Is an internal network vital for job success?
How important is an internal network of contacts for job success?
In your opinion, what type of contacts would be most important to success?
- Decision makers?
- Those with influence?
- Those that the boss listens to?
- Those that have technical ability?
- others?
A positive networking image is important and to do this means spending time cultivating all of the above areas.
Once in the job promotion will often depend upon what people say about you and having a good reputation.This can only be gained through networking effectively.
It is such a shame that “Internal networking” isn’t tought to graduates entering a business. Although finding a good mentor will help significantly.