Business Networking Groups or Organizations
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 9:26 am
Joining a business networking club or organization will give you plenty of access to senior professionals and hiring managers. The internet is probably the best place to find business networking groups and clubs in your location but some of the best include, BNI which just last year passed 7.1 million referrals between members, LeTip or The Rotary Club. Here is a great post for the 20 Best Social Networking Groups.
The idea with a business club is to join (often you will have to pay a yearly fee) and then go to their business networking events and start talking to as many people as you can find. Often you will find with most of the good business clubs, top CEO’s, hiring managers and professionals will attend to discuss business ideas for the future. Yes there will be a lot of hangers-on (people who kuwait phone number library are really not important but think they are), but after going to a few networking events you will be able to spot these types and either avoid them or quickly move on whilst being polite.
Join a Social Club or Sports Club
Social clubs have one great advantage of being able to catch senior professionals when they are not expecting it. If you go to a networking event or meet someone in person, both parties know where each are and usually both parties are trying to get something out of the conversation. People at a social or sports club will not expect your approaches and therefore will be much more relaxed and usually open.
If your careful this allows you to extract far more information than you would normally get, but it does have one slight disadvantage in that people use social and sports clubs to relax and therefore the last thing they’re going to want to talk about is work.
Usually the more prestigious social and sporting clubs are the best hunting ground which means you need to be involved in sports such as golf, tennis, skiing and yachting to find the best networking opportunities. The best tactic at clubs is to really become friends with people before you start asking for help. Often when you meet senior professionals at a club the last thing they want to talk about is work, however if your their friend, they will happily take your call during working hours and happily help you out if they can.
The idea with a business club is to join (often you will have to pay a yearly fee) and then go to their business networking events and start talking to as many people as you can find. Often you will find with most of the good business clubs, top CEO’s, hiring managers and professionals will attend to discuss business ideas for the future. Yes there will be a lot of hangers-on (people who kuwait phone number library are really not important but think they are), but after going to a few networking events you will be able to spot these types and either avoid them or quickly move on whilst being polite.
Join a Social Club or Sports Club
Social clubs have one great advantage of being able to catch senior professionals when they are not expecting it. If you go to a networking event or meet someone in person, both parties know where each are and usually both parties are trying to get something out of the conversation. People at a social or sports club will not expect your approaches and therefore will be much more relaxed and usually open.
If your careful this allows you to extract far more information than you would normally get, but it does have one slight disadvantage in that people use social and sports clubs to relax and therefore the last thing they’re going to want to talk about is work.
Usually the more prestigious social and sporting clubs are the best hunting ground which means you need to be involved in sports such as golf, tennis, skiing and yachting to find the best networking opportunities. The best tactic at clubs is to really become friends with people before you start asking for help. Often when you meet senior professionals at a club the last thing they want to talk about is work, however if your their friend, they will happily take your call during working hours and happily help you out if they can.