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Networking

While “networking” has been a buzzword for many years now, it still remains a very important and career-enhancing activity.

Networking can find you future collaborators, jobs, graduate students, postdocs, friends, mentors, symposium and meeting opportunities, and much more.

The APS and the Association of Chairs of Departments of Physiology recommend that trainees understand the importance of and work to develop the following networking skills:

a.	Knowledge of how to develop a base for possible collaborations
b.	Knowledge of how to contact other researchers at meetings
c.	Knowledge of how to contact with other researchers via email

(from the APS/ACDP List of Professional Skills for Physiologists and Trainees)

Here are a variety of web sites with information that you might find useful.*

Breaking The Myths About Career Networking
Sherri Edwards, Quintessential Careers

Career Networking Do's and Don'ts
Katharine Hansen, Quintessential Careers

How to Build Your Network
ScienceCareers.org

Networking Your Way to a New Job
Randall S. Hansen, Quintessential Careers

Explore the World at Your Bench
James Loss, The Scientist
Nov. 2003 (subscription required)

Networking: As Easy As Making Friends
Karen Young Kreeger, The Scientist
April 2003 (subscription required)

Networking: A Career Necessity
Sam Jaffe, The Scientist (subscription required)
March 2002

Networking: Developing Mutually Beneficial Relationships
David Helfand, FindLaw Career Center

Networking on the Network: A Guide to Professional Skills for PhD Students
Phil Agre, Dept. of Information Studies, UCLA

*APS does not endorse or assume responsibility for the information posted on these web sites.

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