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College Students Need Advanced Business Networking SkillsCollege students are great at social networking, but what about career networks and those important connections that will assist them in getting jobs. Sometimes the students of today are so focused on their school work and personal lives on sties such as Facebook, they forget about the reasons they went to college in the first place; to eventually get a good job. Unfortunately, business networking has been found to be the single most difficult issue for students to embrace in their transition from college to the career. Students are great when it comes to putting their resume together, filling out job applications or the other job search skills they learned from their college career center or through their college curriculum. But when it comes to business networking, they fall short. There seems to be some well-founded reasons noted by college career center staff when it comes to avoiding business networking. Let's explore some below. One of the reasons college students avoid networking is just good old fashioned insecurity. This is an issue when it comes to meeting someone new students don't know or possibly feel intimidated by. This is true even if they were somehow connected such as through an alumni association or job supervisor. Many colleges are helping breakdown these barriers of the alumni connection by starting programs and websites where recent graduates or those preparing to graduate can connect with fellow alumni well-established in the student's chosen field or study. College students looking to improve their business networking opportunities should inquire about such programs at their institutions, and if they don't exist, help to encourage such a group gets established. Alumni are always willing to help fellow students with their future; sometimes it just takes a little focused effort and innovation to put a group connected group together. Another reason for a student's lack of prowess in networking is the fact undergraduates mostly identify themselves as students and not potential employees or professionals. Most students are focused on their academic work and believe networking for an actual job in their chosen profession is down the line when they are through with their school studies. And then there are the students that don't really know what they want to do and won't reach-out to those in the career sector as they are uncertain of which direction they will end. It would be best for colleges and universities to start students on a path of interfacing professionals in several fields through seminars and meetings designed to get everybody talking and networking. Job fairs are a nice way to begin, but there must be something more comprehensive for students to connect. Students in institutions with rather limited programs connecting learners with employers should initiate discussions with counselors and other students to help encourage these much needed programs. The last reason students avoid networking is the fact that most don't know how to ask the right questions, frame correspondence or email communication properly for the most effective results. While most college career centers and even websites offer great resources for learning effective communication skills in this regard, most students don't to take the time to embrace this type of material often made available to them. Unfortunately, most students wait until college study is finished, with the pressures of student loans coming due and the many and varied needs of life requiring them to find a work take hold. For those with enough foresight to embrace advanced networking along with the resources made available to them through college career centers and alumni groups, these students will be the most successful in sliding directly into a good job after the learning experience of college is over. Article by Joseph Nino Rudolph |
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