Asking For Help Rather Than Offering And 9 Other Networking Mistakes You Might Be Making

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Eventually, network is all that matters

If you’re thinking you’re the most talented or the most skilled so that should carry you through to the top, think again. “Here’s a dirty corporate secret: after a certain level, moving up is 90 percent about relationships, not a skillset. At that point, everybody has that skillset. Everybody has that pedigree and credentials. Those are just the cost of entry,” Nyanue says. “Everything else is based on the relationships you’ve built over time. At that point, it’s about what relationships you’ve traveled through your career with. Most job opportunities come because somebody referred you. You were whitelisted into an opportunity.”

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