{"id":92579,"date":"2026-04-23T15:02:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/what-does-good-networking-really-look-like\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:03:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:03:32","slug":"what-does-good-networking-really-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/what-does-good-networking-really-look-like\/","title":{"rendered":"What does good networking really look like?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-37115\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\">What does good networking really look like?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-connect\">By<\/span> <span class=\"author\">alison green<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-connect\">But<\/span> <abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2026-04-23\">23 April 2026<\/abbr>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-meta --><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>This is Thursday&#8217;s &#8220;Ask the Readers&#8221; question. A reader writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I have a question that might be suitable for &#8220;Ask Readers&#8221;. When has someone reached out to you with a request to network that was compelling and you really wanted to respond?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen too many stories of bad networking here &#8211; people asking vague questions, not knowing what they want, or reaching out with a request to &#8220;network&#8221; that&#8217;s clearly a veiled inquiry about a job. What does really good networking look like?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to hear from readers about requests they had the pleasure of answering or about people who really impressed them in networking conversations. It&#8217;s especially helpful to hear examples of good networkers who were entry-level in their field.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reader?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .comments-link --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"after-post-meta entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"posted-in\">\n<p>\t\t\tPosted in <span>Ask Readers, Networking<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does good networking really look like? By alison green But 23 April 2026 This is Thursday&#8217;s &#8220;Ask the Readers&#8221; question. A reader writes: I have a question that might be suitable for &#8220;Ask Readers&#8221;. When has someone reached out to you with a request to network that was compelling and you really wanted to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[2744,18007],"class_list":{"0":"post-92579","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-daily-bread","8":"tag-good","9":"tag-networking"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92581,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92579\/revisions\/92581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}