Please, Do It! Networking

There's something that cannot be overemphasized, and that is 'networking.' While it's important to get along well with internal employees while working, it's also crucial to build and maintain relationships with people outside the company.

This doesn't apply only to sales representatives. The number of public recruitments is decreasing, and the number of regular and career recruitments is increasing. In this job market, networking is the 'key' to passing. It is naturally more advantageous for someone to apply through the recommendation of employees rather than a completely unknown applicant. This is because there is trust from the employees, and adaptation can be easier because there are people they know.

Last week, I participated in a global career workshop, and I met three people who knew me. Two of them are people who are active with Mentoring Bridge, and one of them I didn't know, but we were 1-degree connections on LinkedIn. They were Seong-i Kim, Hyeong-jung Shin, and Ho-joon Son.

Although I couldn't talk with Hyeong-jung Shin, I was able to have several conversations with Seong-i and Ho-joon. Especially, Ho-joon Son, whom I met offline for the first time, knew almost all the content I wrote on LinkedIn. I was grateful that he remembered me, saying that he had seen the content related to soccer and religion that I write (This is what it feels like to be a celebrity…).

There is learning in these kinds of settings, but also the path to sales and recruitment opens up. Because I am a sales representative for a translation company, if there is anyone who needs global expansion or simple translation, they can get help through me. They can also recommend me after checking my branding and preferences, thinking, 'Oh, this person is okay.'

As mentioned in the lecture, Koreans pursue humility as a virtue, causing them to shrink and be shy, and think they shouldn't step forward. However, it's a barrier within us that steals our opportunities.

There is a famous lecture by Benedict Cumberbatch, the actor famous for Sherlock and Doctor Strange. “Just do!” It's a story of just doing it. We should try it once, really just do it.