{"id":17441,"date":"2018-04-04T12:27:50","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T11:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/?p=17441"},"modified":"2018-04-05T16:47:04","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T15:47:04","slug":"podcast-how-to-be-a-consummate-networker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/2018\/04\/04\/podcast-how-to-be-a-consummate-networker\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: How to be a consummate networker"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17441-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.nature.com\/original\/nature-assets\/multimedia\/podcast\/naturejobs\/naturejobs-2018-04-05.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.nature.com\/original\/nature-assets\/multimedia\/podcast\/naturejobs\/naturejobs-2018-04-05.mp3\">https:\/\/media.nature.com\/original\/nature-assets\/multimedia\/podcast\/naturejobs\/naturejobs-2018-04-05.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a class=\"wpn-image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/files\/2018\/05\/networking.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17459 wpn-image\" title=\"networking\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/files\/2018\/05\/networking-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"networking\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/files\/2018\/05\/networking-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/files\/2018\/05\/networking.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>There&#8217;s nothing sleazy about networking and it&#8217;s not just something to do at conferences, according to careers consultant<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alainalevine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Alaina G Levine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is a two-way process, she adds, an &#8220;honourable&#8221; exchange that builds capacity and contributes value. Levine, author of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Networking-Nerds-Game-Changing-Opportunities-Everywhere\/dp\/1118663586\" target=\"_blank\">Networking for Nerds<\/a>, <\/em>shares\u00a0her top tips, including the all-important &#8220;art of the follow-up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Peter Fiske says solid networking skills helped him to return to academia after 16 years in industry, most recently as CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paxwater.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pax Water Technologies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Peter also describes how academia has changed.\u00a0&#8220;The intensity has gone up. People in research work so hard. Oh my God, they work all the time,&#8221; he tells Julie Gould.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Julie Gould<\/strong> is a freelance podcast producer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/v542\/n7639\/full\/nj7639-127a.html\" target=\"_blank\">Look before you leap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-018-02747-y\" target=\"_blank\">Why scientists need to market themselves<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s nothing sleazy about networking and it\u2019s not just something to do at conferences, according to careers consultant Alaina G Levine.&nbsp; <a href=\"\/naturejobs\/2018\/04\/04\/podcast-how-to-be-a-consummate-networker#more-17441\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/2018\/04\/04\/podcast-how-to-be-a-consummate-networker\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102615,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[196,351],"tags":[731,165],"class_list":["post-17441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry-2","category-podcast","tag-alternative-careers","tag-networking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102615"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}