Comments on: Networking 101 http://millennialsatwork.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/networking-101/ Coming of Age for the Millennial Workforce Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:11:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: DanO http://millennialsatwork.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/networking-101/#comment-192 DanO Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:35:03 +0000 http://millennialsatwork.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-192 I completely agree with your points and Rob's comments. For employers, this drives home not only the importance of quality relationships with employees and a workplace that adapts to different types of workers, but also how a good relationship between employees and direct reports will assist in opening up conversations when this inevitable recruiting happens. I know I've had multiple conversations where I've spoken with employees about the fact they are great employees and I know they will get recruited, headhunted and searched out... and when it happens, to let me know,so we can have good discussions on where they area , where they are going, and what if anything we can do to make sure their employment experience is where they want it. I completely agree with your points and Rob’s comments.

For employers, this drives home not only the importance of quality relationships with employees and a workplace that adapts to different types of workers, but also how a good relationship between employees and direct reports will assist in opening up conversations when this inevitable recruiting happens.

I know I’ve had multiple conversations where I’ve spoken with employees about the fact they are great employees and I know they will get recruited, headhunted and searched out… and when it happens, to let me know,so we can have good discussions on where they area , where they are going, and what if anything we can do to make sure their employment experience is where they want it.

]]> By: robsalk http://millennialsatwork.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/networking-101/#comment-191 robsalk Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:13:46 +0000 http://millennialsatwork.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-191 Good points. I'm thinking the next set of hot social networking technologies are those that enable personal reputation management, personal search optimization (so you can be found by the people you want to be found by), and some kind of meta tools to manage multiple social networks at once. Personally, I find the career development potential of these systems limited by the amount of time and overhead it requires to maintain them separately. Once you can gather all the strands of your online "self" together in a nice bundle, it will be a lot easier for (the right) potential opportunities to find you. Good points. I’m thinking the next set of hot social networking technologies are those that enable personal reputation management, personal search optimization (so you can be found by the people you want to be found by), and some kind of meta tools to manage multiple social networks at once. Personally, I find the career development potential of these systems limited by the amount of time and overhead it requires to maintain them separately. Once you can gather all the strands of your online “self” together in a nice bundle, it will be a lot easier for (the right) potential opportunities to find you.

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