One thing that holds me back from networking as effectively as I should is being female.
One thing that holds me back from networking as effectively as I should is being female. The way I was raised and the way I am seen as a woman is a really big obstacle to me for networking. The way I am perceived by some has interfered with things I have wanted to achieve. It is something that follows me even if it is not something other people acknowledge or make into an issue. The female mindset is also an obstacle. The female mindset is what I call having issues with being someone who thinks they deserve it. I have had access to great business contacts that I could not take advantage of because I am so conditioned to believe that to contact them or to use them in any way is me interfering or imposing on them. Part of the problem is that I do not know how to ask to use their resources or to use them as a resource. I do not want to be that person who uses people to get things. It is not a part of my values and it seems like most networking is concerned with what people can get instead of genuine relationships. I don’t want to be that fake person whom everyone knows is acting or playing a role. I want real interactions and real responses not what people think they should do. I do not want to say it because it is expected or because it is what is supposed to be said. Therefore, I lack business contacts. I also have not been in a position to be able to do those things to any level or extent of having success doing so.
My value proposition at my current job makes people who are sick mend, people who need information about their health informed, and saves lives. My goal is to enhance that to a position that can help others do that and to create an environment in which people are satisfied with the care they receive. I want people to be so satisfied with the care they receive, it becomes something other people want for themselves. Healthcare is about healing people and I want people to live that. It should be something that people actually live not say they have.
NETWORKING PLAN
Do more research as to the career location I want. I want to have specific details about the career I am striving for. I want to know what specific location I will be working at along with what my job will be.
Develop a strategy that is specific to my career goal. This includes personal and professional goals. Who do I need to speak to? Who do I need to know about? What do I need to look out for? What are the quirks of the specific location or organization I want to work for? How can I change my goals if things don’t work out as planned? What is the backup plan going to be? What is the backup to the backup plan going to be? Who are people who can interfere with networking? Who can be helpful?
Prepare to get started with the medium(s) I have found to be the most useful and resourceful for my goals. Does doing so mean I need to learn anything new? is there anything that needs to be studied beforehand? Do I have to make myself competent in a certain area to do whatever networking is needed?
Mentally prepare and plan. Revise or alter strategy to fit any new information or new circumstances.
Get started with medium(s) and with handling interferences or obstacles to networking.
My linked in is:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-williamson-372875141/ (Links to an external site.)
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