1. Informational Interviews & NETWORKING Career Center Workshop

2. What is Networking ?  Making business contacts for future jobs  Exploring options in your chosen field – through CONTACTS How to Do It  Old School Networking – meeting people face to face, “Cocktail Parties”  New School – Online social networking  Informational Interviews Why Do It  80% of quality jobs come from networking!

3. How to Network Old School: “Cocktail Party” Cocktail Party Sound Bite ( AKA “Elevator speech”) What do you want to do? Get a job? Get an internship? Explore a field? Sell an idea? Answer “Tell me about yourself?” Meet SamSam Meet LillyLilly

4. How to Network Write your Sound Bite Your name Something about you Your networking goal

5. Informational Interviews  Who/what do you want to know?  Who is in your Circle of Influence? Family & Friends of family Your friends – their parents Teachers, instructors, business people & associations LinkedIn Everyone you meet LinkedIn

6. Informational Interviews DO YOUR HOMEWORK! (Google…)Google Make a list of your top 5-10 companies/fields/people of interest

7. Follow-Up Most important and hardest to do  Emails  Calls  Cards or letters (snail mail)  Drop by  Attend things they attend