Use this Networking Wheel template to complete this assignment.
We all know more people than we think we do. The key is to identify them clearly so you can use them more effectively. Please pay particular attention to growing your network contacts as discussed this week. NOTE: Refer to the powerpoint for specific instructions on how to build your network.
Part One: Fill in your Wheel in it's current state. Identify all the places that you go in the course of your day to day life. Think about your social, academic, work and personal life. The idea is to turn the places you already go into active parts of your networking wheel. Identify two First Degree Contacts in each location.
Part Two: Address your Wheel’s strengths and growth areas. Also identify how you will use your personality, interests and skills discussed earlier in the term to develop your Wheel.
Part Three: Make contact with one First Degree Contact via email, FB message, LinkedIn message, etc. Attach the email header and message, FB message, LinkedIn message, Tweet or photocopy/scan of a written note to verify your networking contact. The goals is to ask your First Degree Contact for information that could turn into a Second Degree Contact.
Extra Credit: Make contact with your Second Degree Contact. Include a copy of your networking contact effort. Be sure to pre-identify what you want to know: more information about the field, information about how to find an internship, information about how to break into the field, etc.