Broader networking goals, such as seeking to mentor and strengthen a community, organically provide opportunities to achieve immediate career goals. For instance, building trust/community across multiple departments in one's organization might lead to resources and support for future projects. This further reemphasizes the necessity of viewing networking as more than just a tool to reach a goal, but a symbiotic map of relationships between human beings.
Students might need help breaking down their broader goals into an actionable plan, so I enjoyed the module's suggestion of creating a mind map of people in your network and arranging them according to the respective circles they occupy in your life. This gives students a tangible way to track and understand who they already have in their network and what level/type of support they can reasonably expect.
