With schools slowly resuming across different states in Nigeria, this conversation is long overdue. At one point in time or the other, you must’ve heard that networking, for students, is extremely important. It’s very likely that you were told that you need it to get your first (or next) job, and without it, you’d have wasted your time in school.

Indeed, these things are true. Well, you wouldn’t have exactly wasted your time in school. But, usually, networking does make quite a difference. Unfortunately, not many students seem to know how to go about it.

If you are one of those students, you’re in luck. In this guide to networking for students, we’ll be giving you a few useful tips that’ll help you master your networking game:

1. Don’t overthink it

When people are always placing emphasis on networking for students, it’s normal for you to get a little scared. Especially as an introvert, you might be terrified to find out that your career is hinged on your ability to talk to people. However, you really shouldn’t be so terrified. Remember that you’re not trying to convince them to fund your interplanetary research to find life on another planet. You’re just one human trying to know another human being.

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