Professional networking: How to design outreach that drives career growth

Scholars stress planning, authenticity, awareness of motive, and innovative venue choice as pillars that transform accidental greetings into career-changing partnerships.

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Kibet oversees a Westlands-based tender supplies company. In his professional work and networking life, he would rather run around from dawn till dusk getting things done without concern for building contacts, so LinkedIn request stacks go unanswered and invitation to events run out without a response from him.

He is forever asking himself why new tenders never reach fellow workers while his spreadsheets shine with error-free figures.

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