The Broad Experience 40: The hell of networking

The Broad Experience

Careers, Society & Culture, Business

5.0 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2014

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Ask a group of women how much they enjoy networking and most will shudder. They see it as fake, transactional, not something they want to spend time on. Research backs this up: women do not connect with other people in their industries or even within their companies as much as men do, and it's hurting their careers. In this show three guests talk about how to get over the dread of networking, why it's worth engaging with strangers on a regular basis, and why it's never too late to follow up.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Broad Experience, the show about women, the workplace and success.
0:07.0	I'm Ashley Milne Tite.
0:09.0	This time on the show, the horrors and delights of networking.
0:13.0	We read this is an important part of our careers, but a lot of women can't stand the idea.
0:19.0	We think of networking as, I'm going to meet this person so that they will do something for me.
0:24.6	And I think that is toxic on so many levels.
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1:12.8	And thanks.
1:22.7	Back when I had a regular job, I basically didn't do any networking.
1:26.3	I rarely went to after-work events
1:28.5	where I might meet new people in my industry because I thought, hey, I'm busy, I'm tired,
1:33.6	I'd rather do something else at the end of the day. I saw it as a chore, not something that
1:38.4	could potentially help me. And frankly, the whole idea of networking seemed more like schmoozing,
1:43.9	and I wasn't comfortable with that.
1:46.1	Then, I started working for myself.
1:49.4	And I began to go to lots of events because I needed to meet people.
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