Active Online Networking for Introverts
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Active Online Networking
Make sure those business cards include, at LEAST, an email address. Addresses to your LinkedIn profile and/or professional web site are a VERY good idea. If you’re not 100% comfortable talking about anything and everything face-to-face, just getting your profile, online resume, or web site out there will allow others to get to know you. Once they know your background and skills, they have a better chance of spotting an opportunity FOR you. Most people really do enjoy helping others. LET THEM. 
If you get actively involved in emails between peers or in online professional communities, you WILL have plenty of chances to “pay it forward.” If you’re job hunting, run across a related job that doesn’t quite fit you, but would be a great fit for a friend of yours (a real-life friend, or a virtual friend), you can pass it on to him, her, or the online community at large. As they get to know you and your work, they will remember you, and send you job-specific referrals, too. For additional information, see the Network, Network, Network series of blog posts:
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