It may sound counterintuitive to say that helping others can be beneficial to your own goals and career. However, in many cases, that’s exactly what the Connector Program, and networking in general, allows you to do. As you progress through your career, you may reach out to others to ask for advice,...
The term Netgiving is popping up on LinkedIn, and other places. It comes from Tim Cork’s book “G3: The Gift of You, Leadership, and Netgiving.” So, what exactly is it? His definition is “connecting with others to help them succeed.” In other words, the idea that you are giving your time to your...
In our last blog we talked about strong, weak, and dormant ties, and what each kind of connection offers our professional network and career development. In this blog, we are taking those ties to the next level and asking who our friends-of-friends are. Everyone in your network has knowledge, ideas...
How many people do you know that you really, truly trust? And, how many people would you go to for advice, new ideas, or to ask for a favour? If the people in those lists are the same, you might be ignoring a large piece of your network. On this blog, we talk a lot […]
You’re probably thinking: “Yes! Networking is important. Now, what?” But stay with us here! One very important aspect of networking is often overlooked. When you are intentional with networking you can gain new perspectives and information from those in your network, and this will truly help you pro...
When you look around your network, what do you see? Do you see people who: Look like you? Think like you? Have a similar education, background, and experiences? Most people do. It’s comfortable to be in a space where people are like us – and it’s nice to have our ideas and opinions validated. Nevert...
Whether you are just starting out in your career and looking to break into the job market or have many years of experience under your belt but are moving to a new country or new city; sifting through all the labour market information available can be overwhelming. You may also have so many options t...
Feeling overwhelmed? There are so many resources about labour market information and how it is crucial to your job search or how it will help you make better decisions. Yet, knowing what it is, how to use it, and what to make of the numbers and charts can be very overwhelming. So, this month, our [...
We’re back again with our bi-weekly blog on intentional networking. This week, we’ll tackle a few tips around how to best accomplish this Spoiler: it takes time, and you shouldn’t expect a strong network overnight! To recap, what do we mean by intentional networking? Think of it as simply building g...
Here at the National Connector Program, we talk about Intentional Networking. A lot. So, what exactly do we mean when we say this program is rooted in Intentional Networking? Well, we consider it to be controlled, carefully considered relationship building for specific purposes and toward specific g...
