{"id":21119,"date":"2023-01-16T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/compassdatacenters.local\/?post_type=leadership-thoughts&#038;p=21119"},"modified":"2025-02-14T10:21:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T16:21:57","slug":"the-value-of-networking","status":"publish","type":"leadership-thoughts","link":"https:\/\/www.compassdatacenters.com\/fr\/leadership-thoughts\/the-value-of-networking\/","title":{"rendered":"The Value of Networking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div\n\t  class=\"group group--youtube wp-embed-responsive compass-block alignwide\"\n>\n\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<div class=\"group-spacer-container\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"http:\/\/www.compassdatacenters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Jan-Vetsv1.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div\n\t \n  class=\"group group--transcript alignnone\"\n>\n\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<div class=\"group-spacer-container\">\n\n<p>Hello, my name is Tony Grayson, and welcome to another edition of Transition Tips. Today I wanted to talk about the value of networking and the value of talking to people in the industry you\u2019re most interested in. This is so important because when you apply for that job, you need to put yourself in the mindset of that recruiting manager or hiring manager that\u2019s looking at your resume or looking at your LinkedIn profile and asking the simple question, \u201cCan this person do the job?\u201d Now, more than likely when you\u2019re applying for that first job for the military, they\u2019re going to have an answer of, \u201cNo,\u201d because what we tend to do is research stuff on the internet, research articles, and tailor our resume or LinkedIn profile to what we think the company wants. In reality though, each hiring manager, recruiting manager, is probably looking for something a little bit more specific, a little bit different, and just by copying what the company line is, you\u2019re not really going to stand out in the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So how do you overcome this? Really, it\u2019s simple. It\u2019s networking. It\u2019s reaching out to people in the industry in the role you want or similar roles that you want, raising your hand and asking for help to translate your resume into something that a hiring manager will want. This is so important, but it\u2019s also so hard for us in military because we\u2019re taught from day one to come with an answer, not come with a problem. The greatest example of this is when I was a junior officer and I was taught this thing of Message to Garcia, which is, \u201cI\u2019m going to give you a nebulous task and you\u2019re going to have to use individual initiative to go figure it out,\u201d But it\u2019s essentially a go find a rock experiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s not how things work in the civilian world because your boss knows that wasted time means wasted project time, and they don\u2019t want to do that nor do they want to pay you for that. So reach out to people that you\u2019re interested in. Most people are more than willing to help out people in the military, and don\u2019t be afraid about role and title. I hope you find this was helpful. Please, as always, let me know what you think below with comments and let me know of anything else you want to hear in the future. 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