professional network
Industry contact web
A professional network is the web of work-related contacts a person cultivates—colleagues, mentors, clients, and industry acquaintances who might provide opportunities, advice, or referrals.
She landed the job through her professional network.
The term also refers to platforms like LinkedIn designed to facilitate such connections: He updated his professional network profile.
- colleagueProfessional associate
- LinkedInProfessional networking platform
- career advancementProfessional upward mobility
- peerOne of similar standing
- skill developmentAcquiring new abilities
recruiter · job fair · collaborator · referral · mentor · stakeholder · knowledge sharing · coffee chat · elevator pitch · client · Slack · advisor · career coach · thought leader · business card · associate · alumni · old boys club
- careersdoctor, lawyer, teacher, engineer, nurse
- Career Toolsresume, CV, cover letter, LinkedIn, job board
- contactsfriend, family, contact list, neighbor, acquaintances
- Professional Networkingcolleague, coworker, mentor, boss, supervisor
- professional organizationstrade unions, trade association, unions, guilds, trade group
- job searchjob hunting, job boards, job search, job fairs, job fair
professional networkfamily
Related people together
inner circle · personal relationships · loved ones · social circle · close friends
professional networkunconnected
Not joined or linked
lone wolf · disconnection · solo practice · obscurity · solo practitioner
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