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Career Development Denise Alexander
Networking events are valuable opportunities to create and strengthen business connections, advance your career, build confidence, get career advice and more. However, not everyone takes advantage of these opportunities because they either don’t know where to look for them or have preconceived notions that they won’t fit in, think they’re too old or young, overqualified or inexperienced, etc. However, no matter your level of experience or industry, there are always networking events available to you – you just have to know where to look!
Here are a few resources to find upcoming networking opportunities in your area:
Once you have identified the networking opportunities you’d like to attend, it’s important to focus on how you can make the most out of your experience. Here are a few tips for leveraging your networking events into worthwhile career opportunities:
By regularly using these tips to find networking events near you and make the most of the networking experience, you will gain a reliable and lasting professional network in no time.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics 2023 / Occupational Outlook Handbook 2022. BLS estimates do not represent entry-level wages and/or salaries. Multiple factors, including prior experience, age, geography market in which you want to work and degree field, will affect career outcomes and earnings. Herzing neither represents that its graduates will earn the average salaries calculated by BLS for a particular job nor guarantees that graduation from its program will result in a job, promotion, salary increase or other career growth.
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