๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐ = ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค.
More than 90% of professionals I talk to havenโt been intentionally nurturing their network. Not because theyโre lazy or unaware โ but because theyโve been heads down doing the work.
Totally normal in "cushy times" when landing a job is easy. But in an uncertain market (hello 2026), two questions decide your trajectory:
1. How fast can you reactivate your network?
2. How adaptable are you, without chasing every shiny skill?
๐๐ค๐ข๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฅ-๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐. ๐๐๐ซ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ:
The 5x5x5 Network Tune-Up (30 minutes/week, takes more the first few times)
5๏ธโฃ โ๐ตโโ๐ฎโโ๐ณโโ๐ฌโโ๐ธโ Check in with 5 past colleagues, managers or people that you met at a webinar. Make it about them: a win, a question, or a resource.
5๏ธโฃ โ๐ธโโ๐ฎโโ๐ฌโโ๐ณโโ๐ฆโโ๐ฑโโ๐ธโ Comment thoughtfully on 5 peopleโs posts your "future self" wants to work with. Add insight, not โgreat post.โ
5๏ธโฃ โ๐ธโโ๐ชโโ๐ชโโ๐ฉโโ๐ธโ Send 5 DMs to dormant contacts: โSaw X at [company/newsletter]. Thought of youโcurious what youโre seeing.โ No ask.
Do that weekly for a month and your opportunities compoundโintros, intel, options. Trends change. Relationships endure.
hashtag#opentowork hashtag#networking hashtag#careerstrategy hashtag#careergrowth
More than 90% of professionals I talk to havenโt been intentionally nurturing their network. Not because theyโre lazy or unaware โ but because theyโve been heads down doing the work.
Totally normal in "cushy times" when landing a job is easy. But in an uncertain market (hello 2026), two questions decide your trajectory:
1. How fast can you reactivate your network?
2. How adaptable are you, without chasing every shiny skill?
๐๐ค๐ข๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฅ-๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐. ๐๐๐ซ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ:
The 5x5x5 Network Tune-Up (30 minutes/week, takes more the first few times)
5๏ธโฃ โ๐ตโโ๐ฎโโ๐ณโโ๐ฌโโ๐ธโ Check in with 5 past colleagues, managers or people that you met at a webinar. Make it about them: a win, a question, or a resource.
5๏ธโฃ โ๐ธโโ๐ฎโโ๐ฌโโ๐ณโโ๐ฆโโ๐ฑโโ๐ธโ Comment thoughtfully on 5 peopleโs posts your "future self" wants to work with. Add insight, not โgreat post.โ
5๏ธโฃ โ๐ธโโ๐ชโโ๐ชโโ๐ฉโโ๐ธโ Send 5 DMs to dormant contacts: โSaw X at [company/newsletter]. Thought of youโcurious what youโre seeing.โ No ask.
Do that weekly for a month and your opportunities compoundโintros, intel, options. Trends change. Relationships endure.
hashtag#opentowork hashtag#networking hashtag#careerstrategy hashtag#careergrowth