My Networking Stories
Photo credit: pexels.com A man’s measure of true success as I have come to know is proportional to the relationships he is able to establish and successfully sustain. I had my first education on networking skills from my mother who always seemed to know someone in every establishment or industry despite being only a secondary school teacher. Well, I cant say I have done better but I learned the importance of this great life skill that I have applied and still applying to my life. Upon graduation from the university, I moved in with my mum in Abuja - Nigeria's capital city, Nigeria. I worked with a civil engineering consulting firm on a Federal Government project at the time as an Assistant Resident Engineer, where I built a large professional network base who I still keep in touch with till date. Worthy of note is that for the eighteen (18) months I was at this firm, I executed twenty-three (23) design side jobs (of course outside official work hours) which amazingly,...
