills, you can build strong professional relationships and maintain an effective business network of contacts. This course provides you with the essential communication skills required to establish a business network. It also includes strategies for building ties with new contacts during networking opportunities. It also covers best practices for maintaining your network so that business contacts can help you achieve your career goals.

Target Audience
Employees at all levels who want to make progress in their career

Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

Managing Your Career: Professional Networking Essentials

  • recognise how to employ best practices for establishing a business network
  • recognise the importance of learning how to establish a business network
  • use strategies for conversing with new contacts during a networking opportunity
  • recognise strategies you can use to maintain your business network
  • Course Number:
    pd_10_a03_bs_enin