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Good Morning @albertoconte
Thanks for the question. My job dream is not the be a part of a job but to create a job. So I would found a Start-up based in Italy, on service and personalization of the costumer. I practise football since I was 8 so it would be awesome if the start-up will be in football’s field. Obviusly it will be hard, but if you do something that you love, you didn’t call it a job but just a pleasure.
But my utopic dream is only to be happy. Just this.
And you? What’s your dream?
@carlozanotti the place for you is http://www.wylab.it
sport accelerator in Chiavari, born from the top soccer startup ( maybe in the world ) Wyscout …maybe you know it!
keep in mind! (…close to the sea 😉
@paolomarenco thanks for your suggestion. I already knew about Wyscout, but not Wylab. I will check as soon as I can!
Good evening @carlozanotti, I love your phrase ‘my dream job is not to be part of a job but to create a job’, this is the charge that it takes! I hope you realize your dream! Today we have learned a lot from the meeting, to found a start-up doesn’t need money or even an idea, the most important thing is organization.
If you have determination and perseverance, surely you realize your dream. You don’t be afraid to fail.
Thank you to all those who have contributed to my thread, I am glad you this was engaging for you as it was from me! Andrea Annalisa Baiardi, Matteo Cagia, Carlo Zanotti, Martina Valentini, Ivan Lombardo, Domenico Talento. Your reflections were insightful, and many of you tapped onto what science says about effective networking! It’s good to hold beliefs that are supported by evidence, as well as it is to #ask4evidence to back-up beliefs!
What follows is a short selection of scientific evidence which may give you some accurate hints about effective networking, however, is by no means all what we can learn about it. The fact that the main sources listed are scientific ones is on purpose: it falls under the framework of evidence-based management, which means making effective decision by critically appraising the quality of evidence (information) from multiple sources. You can learn more in the resources (Barends, Rousseau & Briner, 2014)
I accessed the following information in the context of my master thesis, which was about networking in job search (Forret, 2014). Mainly, the sources come from Monica Forret, a scientist who has explored networking across various context. These info are reliable, can be applied for different purposes and so extend beyond the context of job search.
Source:
Forret, M. L. (2014). Networking as a job search and career management behavior. In Press. U. C. Klehe & E. W. J. van Hooft (Eds.), <i>The Oxford handbook of job loss and job search</i>. New York: Oxford University Press.
Defining networking….
Networking behavior refers to proactive attempts by individuals to develop and maintain relationships with others for the purpose of work or career benefits (Forret & Dougherty, 2001). According to Wayne Baker (2000), “the goal of building networks is to contribute to others” (p. 70). Effective networking behavior involves developing trusting relationships with others. In helping individuals, by, for instance, providing information, advice, support, friendship, or resources, a foundation is built for further interaction. All in all, networking is about helping others, and, based on the norm of reciprocity, receiving their help in return. The evidence supports the notion that networking is a competence that requires time, effort and wise experimentation to be developed, but can effectively be developed with the help of others, of course!
Source:
Baker, W. E. (2000). Achieving success through social capital: Tapping the hidden resources in your personal and business networks. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
Media:
Adam Grant, Warthon Professor , ‘Are you a giver or a taker?’ https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_grant_are_you_a_giver_or_a_taker
Listing some motives and benefits of networking….
Networking behavior may help people in their job search and career management in multiple ways. When looking for a job, for instance, people turn to their networks to access information, get emotional social support, feedback, and instrumental support. As most of you mentioned, networking is about knowledge sharing, but a latent feature of networking is that it helps developing numerous career competences, on top of which stand: the knowing why, knowing how, and knowing whom competencies. Inkson and Arthur (2001) discuss these career competencies, which are vital to remaining competitive in one’s career:
First, the knowing-why competency refers to an individual’s career identity. Those who have developed this competency understand what gives them purpose in their working lives and how they would like to expend their energies. Such knowledge provides individuals with a greater sense of what types of jobs would be more appealing to them and satisfy their needs and values.
Second, the knowing-how competency refers to an individual’s human capital— that is, the past investments that he or she may have made. Human capital includes a person’s past work experiences, education, training, skills, and abilities.
