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Solicitor Jobs – Networking Your Way to a New Legal Job By Robert Proctor If you want to take advantage of people power when you are looking new job some successful networking can do you lots of favours. Research People – if you know you are going to be at an industry event it’s worth doing a bit of background research on whom else might be attending. A quick internet search on the name of speakers might give you an interesting nugget of information that will do you wonders when trying to break the ice in the hotel bar. Know Who You’d Like To Know – have a trawl through the b2b press look out for experts who are providing their opinion or are being labelled as gurus. Drop them a quick an email and say you liked the piece, keep a mental note of who you’ve emailed in case you ever bump into them. They respond to the email or get back in contact with you, if you can get a conversation going you might be on their mind when a new solicitor job becomes available. Don’t Suck Up – one problem people have when they try to network is that they get carried away sucking up to people. It makes the fact you are networking even more obvious and they will take you less seriously as a professional. Ask People Questions – one of the easiest ways to get a conversation going with someone and to start a friendship is too ask them a question. People love to be considered experts so flatter their ego by politely asking them a question and you’ll be one step closer to being considered a friend and hopefully down the line considered for a job. Scratch Peoples Back – if you do people favours the chances are they’ll feel obliged to help you back. If you see the ideal job for a friend of you let them know, even if they don’t go for the job you never know when they might suggest you to a friend or college. Be Friendly – at the end of the day you are trying to make new friends so the most important thing to remember is to be friendly. While you may have an ulterior motive that shouldn’t be your only reason for developing a relationship. Realise that the closer you are to your network the more valuable you are Don’t Collect Business Cards – lots of people come away from industry events with pockets full of business cards and think that they’ve networked successfully. It’s not about the number of contacts you have but the quality. It’s better to have had an interesting conversation with someone you connect with than a two minute “hello… what do you do?” conversation with twenty people. And getting their card is only the first step; send a follow up email or phone call. Don’t just say nice to meet you, ask them a question or inspire a debate so they have a good reason to get back in contact with you. Robert Proctor is writes for Legal Week Jobs, a [http://www.legalweek.com/jobs]Legal Recruitment Website which lists huhdreds of vacancies including gradute, legal secretary & solicitors jobs. For more information please visit Legal Week Jobs Article Source : http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Robert_Proctor |
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