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Getting your new job is quite an accomplishment. Many of the sacrifices you made and the efforts you took included networking. Now that you are working - what's next? Scott and Andrew share some ideas around keeping your network alive.Don't miss these Topics:* Overcoming regret of not having networked - The #1 Thing Many Job Seekers Feel* Engage with industry associations* Consider the value of 30-60-90 plans* Adjust your mindset for networking* Make small investments of time to get results* Dedicate some time to planning your efforts* Paying it forward now that you are working* Setting and following up with key relationshipsResources (including affiliate links)7 Habits of Highly Effective People9 Things you should never do on LinkedInBoomerang Gmail PluginHubspotOnenoteEvernote iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00 - 05:06welcome to job seekers radio. I'm andrew this production. Action is meant to provide meaningful support to find great careers faster whether you're working or not today on job seekers radio were talking about how to keep your network alive live and incubate relationships over time. I love the word incubation because as we're thinking about this it is a long term process. You're we're not going to build the same kind of relationship in one conversation the same kind as you would build over several conversations over a period of time trust. I is built by being earned. If you approach a networking relationship as something that is going to be incubated when is that going to take and hopefully you have an idea of what that takes both scott ni- have been in several transitions in our career and the biggest learning that we've had and those that we've coached have had is gosh you know what i wish i would have kept on network alive or kept networking or done this networking things sooner and really. It's a big question after you get your new job. How are you gonna do that. How are you going to keep that network alive now that you're working so one of the things thinks that i i have told people in the past is to get involved in industry associations and often the company that you're working for will pay for your dues us to participate because in essence. You're going to be representing them. The difficulty comes in when the company says no. They're not going to sponsor you and that just happened and to me fairly recently where i was working in a job that I've been doing for a while. I have the expertise. I can represent well but because it had somebody somebody else representing. They're not going to pay for my participation so i had to choose whether or not to do it or not for those who can't afford to go ahead and join the local chapter. I still recommend do it. Get get yourself out there. Because of your company isn't going to invest in you. Maybe it's because they we don't yet see the value if they see you out there and doing this and representing well especially if you're moving into positions of leadership within these associations now they have a reason and you can come back and say if they say we want you to keep doing this great. Are you going to pay my dues because that's how you're going to get me to represent you and obviously you have to nuance that response but your value should be something they're willing to pay for by all means keep networking. Keep doing it and don't lose sight of the fact that the people in the associations are going...