Third, the knowing-whom competency refers to one’s social capital. This represents the resources available to a person within his or her network of contacts (Baker, 2000) and is critical for career success (Seibert, Kraimer, & Liden, 2001). Whom an individual knows can provide numerous benefits, as social capital extends to the contacts of the other person. That is, a person may gain not only from information provided by a contact but also by those people who are part of the contact’s network.
Besides these competencies, research shows networking to be a powerful tool for career advancement within organizations. Those people who build networks with strong ties, and put effort in cultivating such relationships, turn out to have better careers (Wolff & Moser, 2009).
Source:
Inkson, K., & Arthur, M. B. (2001). How to be a successful career capitalist. Organizational Dynamics, 30, 48–61.
Providing a blueprint for effective networking…..
Provided that networking effectively is also about sharing knowledge, researchers at IBM Institute of Knowledge Management have identified four features emerged that distinguished effective from ineffective relationships: 1) valuing what other know; 2) having access to them; 3) having them actively engage in problem solving; and 4) having a sufficiently safe relationship to ask important questions.
Knowledge. People turn to contacts for information because they consider those people knowledgeable in relation to some aspect of the problem they are facing (implies seemingly accurate understanding of what one’s contacts know). Two ways: seek people for specific knowledge they have due to technical skills; seek people for their ability to think through an issue.
Access. Helpfulness depends on the contact’s willingness to make oneself accessible in a timely manner. Here, how to gain access to someone else’s thinking is a learned feature of the relationship that makes it successful (by understanding of a person’s response style and what medium is most effective for establishing contact)
Engagement. Effective contacts tap for knowledge willingly and actively engage in problem solving with the person asking for help. Two steps: people would first ensure that they understood the other person’s problem and then actively shape what they knew to the problem at hand. In this sense, energies are better spent attending to the sender of knowledge, rather than the acquirer. This means, the more clear the problem is to you, the more likely you will get the right person helping you.
Safety. asking for information can require the requestor to have some degree of trust in the other person. Trust shapes the extent to which individuals will be forthcoming about their lack of knowledge and concerns. People must not be afraid to admit their own ignorance. Advantages in problem solving: more learning value, and more creativity over taking risks with ideas (more creative solutions).
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Cheers!
Pietro
Good morning @pietromarenco! I thank you for sharing with us this materials and congratulations for the thesis.
Scientific evidence is important, we mostly used our own knowledge, we’re students and we often use the networking differently from a worker.
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I install software immediately, thank you!
Best regards.
Good morning everybody
Yesterday’s conference was really interesting.
The conference focused on the work experience of Mr Arigoni. He told us about an issue that, because our business education, probably we had never considered.
The issue that startupper have when they have to face with the resources managing. Many startupper are professionals without a business background, in that context is important the role that Mr Arrigoni perform. The job of Mr Arrigoni is to create a business around an idea by developing a corporate structure in order to succeedsorry for the previous answer, it always happens from the PC.
Good morning @pietromarenco, Thank you for sharing with us this materials and congratulations for the thesis.
Scientific evidence is important, we mostly used our own knowledge, we’re students and we often use the networking different from a worker. For example, we used networking from share and search information, from the everyday issues to academic. The availability and security of contacts are critical.
I install software immediately, thank you!
Best regards.
Hi @martinavalentini thanks for your comment.
I agree that networking has different functions at different stages of one’s career. I also think that people in this forum are intellectually curious, those who hold a ‘hungry and exploratory mind [which will] ultimately transform into intellectual maturity’. This means there’s little we cannot achieve if we stretch ourselves to be wisely ambitious.
At this stage of the career what is most relevant is learning how to develop trustful relationships with at least one or two experienced persons, so called mentoring relationships, which have benefits both for mentors and mentees http://scienceforwork.com/blog/career-benefits-for-mentors/
Take the case of Augusto Marietti, who’s been speaking to SVST hungry minds since years. The guy just raised 18 millions from a major SV venture capital. At 18 years old (eighteen years old!!!) He was sleeping on Kalanick’s couch (future Uber CEO), who helped him raise the first 100k dollars to get Mashape started. https://it.businessinsider.com/how-uber-ceo-travis-kalanick-and-airbnb-brian-chesky-saved-mashape-2017-3/?r=US&IR=T
All in all, from what I understand, networking is, and will be, a core competence for any kind of professional who wants to break the rules of what can be achieved!
