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How to Network with ZERO Working Experience!

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How to Network with ZERO Working Experience!

Jeff Su 18.01.2022 91 260 просмотров 2 119 лайков обн. 18.02.2026

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🎯 My free Job Search Toolkit: https://academy.jeffsu.org/job-search-toolkit?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=02 My Premium Resume Package: https://jeffsu.gumroad.com/l/premium-resume-package 🤝 I started networking to land a summer internship at the start of my junior year (3rd year). I wish I had started 2 years earlier 😅 (when I was a fresher / 1st year) Networking is honestly an essential life skill that will stay with us throughout our entire life so here I share 5 extremely effective networking tips for students who have 0 working experience 💯 Too often we think networking only takes place during career fairs or job fairs, but networking actually takes on many forms. Networking is basically relationship building so even having a good relationship with your college professors (who actually have a HUGE network by default if you think about it) is a type of networking In my opinion the easiest networking tip by FAR is to leverage your alumni database. Everyone has received help at some point in their career and most people are looking for a chance to pay it back! TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Why Networking is Important for Students 00:27 Leverage Your Alumni Database 01:47 Leverage Your College Professors 02:54 Attend Networking Events 04:12 Write Effective Cold Emails 05:15 Continue Branching Out 06:03 Prepare Your LinkedIn Profile RESOURCES I MENTION IN THE VIDEO My Cold Email template - https://www.jeffsu.org/cold-email-template Best Questions to ask During Coffee Chats and Informational Interviews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b2iagdHw8M Meetup - https://www.meetup.com/ MY FAVORITE GEAR 🎥 My YouTube Gear - https://geni.us/youtube-gear 🎒 What's In My Bag - https://geni.us/mybag 💻 What's On My Desk - https://geni.us/mydesk 🛩 What I Travel With - https://geni.us/mytravel MY FAVORITE SOFTWARE ✍️ Skillshare - https://geni.us/skillshare-jeff BE MY FRIEND: 📧 Subscribe to my Productivity newsletter - https://www.jeffsu.org/productivity-pings/ 📸 Instagram - https://instagram.com/j.sushie 🤝 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jsu05/ 👋🏻 Clubhouse - https://www.joinclubhouse.com/@jsushie 👨🏻‍💻 WHO AM I: I'm Jeff, a full time Product Marketer. In my spare time I like to tinker with tools and create systems that help me get things done faster - or as one of my friends puts it: "Get better at being lazy" 😏 If you'd like to talk, I'd love to hear from you. Messaging me on Instagram (@j.sushie) directly will be the quickest way to get a response! PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links I get a kickback from 😇 Disclaimer: My opinions are my own and may not reflect that of my employer #networking101 #business #jobsearch

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0:00 Why Networking is Important for Students 99 сл.
0:27 Leverage Your Alumni Database 259 сл.
1:47 Leverage Your College Professors 213 сл.
2:54 Attend Networking Events 266 сл.
4:12 Write Effective Cold Emails 207 сл.
5:15 Continue Branching Out 168 сл.
6:03 Prepare Your LinkedIn Profile 63 сл.

Why Networking is Important for Students

hey friends in this video i'll be talking about five surprisingly easy yet effective networking tips for students with zero working experience some of these i learned from upperclassmen who at the time had already gotten their summer internships or full-time job offers others had to figure out the hard way through lots of trial and error for current students pursuing a business degree like i did i highly recommend watching this entire video because this is what i wish i could have had back when i was a freshman in university let's get started diving right into tip

Leverage Your Alumni Database

number one leverage your alumni database most if not all higher education institutions keep a database of their graduates if you don't know what i'm talking about go find your career center and ask them for your login information using my alma mater emory university as an example our alumni engagement team keeps a record of my post-graduation email and reminds us to update our place of employment on a regular basis back when i was a junior which by the way is a little too late you should start as a freshman i will go into the alumni directory select the business school and select the years of our most recent graduates i was class of 2014 so i would select 2007 all the way to 2010 and click search clicking into a few random profiles here i see they have mainly updated their information and if i see someone working in a field that i'm interested in i would just shoot them an email it's totally understandable to feel nervous about sending cold emails to strangers but just know most of these alumni probably received help when they were in your position and they are looking for an opportunity to pay it back be that opportunity pro tip you might want to identify relevant candidates on linkedin first before searching for their names in the alumni directory this is much more efficient than a blanket search clinging to a few random profiles and hoping to land on someone you want to connect with tip number two for

