How to make a network when you do not know anyone?

It would be wrong to think that one must have had a high education to have a professional network. Meeting with Maxime Maeght, author of the book "" Students, young professionals: how to build your network "which explains the details of networking.

What is the purpose of a professional network?

A professional network can be used to find a new position as well as to win new customers. Not to worry about it can be a drag. Today, the phenomenon is democratized especially with the emergence of social networks like linkedin, we talk about it in schools, and there are conferences and books on the subject. We can have a network that is either beginner or retraining, from the private or public sector, business leader or employee.

How to network effectively?

We often network without realizing it. Networker means being aware of your network like your family, your friends, your colleagues. A network is cultivated, but do not overdo it; you have to be patient and organized too. The ideal is to maintain it over time and to be useful. You can also go to professional events, register for alumni associations and especially keep in touch with former colleagues on linkedin. But do not hesitate to enter other circles. It is a mistake to connect only with people from your professional sphere. We must focus on diversity and neglect nothing.

How to develop your network when you are a student or a young professional?

Start by keeping a list of people you know with their name, company and email. A student can even register on linkedin in his first year to stay in touch with members of his network. To send one's wishes, for example, is not out of date at all. Or give spontaneous news. And then you have to know how to ask. If you are looking for a job, you have to put people at ease by expressing clearly what would be useful to us. For this to work, it is necessary to be interested in others, to want to render service. The day we need it, this knowledge can be useful relays.

How to do when you lose contact with someone?

It is quite possible to revive a professional network. But the mistake not to commit is to send an email as if nothing had happened. Better be frank, call your mail 'contact recovery' and admit that it's been a long time since you and your interlocutor did not speak to each other before asking for a service.

How to contact someone we do not know?

Whether recommended by one of our contacts or relying on the association of his school for example, the network can be extremely useful for opening doors. And do not contact to apply for a position otherwise it is a spontaneous application. We have to put ourselves in the shoes of the person to whom we send this. Even if people like to help young people who start, it is necessary to give desire. If you are looking for an internship, it is necessary to take it upstream and send a clear message via a well-groomed mail by stipulating in the subject 'proposal meeting - request for advice'. And no need to aim too high in the organization chart, a competent person will do the trick.

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