Having a wide network of helpful contacts is a great thing, but only if you take advantage of it. Many professionals find it difficult to ask for favors from their connections, but we train Universal Events associates to strike the right balance when doing so. Here are a few strategies we recommend using the next time you email one of your contacts with a favor in mind.
If you’re looking for an introduction to one of your contact’s connections, you face a special challenge. After all, you might not know the person well enough to get an effective introduction. We suggest that you make such a request as concise and low-pressure as possible because you don’t want your contact to feel obligated.
When a job referral is what you’re after, you must proceed with caution. If you’ve never worked with the person you plan to ask, it’s tough for him or her to make a strong recommendation. For this reason, we at Universal Events encourage you to lay out your qualifications in your message and then tell your contact how excited you would be to join his or her company. Also, ask if there’s anyone else in the organization with whom you could speak about a job. This takes some of the pressure off your contact and gives him or her a choice of how to go about helping you.
We hope you will use these networking recommendations from Universal Events’ leaders, and we encourage you to find more advice at universalevents-inc.com.