Leverage Your College Professors

networking with zero experience leverage your professors story time i was about to graduate i had just accepted an offer with a management consulting firm based out of new york and i was chilling one day my dsi decision science professor said to me hey i heard about your offer with eui from ex-student of mine she's the manager who interviewed you good thing i didn't tell her about all those times you missed my class the point being professors are more well connected than you think and they can play an instrumental role in landing you a job for example let's say you come across an alumni on linkedin you want to connect with but can't find their contact information anywhere including the alumni directory if you know what major concentration and or classes they took you could ask the corresponding professors to connect you to since they might have kept in touch or at least our first degree connections on linkedin alternatively you can try a more direct approach maintain a good relationship with the professors in the fields they're interested in go to their office hours and after you successfully charm them with your devilishly handsome smile ask them if they can connect you with their previous students the third

Attend Networking Events

networking tip for students is to attend as many events as possible as early as possible and the reason is simple you need to practice let's say you've never done this before and i put you in front of the hiring manager of your dream company you're probably going to be extremely nervous and not make a great first impression by attending career fairs from freshman year and talking to companies you might not be interested in you're essentially able to network in a risk-free environment because you have nothing to lose i've never been particularly interested in cpg consumer packaged goods companies like procter gamble and unilever and because of that i remember feeling less nervous talking with their company representatives and definitely got to practice networking tips i had learned online for example it was great chatting with you today jane i'll let you go since there are quite a few people lining up would you mind terribly if i got your email or business card so i could follow up with questions as silly as it sounds it took me many tries to get that exact wording right to make it sound as natural and as professional as possible and that came with practice pro tip if your school doesn't have enough events you can use online platforms like meetup to find career and business related events near you pro tip if you're one of those lucky individuals with what's that thing called again right friends you can go with a friend or two to support each other networking tip number four write

Write Effective Cold Emails

an effective cold email instead of boring you with a walkthrough i'll link a template i used back in college down below actually let me know if you want a video on cold emails because there are a lot of nuances to this i ended up sending 347 cold emails during my junior and senior years and here are three of my key takeaways first the objective of the cold email is to ask for a coffee chat or informational interview since research has shown that face-to-face requests are much more effective than emails therefore the call to action or cta of your email should include that objective second keep yourself introduction to the minimum and instead talk about things you two have in common the more you do this the more you show you've done your homework and the more likely they'll accept your coffee chat request and remember you get a chance to talk about yourself during the meeting and the cold email is all about locking down that time slot third do not include a bunch of questions in your cold email typing our replies to a dozen questions is much more inconvenient than hopping on a quick phone call so just get right

Continue Branching Out

to the point tip number five is a very simple one but arguably the most important and that is ask to be connected with someone else at the end of every single one of your coffee chats or informational interviews literally say based on what we discussed today is there anyone else you think i should talk to by saying this one simple sentence you get a chance to tap into their professional network and better yet they'll most likely make an introduction so you don't have the pressure of reaching out to another stranger as a small bonus tip i was looking through my old coffee chat notes and the exact wording i used to say was thanks again for your time it's interesting how you're able to specialize in supply chain consulting after just two projects do you mind connecting me with someone who ends up specializing in the marketing and finance consulting teams just so i cover all my bases if you found these tips

Prepare Your LinkedIn Profile

helpful you're going to want to watch my linkedin playlist next because all these people you connect with are going to be checking you out on social media i go through everything from helping you create professional looking headshots for free all the way to writing an eye-catching linkedin summary see you on the next video in the meantime have a great one

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