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In this video, I want to talk to
you about the benefits of networking

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okay, as a student or even not as a student, but generally anyone
in the business field knows that that connections are extremely

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important. Okay, particularly for in terms of opportunity generation.
Alright. And you make connections either you're born with them and people

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introduce you uh you know by virtue of who you are, that type of
thing and you're born with connections or you make them yourselves

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if you're going to make them yourself, that is
networking, whether you realize you're doing it or not

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Okay, so actively planning to undertake networking
is extremely important, right? With that being said

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what are the benefits you're hoping to
achieve? Right, or create by networking

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first interest generation or motivation, simply
meeting people in various fields or industries

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learning about them what they do, their
successes, failures, things like that one

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It can create interest for you, particularly to follow in a given
career field or path or not following a given career field or path

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but as much as anything, it creates
motivation for you, right? It engages you

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it uh it animates you in a given direction
as to what you ultimately want to do in life

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Okay. Uh the people you meet can be of direct
assistance, meaning they could hire you

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they could help you find whatever
you're looking for that type of thing

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right? They can undertake to facilitate your
career development needs just that simple

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Alright. Uh and then there's connections, referrals
oftentimes you make a connection with someone

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Um they understand you, they know what you're
looking for, they know what you want professionally

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they can refer you to others all of a sudden you have
extended your network to include elements of their network

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right? Um not that, you know, everyone
in their network, but once again

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to the extent that they understand you and are comfortable in doing
so right to the extent that they believe that you will represent them

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well to others. Uh they may be willing to refer you to vouch for
you to recommend you to others for career development positions

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Right, That type of thing. All right.
And then just opportunity awareness

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right? Having a large network people who
understand you and what you want to do

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They're a great source of simply letting
you know when an opportunity arises

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They tell you, hey, I heard about this opportunity or I
know someone In this area who's looking for someone Blah

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Blah, Blah, right. Um those, those jobs
oftentimes are never posted anywhere

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Um they estimate that um over 50% of jobs in
the United States are never publicly posted

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Okay. And if you take um government sector jobs out
of the equation and just look at private sector jobs

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um it gets even higher, 75 to 80% of jobs in
the United States are never publicly posted

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right? They, companies may work through
recruiters or they just may go through referral

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which is the primary way that small and mid
sized companies hire. So Being aware of that

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you should make certain to once again expand your network as
much as possible so that these connections that you make can

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ultimately be an 80 you in
terms of career development