Want to change industries? Try a new function or craft an entirely new career? Getting into the hidden job market is the best way to find out about new career possibilities. Don't miss the chance to do this. There just might be great jobs you never thought of just waiting for you.
Networking with people outside your industry and/or function will open up amazing possibilities for contacts and job leads.
Speaking "insider" language
When you are with people who are in your industry or function, you easily talk in that unique language. You know exactly what people are saying when they toss all that jargon around. You can probably toss it with the best of them. But what do you do when you are with a group of people who are in a different industry or function?
People in any particular industry or function know the questions that will make you sound like an insider. They also know the questions they would NEVER think of asking.
You want to be able to have conversations in an industry you know very little about. This isn't an attempt to make you sound like an expert, but someone who has done their homework on the industry.
Easy Strategy To Sound Like An Insider
Here is one of the most effective ways to learn what questions and discussion topics will make you sound like an insider in any group: Find a person who is already an insider and ask the five questions below. This is actually fun--you get to network with someone, and you get dynamite information to leverage your way into a new industry, function or even an entirely new career.
http://budurl.com/becominganinsider
