Who should you network with professionally?

CLIENT QUESTION:
What kind of people should I network with professionally?

OUR ANSWER:
In my opinion the group of people you should network with depends on if you work for someone else (are an employee) or if you are are self employed.

If you are employed by someone else and you are or would be looking for employment opportunities then you should be networking with people in your field. So say you are an personal trainer in a gym, you should be networking with other personal trainers so that if there are good employment opportunities out there you are aware of them.

On the other hand, if you are self employed then you should focus on networking with people who are not from your industry. For example if you are self employed as a personal trainer then networking with other personal trainers would not bring new business for yourself. You should spend your time networking with people from all other professions that might take on your services.

ANSWER BY SURESH RAJANI

To discuss this further you can contact Suresh Rajani.

Suresh Rajani is a registered Tax Agent and Business Leader at Tax First - an accounting and business advisory firm located in Wayville, South Australia.