Cheers
Hey all, a point of next steps.
The 4 Forum from Torino, Novara, Castellanza (LIUC) and Milano are espressing something more than 30 attendees , high quality…pratically they could fill it up a SVST 🙂
I have already received 10 cv…deadline March 31. Now we start your help to find sponsors for the Tour by our https://techscoutsv.com initiative.
Born in 2013 , permitted to many Alumni to transform the SVST in a Tech and Business scouting project for italian SME’s and startups that want to open to the Silicon Valley Ecosystem.
Techscout consists in attending the Tour and remain in SV from 1 week more to up 3 months from yr arrival for SVST ( according to 3 month ESTA Visa duration) to do a TECH or business scouting for one or more companies that cover your costs. The coverage could be from the minimum (1500 Euro to cover SVST inscription fee, and stay 1 week only; to 6-8000 Euro, to stay 3 months). It’s just a coverage of expenses but a huge opportunity for you. Who did it ( many guys and girls) is now startupper or working in Italy or abroad.
One of the best case is Carola Pescio Canale ( Carola PC on facebook) that will be speaker via skype in Novara, Fondazione Novara Sviluppo , March 30, 5-7 pm.( see Novara Forum)
Join if you can. She, 26, biz grad, has now her second job in Silicon Valley
How we promote this for you? ( you can do also by yourself , by personal or University contacts or sponsorship)
1 You as a group make your Crowdfunding Project. We did 4 in the last 4 years from UNI Torino selected students. Some promoter will talk at the Torino Conference to be held on Monday 27 3-5 pm- Join if u can (see Torino Forum). Obviously one reward for a company that put money on it, could be a Tech Scouting project
2 Join the Facebook Group Italian Start up Scene. I will make a post in the next days to promote you all for the Tech Scouting Project. In this case the target could be the italian Start up interested to Silicon Valley. We will give the direct contact with you to the Italian Start up interested: they will choose autonomously the right man or woman for the job, among you, according to the skills required for their goal.
As you understand , now proactivity from your side is a must, to reach the goal of SVST!
Yes, develop trustful relationships with people with experience is fundamental, amd it’s one of the purposes of SVST.
In 2017, more than in any period, have contacts is crucial to find work and carrer opportunity. Have a great CV isn’t enough.
Yesterday, Mr. Arigoni told us how he started his projects thanks to the relationships.
The story of Augusto Mariotti fill of energy and determination, it was a shame to lost a talent like him. Fortunately his determination didn’t stop his dream.
Good afternoon @paolomarenco. the idea of crowfunding seems good. Research funding through the university isn’t easy because it has already given up budget.
Can we try to ask the associations as Rotary and Lion? I know some members of Malpensa’s Rotary.
Is it possible?
Thank you @martinavalentini for your comment, I really appreciate that. I was discussing about with Domenico, if we do a job that we love, we did’t call it “job” but just a passion and should be fantastic will be pay for!
@pietromarenco thanks for your suggestion about Ginger Software, and hope the best for your thread.@paolomarenco Thank you for your suggestion, I really appreciate your work and the opportunity you are giving us, it’s absolutely precious. About the crowdfunding I agree with Martina, we are a little bit far from Turin and it would be better for us to catch sponsor near Novara. We can try to find out something on the Facebook page of Italian startup as you suggest.
Talking about the conference we did yesterday , I will be always gratufel to everybody who share us their startup, their ideas, their passion, motivation. Just hearing some stories I am incredibly opening my mind to a new world that I hope to reach soon . Thanks everybody, good night.
@martina sure Rotary and Lion’s are a good target either for CF and for Tech Scouting Proposal. You will meet on 30th Max Brigonzi. ( Alumno 2010, from Borgomanero, member of the board of La Storia nel Futuro, manager of Mind The Bridge Foundation) …he for sure can help you in a meeting with Rotary.and Lion’s ..keep me informed
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