Know Your Network

From the previous post about Undergraduate Communication Society's Speed Networking event, there may have been no purpose in motivating students to come out unless they understand the importance of networking!
Of course, some reasons students may feel unmotivated to attend such events can be from laziness or shyness that needs to be eliminated. "It can also motivate you go further, take the plunge into starting your own business or just expand your industry knowledge." ://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-05-26/news/30066354_1_networking-events-young-entrepreneurs-business-cards#ixzz2SyqSPTQC

                               (from http://www.helpguide.org/life/job_networking_how_to_find_job.htm)

The Undergraduate Investment Society not only strictly focuses on finance, but the importance of getting an internship through networking. In their most recent GBMs, in how to land an internship, they  share stories of their hardship and all the risk they were willing to take. Joseph Ro and Edward Youn, UIS VPs, both have gone to the extension of driving all the way to UCLA and using their UCLA friends' id cards to access the school's networking events. In advance, they study the companies attending these mixers and even the study the professionals so they are able to have a full-on conversation with professionals about their position and the firm's recent news and history. How much more intense can that be? Certainly, there is  a difference in networking in say, finance, compared to other sectors.

Since each person is different, you must know your niche. Know your strengths and present them at hand when approaching an industry professional or anyone at a networking event. Quality conversations can make you stand out as an individual and unique applicant from others, and that one extra respectful gesture or charming smile of yours might just get you the job.