Description
This book is a practical, step-by-step guide for creating, cultivating, and capitalizing on networking relationships and opportunities.
Updated from its first edition, Make Your Contacts Count now includes expanded advice on building social capital at work and in job hunting, as well as new case studies, examples, checklists, and questionnaires.
You will discover how to:
- draft a networking plan
- cultivate current contacts
- make the most of memberships
- effectively exchange business cards
- avoid the top ten networking turn-offs
- share anecdotes that convey character and competence
- transform your career with a networking makeover
Job-seekers, career-changers, entrepreneurs, and others will find all the networking help they need to supercharge their careers and boost their bottom lines. Packed with valuable tools, Make Your Contacts Count offers a field-tested "Hello to Goodbye" system that takes you from entering a room, to making conversations flow, to following up.
Author: Anne Baber, Lynne Waymon
Publisher: Amacom
Published: 02/01/2007
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780814474020
ISBN10: 0814474020
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Careers | General
- Business & Economics | Motivational
- Business & Economics | Entrepreneurship
About the Author
Anne Baber (Lenexa, KS) and Lynne Waymon (Silver Spring, MD) lead Contacts Count, a consulting and training firm for business and career networking. Their previous books include the first edition of Make Your Contacts Count, and How to Fireproof Your Career
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