{"id":404,"date":"2025-02-12T14:03:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T19:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/?page_id=404"},"modified":"2025-07-02T16:01:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T20:01:43","slug":"what-is-networking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/job-search\/job-search-and-networking\/what-is-networking\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Networking?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        What is Networking?\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"what-is-networking-and-why-is-it-important\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Networking? And Why is it Important?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Networking is simply talking to people! It allows you to make and utilize personal and professional contacts to gain information on the job market, career choices and new opportunities in your field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The point is not to straight up ask people hire you, but to gather information on your field of interest and to build your list of professional contacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"networking-is-important-because-it\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Networking is important because it\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25a1 Allows you to learn about different professions and potential employers<br>\u25a1 Expands your connections<br>\u25a1 Helps point you in the right direction for career choices<br>\u25a1 Validates your career choices<br>\u2611&nbsp;<strong>All of the above!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Networking is a great tool to access the hidden job market because it provides employers with the opportunity to meet you directly \u2013 not just through your resume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/job-search\/job-search-and-networking\/networking-myths\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn about networking myths<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Networking? And Why is it Important? Networking is simply talking to people! It allows you to make and utilize personal and professional contacts to gain information on the job market, career choices and new opportunities in your field. The point is not to straight up ask people hire you, but to gather information [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":0,"parent":169,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[14],"class_list":["post-404","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-general"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1502,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/404\/revisions\/1502"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}