Soft Skills 6 – Career Connections

Grow into a Prosperous and Happy Networker

What will I learn?

How can you improve your soft skills? With professional networking, you get the chance to use your communication, relationship and planning skills to build your career network.
Career networking should become a key part of your career development.

Like a best friend always there for you when you need it, be it for things like job searching, promotion, or solving problems. Like every good friend, you never know when you might need it, so you need to nurture and grow your network continuously.

Lesson plan

  • Introduction
  • What is Networking?
  • Organising your Network
  • Identify Opportunities
  • Being an Active Networker
  • Memorable Introduction
  • Starting a Conversation
  • Saying Yes & Saying No
  • Conversation Fears
  • End Note
Number of lessons
8
Duration
Approx : 8 hours
Category
Relationship skills
Certificate issued
Yes

199.00 (inc VAT) for 90 days access.

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Masterclass overview

Why does networking have such a bad reputation?

Networking fails miserably unless you know the 1st and 2nd network golden rules. Careers and business grow, and influence expands when you appreciate that giving is the 1st rule and follow-up is the 2nd rule. Networking needs to be viewed positively with balance of give and take.

What is the best way to start to improve your networking skills?

You will discover the benefits of networking and how it is applied to both small and large businesses in virtual or face-to-face interactions. You will learn the most effective techniques to make connections and build relationships, manage individual differences, strike up conversations and make mutually beneficial emotional connections with people.

What will you achieve at the end of this Masterclass?

Understand about networking misconceptions.

Be goal focused about networking so you make the most of any events.

Apply the concept of give first and be helpful as part of a system of reciprocity.

Use strategic approach and systems in order to network effectively.

Leverage the availability and usefulness of social media.

Develop a business networking strategy and plan.

Introduce yourself in a memorable way and get good at small talk.

Apply effective techniques to overcome conversation fears.

How will you measure success?

  • Understand about networking misconceptions.
  • Be goal focused about networking so you make the most of any events.
  • Apply the concept of give first and be helpful as part of a system of reciprocity.
  • Use strategic approach and systems in order to network effectively.
  • Leverage the availability and usefulness of social media.
  • Develop a business networking strategy and plan.
  • Introduce yourself in a memorable way and get good at small talk.
  • Apply effective techniques to overcome conversation fears.

Who benefits from this Masterclass?

We designed this masterclass for anyone looking at incorporating networking skills into their job or job prospects. This means building effective relationship and communication skills with some organisational capabilities too.  You may be a school-leaver, apprentice, student, or graduate looking for a structured approach to networking. Or an entrepreneur working on the ideas and planning stage of a start-up. 

How will you manage your motivation?

You study at your convenience at your own pace. As you move through the class lessons, be inspired to complete each lesson by monitoring the progress tracker to oversee your class achievement. 

Your e-workbook includes all assignments, information, instructions, tasks and further reading contained in one place. Plus with each lesson being a video, you get to study in an easy and consistent manner. Complete your study of the class material to obtain your certificate.

You decide on the best learning approach which works for you. 

Select from On-Demand or Live Tutor.

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