Show Notes

Have you ever heard or said: I just can't seem to find anyone to meet? Or, I don't really know anyone in my professional area? Or I just don't know anyone?

Today Andrew and Scott uncover some ideas about how to network when you just don't know anyone at all.

Don't miss these Topics:

Change Begins at the End of the Comfort Zone

Choices and Decisions to Make

Change Management: Why, Value, Build Desire

Title Targets

Request for Help: Trusted People in your Circle

Value of Scripting and Templates

Dealing with the Nerves

Psyche-UP versus Psyche-OUT

Maintaining Staying Power

Challenging your Assumptions and Presumptions

Gamification versus Gaming

Resources (including affiliate links)

JSR 004: Shorten your Job Search with a Wingman4-Part Series on the Anatomy of a Networking ConversationJSR 015: The Set-Up

JSR 016: The IcebreakerJSR 017: The Question and Answer

JSR 018: The Ask  

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 View TranscriptSo often we start out especially if we are looking for a job unexpectedly we wonder who could I possibly turn to who can I have my friends or family or involved in my industry or the kind of work that I do how can I possibly move forward and the hardest thing to realize is how many people you actually already know who can help you gotta want to networking process if you're out of work and you're like whatever the reason is you think you should be networking you have to want to do it and that's the biggest challenge most people have because it come to me and say hey I don't know anybody not be possible You never went to school with anybody he never went to the doctor Reger visited a dentist you have never been and while that may challenge some people and really it's not comfortable it's still a valuable question to ask because change begins at the end of your comfort zone I know we heard that "a lot but you have to be willing to get out of your comfort zone so when we talked about the idea that you have to be willing to network you have to want to network there are a lot of people who say oh no I'm an introvert or I don't socialize easily or I deal with anxiety and all of that maybe true all of that is valid but you can still want to except the limitations that you have is one thing excepting them as the only truth is a choice and no matter where you are on that spectrum you can choose to want to do that will be harder for some people Time are the ones that of been working for so motions project they just never had to do it right now they feel like they have to do it versus the most productive way to work they have to believe that is the most productive as I don't want to do it I found having something that you're going after that encourages you or motivate you to do something you don't really want to do is a good idea yeah there's also the approach of taking this as change management there are a number of change management models out there personally I'm certified in the pro side change management model PROSE I sent people to their website there are stages that you go through Being the first two steps so as you're making this change as you're approaching the need to network be aware of your ability to say yes I want to do this because the second stage so if you can get the awareness of why we do this at the risk of not doing it that can help you build that desire to get out there and actually start networking and we talked about this the anatomy of the networking conversation helps with the physically speaking networking is the most effective way to find your next position and will leave the link in the show notes today it's a four-part series you're welcome to download nuggets in there he would benefit from Really what do you want yeah what do you want them for companies you want to work for clarity around that will lead you to certain people in certain companies you may not have a really good point when it comes to titles so often we think of the titl...