30 Days Networking Plan That will Change Your Life

Networking Challenge Networking Challenge
  • 1. Write down your goals.

  • 2. Create a networking action plan.

  • 3. Tell someone.

  • 4. Find people for informational interviews.

  • 5. Block off time in your calendar each week to network.

  • 6. Make a list of people you have lost touch with.

  • 7. Make a 2x2 list (or a 4x4 list if you are very determined!) and contact these people.

  • 8. Do research on the people you don\'t know.

  • 9. Write out the questions you will ask during the informational interviews.

  • 10. Review your interview outfits.

  • 11. Research professional organizations and sign up for one this month.

  • 12. Go out to lunch with a co-worker, classmate or friend you don\'t know very well.

  • 13. Call a family member you haven\'t spoken to in a while.

  • 14. Follow companies you are interested in on LinkedIn and see how you are connected with employees.

  • 15. Update your LinkedIn page and ask for recommendations.

  • 16. Write in your journal about what you have learned so far.

  • 17. Go back to your college and find alumni contacts.

  • 18. Try a new social activity.

  • 19. Plan ahead for your 4x4 for next month.

  • 20. Plan ahead for your 4x4 for next month.

  • 21. Make a master list of all of your contacts.

  • 22. Send thank you letters. Follow up with everyone that you have met so far and thank them.

  • 23. Let your friends and family know your goals.

  • 24. Ask to have a meeting with your boss.

  • 25. Review your resume and make changes based on conversations you have had this month.

  • 26. Stay in touch with LinkedIn.

  • 27. Go to the library or bookstore and buy a book about networking.

  • 28. Wake-up 15-20 minutes earlier.

  • 29. Create a binder or folder on your computer with all of your networking documents and emails.

  • 30. Write down what you learned this month in your journal and CELEBRATE.

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