{"id":406,"date":"2025-02-12T14:04:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T19:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/?page_id=406"},"modified":"2025-07-02T16:14:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T20:14:52","slug":"networking-myths","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/job-search\/job-search-and-networking\/networking-myths\/","title":{"rendered":"Networking Myths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Networking Myths\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Myth: <\/strong><strong>Networking requires existing connections to VIPS<\/strong><br>Most people begin building their professional network within their immediate contacts such as friends, family, classmates, clubs and societies peers, professors, and volunteering and part-time job contacts and coworkers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Myth: <\/strong><strong>Networking requires slick sales pitches and an outgoing personality<\/strong><br>By maintaining your personality and being sincerely yourself, you will stand out to the right employer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Myth:<\/strong> <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Networking <\/strong><strong>relationships can be built in 30 seconds<\/strong><br>Asking someone to hire you in the first 30 seconds is like asking someone to marry you after 30 seconds. It is a lot of commitment! Networking gives us an opportunity to build toward a strong relationship, which can then lead to opportunities you wouldn\u2019t otherwise have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Myth: <\/strong><strong>Networking opportunities can always be planned<\/strong><br>Networking opportunities can be spontaneous and may happen at any place, at any time. As you attend events, clubs, classes, and more, pay attention to opportunities to get to know people, learn about what they do, and ask thoughtful questions. You never know who will evolve into a valuable and meaningful contact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Myth: <\/strong><strong>Networking is manipulating people for self-serving ends<\/strong><br>Employers save time and money by networking with potential employees and filling positions without advertising them or spending time going over 200 resumes. As long as you are being mindful of people&#8217;s time, are being polite, and not asking too much (plus taking cues from the other person if they try to change the subject or end a conversation), building networking relationships can be beneficial for both people involved in the interaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/job-search\/job-search-and-networking\/what-is-networking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about networking and why it&#8217;s important<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myth: Networking requires existing connections to VIPSMost people begin building their professional network within their immediate contacts such as friends, family, classmates, clubs and societies peers, professors, and volunteering and part-time job contacts and coworkers. Myth: Networking requires slick sales pitches and an outgoing personalityBy maintaining your personality and being sincerely yourself, you will stand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":0,"parent":169,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[14],"class_list":["post-406","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-general"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1507,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/406\/revisions\/1507"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}