Virtual Networking Tips For Remote Professionals

Remote professionals are simply people employed by a company and work outside of a traditional office environment.

The pandemic made a remote work very common these days and that is the current condition of things in Nigeria today.

However, I will like to let you know that networking may take more effort and there are also some tips on how to start growing and maintaining connections if you are a remote professional.

BELOW ARE THE TIPS THE VIRTUAL NETWORKING TIPS FOR REMOTE PROFESSIONALS

• TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA:

This is no doubt the easiest way to connect with people. It helps to promote remote connections. The best social media groups to join are ;

1 LINKEDIN GROUP: this is one of the best groups to join as a remote professional because it is organized and arranged based on professional categories, like skills, industry, etc, after joining the group you endeavor to take an active part in their conversation.

2 FACEBOOK GROUPS: Facebook is another way of getting involved and associating with people of the same career with you, though it is seen and associated with fun than work, then you can actually get involved too many groups devoted to career, from industry-focused groups to job-searching ones.

• ATTEND VIRTUAL EVENTS:

You may be asking how virtual events helps in promoting remote worker. Firstly, a virtual event is an online event that involves people interacting in a virtual environment on the web, rather than meeting in a physical location. It can also be defined as a typical multi-session online event that often features webinars and webcasts. From the definition, what else do you need to know? Attending these events is actually a very good way to network and connect with people with the same core value.

• BUILD RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR CURRENT AND FORMER COLLEAGUES:

In as much as you are trying to stay in touch with your present colleagues, don’t forget the former ones, in your journey of finding and promoting virtual networking tips, the old and the new colleagues are of paramount importance. You might not be able to connect with some of your old colleagues, maybe because of geographical reasons, there are still many ways to reach out to them, they are ;

• By sharing some articles, jobs, or even news that will interest them.
• By sending emails occasionally to say hello and finally checking up on them on social media and getting involved in their posts.

These three steps will help improve your journey as a remote professional.