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 Networking Skills For Career Success - Interpersonal Communication Skill - Building Interpersonal Communication skill

Networking Skills  For Career Success - Building Interpersonal Communication Skills

What has Interpersonal Communication Skill / Networking got to do with your dream career... Everything.

• You need people for modeling your own success strategy;

•  You need people as mentors to help you move forward in your dream career;

•  You need people for references to get that incredible job;

•  You need people to propel you forward towards that most wanted promotion on the career rung;

•  You need people's testimonials about your work or services you offer;

•  You need people to help you spread the word about your dream career or business;

•  You need people as customers or clients...

So whether you are in a job or launching your own business empire... You need people. You need interpersonal Communication skills for networking to forward your career goals or even for building your business organization. You need to build relationships.

Hence you need to have at least basic to high networking skills depending on where you stand on the career ladder. Now even before you think about using networking skills to forward your career interests, you need to have some basic interpersonal communication skills...

1. The ability to make small talk successfully... can you strike up a conversation with people standing in line at Starbucks? Can you talk to people on the elevator? Can you make small talk with total strangers? [Yes, I know of people who have drummed up business clients worth thousands of dollars at their very first conversation in a Starbucks line up!].

2. The ability to be able to initiate conversations and keep them alive with total strangers... you should not be freezing up every time you see a stranger.

3. You need strong listening skills... For conversation is a two way street, and the best communicators are usually those who have good listening skills... Listen to people patiently to find out what there needs really are, and how you can be useful to them. Remember, people usually love talking about themselves... so they need listening ears more than anything else.

4. Finally, you should have the ability to cultivate the relationship further... simply meeting and talking to people once or even exchanging business cards is not enough... For them to even remember you and come in useful when needed, you should have open lines of communication with them. Drop an occasional email; make an occasional phone call; remember to send those christmas cards; if needed you could even graduate into having lunch or tea.

5. Always remember that networking is a two way street... if you expect people to come in useful to you , you should be ready to do the same when needed.

How To Network?

From a broader perspective, you have a networking opportunity in every line up, every mall, every elevator, every crowd or even at the park... the simplest way is to get involved in various professional institutions of interest to you, participate actively in seminars, symposiums, trade shows... get involved anywhere you expect a crowd of like minded people. Put in energy... the more active you are, the more people will notice you, want to get acquainted with you and even remember you later on.

Building Interpersonal Communication Skill / To explain the concept of networking for career success further, here are two very useful articles:

• Create a 10 Second Introduction From Your USP

• Networking and Attraction

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