| You may be missing the lack of networking opportunities at the moment, but there are still ways you can build your professional network while working from home. Here’s a counterintuitive tip: Use canceled conferences as a way to meet people. If there was a particular event you were looking forward to, identify participants who were supposed to attend or speak. (If you don’t have the list, you can often email conference organizers and ask for it.) Choose a handful of people that you’d like to connect with, and find something you have in common that might make them interested in meeting you. For instance, maybe you’re both involved in robotics research, or maybe you’re alumni of the same university. Email them or send a LinkedIn message saying something like: “I had been hoping to meet you at [conference name], and I thought it might be interesting to chat because we [share the same interest]. I figured I’d reach out virtually instead. Let me know if you’d like to meet for a coffee over Zoom.” You won’t get a reply from everyone you contact, but you might get a few responses that could lead to valuable connections. |
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