network network NETWORK!

Are you a college student? Networking for them basically means talking to the right people at info sessions/on-campus events, alumni, professional events, social clubs, etc.

hm...have you tried cisco or linksys?

(in college) ask for business cards and give them your resumes! Or, go to happy hour and all the social functions at hosted by your work and make yourself known!!

Make sure you stay away from emails unless you've met the person. Either that or make sure that you have someone in contact with them (colleague etc.)ask if it is alright that you're given their contact information etc. And more importantly, continue to follow-up/check-in if that person seems receptive to it.

I am going into an analyst program right now with a MM bank, but I am still in contact with people at 3 other banks I interned and/or interviewed with. That's sort of the essence of networking. I keep them up to date on what I am doing, ask for advice etc.

If you do that, your personal network just keeps growing.

I've had success through just email and phone calls.

What about at information sessions and networking events? What do you say to them? What questions, topics?

I personally think asking how to network is like asking how to pick up a chick- either you get it or you don't, and if you're asking on an internet forum... well it doesn't bode well for you.

There is no "secret sauce"; think about what you would want to see if you worked at a bank and you were faced with a horde of otherwise indistinguishable undergrads.