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to network effectively

to network effectively

5.1
To meet and keep in contact with people who can help your career
  • phrasal verb
  • /ˈnɛtˌwɜrk ɪˈfɛktɪvli/
translation icon : establecer contactos
  • She learned to network effectively at conferences, which opened new career opportunities for her.

Examples

  • To succeed in international business, you must network effectively across cultures and industries.

  • You need to network effectively to find a job.

  • New graduates often struggle to network effectively until they gain more experience.

  • She networks effectively at industry events.

  • Many professionals attend workshops to learn how to network effectively and grow their contacts.

  • In order to advance your career, it is essential to network effectively with industry leaders.

  • During the seminar, participants practiced how to network effectively for job opportunities.

Synonyms

to connect
vsto network effectively
572 1.8

Build a friendly relationship with someone by talking or listening

is more about planned skillful career focused building and long term upkeep
to network
vsto network effectively
20 3.7

Make work contacts by talking to people

focuses on deliberate skillful building and maintaining of professional ties
to connect with people
vsto network effectively
16 3.5

Make others feel understood and build a friendly relationship

focuses specifically on strategic professional use and lasting maintenance of contacts
to network with
vsto network effectively
7 4.1

To meet and talk to people to build work contacts

emphasizes purposeful skill and ongoing care to keep those professional ties
to cultivate good relationships
vsto network effectively
3.5

To build and keep friendly, trusting connections with other people

aims more at professional advancement through skillful purposeful care of work contacts

How Effective

to network effectively
5.1
to make contact
113 2.8
to meet
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

network effectively infinitive
networked effectively past
networked effectively past participle
networking effectively present participle
networks effectively third person singular

Morphology

network + effectively

The meaning is a direct, compositional combination of 'network' (to interact/make contacts) and 'effectively' (in a way that achieves intended outcomes), so the sense of building and maintaining professional relationships skillfully is inferable from the parts. As a verb + manner adverb construction that is cross-linguistically common, a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand this phrase.

Etymology

Network effectively comes from the image of a network like a net of people, where each contact is a string that can catch opportunities. If you add and keep those strings strong by acting effectively, the net works to help your career, so it means 'build and keep useful professional contacts'.