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Help Sever Required information Planning Your Internship or Job Search Preparing to search for a job requires building a network of contacts: analyzing your skills, abilities, and interests, and finding an employer. In this activity, you will be asked to do some planning for your own search for an internship or a job To engage in this planning, you will need an understanding of the following: What a network of contacts is and how to acquire one -What you need to analyze about yourself to find the right internship or job -Where you can look to find an employer for whom you want to work Read the case below and answer the questions. You are at a point in your college career where you are ready to seek an internship. You don't know where to begin, but a friend of yours who graduated last semester used your school's career services office and found a great full-time job as a result of his counselor's help. You know that the career services office also helps students find internships, so you decide to visit and seek the advice of a career counselor. One question your career counselor asks is whether you have a network of professional contacts. You work out regularly at your local gym. You have had a few casual conversations with Jim, who is usually working out when you're there. You don't even know Jim's last name, but in your talks, you have learned he is the supply chain manager for a local manufacturing firm. He is also friendly and always eager to talk with you. Should you identify Jim to your career Counselor as a potential member of your professional network? Multiple Choice No. Talking about business when you are not in the workplace is unprofessional and inappropriate of 191 Next >

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Answer is Option (C). i.e Yes. Even small talk in a nonwork setting can potentially lead to a business contact.