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How to Make Your Network Work for You

by Ariana Green

Ariana Green is an award-winning journalist whose writing appears in the New York Times, the Guardian, Popular Science, TNR.com, Good magazine, and other publications. A former Fulbright and Gates scholar, she has master's degrees in journalism and political science and has studied at Brown and Cambridge universities. For more on networking, visit blogs.hbr.org

Many people turn to networking when they're looking for a job, but the best time to build your network is before you need something, and the best time to keep that network strong is always. But what is the best way to do that? Simply collecting business cards and attending events may expand your number of contacts, ...

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