Networking: A thought

Gosh!! This is one word that I have been coming across lately. A lot of people especially friends from business schools have stressed on the essence of this skill. Lot of social networking sites have also come up. Although people have claimed high rates of success, I still feel that this is one skill where Indians mastered once upon a time and the Indian way of networking had higher success rates any day.

The networking system that I am talking about is the family system. I feel that this system actually produced the best results because of greater involvement , accountability as well better expression to one's career goals in addition to career related advice. I believe that what was termed सिफारिश which was looked down upon by quite a few people has taken a more polished form called referrals. In fact some organization only accept referrals.

I strongly feel that the Indian way of networking is something that should be renewed and built upon. It is easier to connect blood relations rather than build new ones.