Networking

Networking is the process of speaking to people and making contacts to help you in your future career.

The people within your network may be able to help you by:

  • giving you advice and information about your future career, skills and development
  • offering you work experience or giving you advice on how to find experience
  • signposting you to job opportunities

Having a well-established network will help your career planning and make it easier for you to find a job when you graduate. Many jobs are never advertised (often called the hidden job market) and a good network can be a way of hearing about these roles.

Networking toolkit

We've created a series of short videos to help you make the most of networking. Below you can hear York graduates talk about how to make meaningful connections with other people to enrich the opportunities available to you.

Contributors:

  • Clare Slater, Literary Manager, The Donmar Warehouse (BA, Writing, Directing and Performance)
  • Kit Monkman, Feature Film Director and Digital Visual Artist (BA, Philosophy)
  • Katie Wheat, Head of Higher Education Engagement, Vitae (PhD, Psychology)
  • Kevin Larkin, Political Correspondent, BBC Radio Leeds (BA, Politics)