Networking: How Business Succeeds
I remember from one of the seminars the Career Center has hosted that approximately 80% of jobs in the country are filled from networking and personal contacts. This means that when posting your resume on websites like Monster.com you are only applying to at most approximately 20% of the possible jobs on the market and you do not even see the other 80% (approximately) of the possible jobs. So the logical question arising from this is how do I get to know more people? My answer, aside from going out and randomly talking to people who might be helpful, is I have no idea.
It might be out of pure chance that who you know now can help you in the future. However, this can not be the only way. Maybe it is important to be an outgoing friendly person. Maybe you need to attend panels and lectures on the topics you wish to pursue as a career and seek out the speakers afterwards. Maybe you just need to be involved in everything on campus so everyone becomes a contact. Most of these ideas seem like horrible answers. So, to provide a proper answer I would suggest going to the Career Center.
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