How to build a professional network from scratch in the GCC

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Having a strong network is crucial to anyone looking to carve their career in any respective industry. Thankfully, it has never been easier to build one.

A strong network is important for a number of reasons. It’s your safety net, your shortcut and your ear to the ground on latest trends or movements in your space.  

More importantly: it’s not something you can build overnight.  

One of the biggest issues with job-seeking in the modern age is that it’s often sudden. 

Something happens and people want a new job as soon as possible. 

This is a tactical approach. It focusses on pursuing short-term wins which might see you compromise on certain values or wants in order to obtain something new as quickly as you can. 

The power of a strong network is having a strategic arm to your job search that allows you to know of opportunities well in advance and have a group of peers to lean on for support, referrals and guidance.. 

The good news is that building a network has no barrier to entry and it can be done immediately and almost entirely from behind a screen.  

Here’s our step by step guide to building a network through LinkedIn.