How Well Does Your School Know You?
By Kathryn Marion
Opportunities can pop up just about anywhere.
You need to have people in your network who
know you, your abilities, and your interests-so
your name will immediately come to mind when
an opportunity, lead, or interesting tidbit
comes on the scene.
Your network should not be limited
to corporate professionals-it should include
your own school, including career center
and alumni association staff, professors,
and others who work in departments or
offices in your area of interest (like
finance, marketing, public relations,
fundraising, etc.).
They may not have ideas or contacts for
you immediately, but if our company were
to call your school looking for a student
or recent graduate to interview for an
upcoming issue of our Dose of RealityTM
newsletter, would they think of you?
And we’re not the only company looking
for interesting people to talk to. "Why
should I care about magazines calling
my school," you ask? The exposure you
get in a national publication, a local
newspaper, or on TV, is simply invaluable.
It gives you an impressive bullet to put
on your resume and may lead to important
network contacts that otherwise would
never have been discovered. But they can’t
recommend you if your name doesn’t come
to mind.
Of course, ‘press coverage’ is far from
the best or only reason to make yourself
known on your campus. Opportunities for
job leads, customers for your business,
and other career contacts can come from
your alma mater as well as from any other
source. Everyone you meet has a different
circle of friends and contacts...and they
have friends and contacts...and they have
friends and contacts...
So don’t overlook a potentially powerful
source of contacts and opportunites - get
out there and introduce yourself!
Kathryn Marion is the President of Education
for RealityTM, a company dedicated to
helping young people Sidestep the School
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