The Complete Beginners Guide To Networking For Introverts

Name: The Complete Beginners Guide To Networking For Introverts
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A tailored approach to guide introverts from scratch to find jobs by networking in a comfortable and effective way.

Created byJason Widjaja

Last updated 12/2016

English

What you'll learn

Identify the right people to meet to help you in your career journey or job search
Confidently reach out and set up meetings with the professionals you want to meet
Prepare to have productive one on one networking meeting that will help you land a job or obtain valuable information

Course content

7 sections • 20 lectures • 57m total length

Introduction: The Problem, The Solution, And What You Will Gain From This Course2:39
This lecture will describe the dynamics of introverts and networking, common approaches to networking that suit extroverts, and a high level view of what you will learn from this course.
My Story and What Your Networking Journey Could Look Like3:47
In this lecture, the instructor will be sharing his qualifications, personal networking journey, and motivations for the course.
The Importance of Networking and What Happens When You Apply for Jobs Online2:28
This lecture elaborates on the difficulty of using common recruitment and information gathering channels such as online job boards and structured recruitment programs.
Your Introvert Networking Strategy Playbook – Get This Right First!3:46
This important lecture provides an outline of the main idea of this course - turning introversion into an advantage. It provides the three main strategies that underpin this course, describes the 'networking life cycle', and shows a roadmap of how the rest of the sessions are structured.
Introvert Networking Strategy Review

What You May Need To Change On Your Networking Profile Before You Go Any Further2:51
This lecture picks up on the first strategy and provides reasons why preparation is important and describes how we want our contact to view us.
Understanding Referrals And Why They Will Help You Succeed3:36
This lecture addresses the frequently misunderstood area of referrals by providing an example of the value of referrals to companies and how your contacts could be thinking of you in terms of being a potential person to refer.
Optional Demo: Your New LinkedIn Account5:06
This optional lecture demonstrates how to set up a LinkedIn account. It can be skipped if you already have a LinkedIn account or will be using a different online network to send invitations to your contacts.
Quiz 1: Preparing For The Networking Meeting Revision

Finding One Out Of 400,000 - How To Choose The Right Person To Contact2:58
This lecture goes into detail on the main considerations you should keep in mind when choosing the right person to contact when setting up a networking meeting.
One Chance To Get It Right – Five Things To Note To Increase Positive Responses5:52
This lecture gives reasons why it is important to send a good invitation and covers best practices when sending an invitation to meet your target professional.
Your Free Resources: My Favourite Invitation Templates1:00
This attachment contains sample invitation templates that you can use directly, or adapt to your context when sending an invitation for a networking meeting.
Making Contact Revision

Your Mental Model – The Two Part Framework I Use At Every Meeting3:36
This lecture covers the framework that we will use to approach the actual networking meeting. It also picks up on our second strategy and elaborates on preparing before the meeting.
Your Free Resources: My Questions For Both Parts Of The Framework1:00
This attachment provides two sets of questions that you can selectively use during the conversation to ensure that you give attention to both parts of the framework discussed at the start of this section.
Your Recommended Code Of Conduct During The Meeting4:41
This lecture covers how to conduct an effective one to one networking meeting by providing a chronological list of points to note throughout the meeting. It also summarises the points in an easy to remember acronym - BOLDD - to aid recall.
Your Free Resources - Five Useful Drill Down Questions1:00
This attachment contains five commonly used questions to ask for more detail when you want to explore an area of interest during a meeting.
Leading The Actual Meeting Review

Turn A One Off Meeting Into A Repeatable Process2:55
This session covers how to accelerate the pace of your networking efforts by explaining what you need to do to maximise the value of each meeting by getting leads you can follow up on using two useful questions.
What You Should Do After Each Meeting2:45
This lecture covers best practices on what you should do after a meeting to ensure that you leave a positive impression on your contact.
Creating A Repeatable Process Review

Listen To This Before The Simulation1:14
This lecture introduces the scope and format of the simulation so that you will be able to get the most value out of the simulation recorded in the next lecture.
Networking Meeting Simulation With Pause And Commentary6:44
This is a simulation of a real life networking meeting that took place between one of my students and her networking contact, and has been record with pauses and commentary to re-emphasise the learning points contained throughout this course.
Review Of Simulation Learning Points1:31
This lecture is a chronological recap of all the points that you heard during the simulation and how it fits within the framework used in the course.

Requirements

A willingness to learn and apply the techniques contained in this course
An internet connection and browser
An existing LinkedIn account will be helpful, but is not necessary as we will be going through how to create one

Description

Technical skills, good grades and even a keen intellect are necessary but may not be sufficient to get you to where you want to go.

Research estimates that up to 80% of jobs are found through networking. The value of networking in the job search cannot be understated. Trying to land a job by conventional methods such as online job boards or structured recruitment programs can be extremely difficult - one recruiter shared that for a recent graduate engineering program, there were 1,600 applicants for just 30 jobs.

But networking can be daunting, especially if you are an introvert. Traditional networking events seem to best suit people who are loud or outgoing. And if you are an introvert (like me), that is probably not you.

There is a better way.

Introversion can actually be an advantage in networking, and this course is designed teach you how. Inspired by Susan Cain's TED Talk "The Power of Introverts", this course is taught by, and specially tailored for introverts who understand the importance of networking but find it hard to excel in conventional networking events.

This course is both comprehensive and practical, and includes sample invitation templates, meeting preparation notes and tested questions that you can use straight away. And because there is nothing like a live demonstration, I have simulated an actual networking meeting so you can see the learning points in action.

Here is what a recent student said after putting this course into practice:

"It went really well! Got to learn a lot about the methods and responsibilities about change management and ways to get into the industry. The networking method you taught me is magic!" - Anna Lim

This course is risk free. It comes with a 30-day, no questions asked, money-back guarantee. So if you are not satisfied, you will get all your money back.

So enrol today by clicking the "Take This Course" button at the top-right of this page to be on your way to your first successful networking meeting today.

And remember, it's not what you know, it's who you know... and who knows you!"

Who this course is for:

Professionals or graduates who want to network effectively but find they are often overlooked at ‘networking events’
Introverts are currently unemployed or underemployed who want to gain insight into other roles as part of a job search or career change
If you are fully comfortable meeting people, eliciting information and already get a lot of value out of conventional networking events, this course might not be valuable to you

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Introduction and Our Roadmap for the Course4 lectures • 13min

Preparing For The Networking Meeting3 lectures • 12min

Making Contact3 lectures • 10min

Leading The Actual Meeting4 lectures • 10min

Creating A Repeatable Process2 lectures • 6min

Networking Meeting Simulation With Pause And Commentary3 lectures • 9min

Conclusion and Next Steps1 lecture • 1min

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