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ere’s an old saying that your career success is often based more on “who” you know versus “what” you know. While having knowledge and skills is important, building professional relationships (i.e. “networking”) can open doors to new career opportunities – b
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th internally and externally. From an internal perspective, many companies post open positions internally before going to the outside, turning to the power of their existing workforce’s networks. And externally, over half of jobs are filled by hearing about the opening fr
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m friends and/or professional networks. But networking isn’t just for job seekers. Building and maintaining a