Skill Building Workshops
Things I Wish I Knew : Available Resources
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Speakers: Ana-Luz Martinez, Marilena Benak, Monica Montoya
Networking: The Most Effective Way to Find a Job
This workshop will discuss social capital and its impact on career development. More specifically, it will take the ubiquitous term social capital and provide a framework for increasing the utility of social networks as a means for supporting an individual's career path. An individual's ability to access social resources is critical to effectively turning the relationships they have into social income. Social Exploration is a researched based next generation understanding of what has commonly been called social networking and is the process of systematically exploring an individual's network for resources to help reach their career goals. This requires the ability to access the right contacts who can provide the right information at the right time and goes beyond simply knowing a lot of people but having a solid understanding of what your contacts know and what they know about you. For this to occur, the individual needs to know who is in their network and how they can develop a relationship that will benefit both parties. This presentation will introduce a systematic way for turning social capital into income that can be leveraged while traveling down the career path. The process involves four steps:
- Self-analysis of network accessibility; how does the individual perceive their ability to access social resources?
- Setting goals; has the individual identified what they would like to accomplish and are able to communicate it to their network?
- Linking contacts to goals; have they been able to identify individuals who can help them accomplish their goals?
- Mobilizing network resources; are they able to utilize their relationships and the inherent resources?
When an individual can accomplish these steps, the likelihood of cashing in on their social capital dramatically increases.
Speakers: J.P. Halata
