-: Networking to get a different role
in the same firm or at a different firm.
Let's say you work at a marketing firm,
but you're more passionate about sales at the same firm.
Well, obviously network with the sales folks at that firm.
You know, sales people have quotas,
so let's think about it from their perspective.
If you can use your networking skills
to find customers for salespeople in your firm,
then eventually, making the transition
from marketing to sales is doable.
Why? Because you already proved yourself
as you're already doing the sales role.
So we covered this concept in the interviewing section,
where if you're interviewing for a sales job at a firm,
If you properly network, you can identify
and meet people that could be potential customers,
and then introduce them to the salespeople
that's interviewing you.
Nobody does that, right?
They ask you: "how did you prepare for the interview?"
Say, "well I went out and met with
potential customers of yours,
or potential customers in the industry,
I should say, and, actually do you want me
to make an introduction, I'm happy to do it."
Okay you see what you just did there?
You kinda proved you can do the job already,
before you got it, okay.
And you added value because you gave and you saw it,
you kind looked at their perspective.
What do they want?
And you delivered what they wanted,
and you did something nobody else would do.
You networked so you can network to get a job, right?
So you network with other people
before your interview, right?
That's, I mean they talk about Sun Tzu and The Art of War,
and every battle's won before it's been fought.
If you do that, you're kinda like you're playing chess
and you're thinkin' three or four
moves ahead of everybody else, right?
So yeah, we covered a lot of this in section four
of this course when we spoke about, you know,
what to bring to the interview
to increase your chances of getting hired.
So in section four we spoke about how to interview at,
and what to bring to finance interviews,
sales interviews, marketing interviews,
human resources interviews, operation interviews,
and assistant interviews, right?
And we talked about what documents to bring
that nobody else would bring, right?
You always wanna be giving, right?
So anyway, if you want to, refer to section four
for strategies on how to add value in interview
for positions that are new to you,
or a potential career change positions.
And what exhibits to bring and what others not to, as well.
So bottom line here is,
show them you can do the job before you get it.