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How to make time for networking even when you’re busy

How to make time for networking even when you’re busy

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How to make time for networking even when you’re busy

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- We're all busy, and it's easy to get sucked into the whirlwind of day-to-day obligations at work and forget all about networking. That's what happened to one guy, Dan, whom I profiled in my first book Reinventing You. He worked for the same company for 10 years, and one day he woke up and realized he didn't know anyone outside his company, which is a bit of a dangerous position to be in professionally. You need a deep network, but you also need a broad one. There are other challenges, too. If you haven't even focused much on networking inside your company, you might discover you don't have the support in place that you need to win a promotion. Or maybe you had some close colleagues, but if they leave or transfer to another part of the company, you're left alone and a bit exposed to risk. So here's how to keep networking on your radar even when you're busy. First, make a list of your top contacts and prioritize them. Very few people do this, but it's extremely important. The reason…

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