professional networks
Industry contact circles
Professional networks are the web of relationships and contacts a person cultivates for career advancement, business opportunities, and industry knowledge.
These connections typically include colleagues, mentors, clients, and others in one's field who can provide referrals, advice, or collaboration.
The term also refers to platforms designed to facilitate such connections, most notably LinkedIn.
She landed the job through her professional network rather than a posted listing.
- trade associationsGroups promoting shared commercial interests
- LinkedInProfessional networking platform
- colleaguesProfessional associates
- mentorsExperienced advisers to learners
- power lunchesStrategic meals for dealmaking
partnerships · peers · recruiters · career fairs · elevator pitch · collaborators · industry contacts · alumni · old boys club · unions · online forums · consortiums · workshops · webinars · advocacy groups · Twitter · coworking spaces · referrals
- career developmentcareer advice, career goals, career path, career paths, career change
- architect organizationsAIA, local chapters, regional chapters
- Persian diasporaexile community, dual identity, heritage speakers, second generation, chain migration
- Peer NetworksP2P, peer support, peer review, support groups, study groups
- ChinatownChinatown, dim sum, dragon dances, Chinese New Year, lion dances
- online communitiesforum, online communities, discussion board, forums, message board
professional networksfriendship circles
Layered groups of companions
social networks · family circles · personal relationships · intimate relationships · family ties