Advanced Networking Strategy
A half day workshop.
More than half of career moves happen through people, not job ads. Most professionals know this and still avoid it until they desperately need it.
Who This is For
This workshop is designed for business school alumni, postgraduate students, and professional members who recognise that their network is underused but do not know how to activate it without it feeling transactional or uncomfortable.
It works equally well for someone early in their career building a network from a thin starting point and an experienced professional who has a strong network they have simply never used this way.
The Case for this Workshop
Most networking advice is either vague encouragement to “get out there and meet people” or a script that feels manipulative the moment you say it out loud. Neither produces results.
This workshop treats networking as a system, not a personality trait. Built from ver 22 years inside recruitment, understanding exactly how the hidden job market actually works and how candidates get genuinely considered for roles before they are ever advertised.
Participants leave having mapped their existing network properly, often discovering it is far broader than they assumed, and built a specific, time-bound activation plan with real people, real asks, and real dates.
What Participants Cover
The hidden job market. How roles actually get filled before they are advertised, and what that means for where your effort should go.
Network mapping. A structured approach across four tiers, from close professional contacts through to connections you have not made yet but should.
Activation strategy. How to reach out to dormant connections without it feeling awkward, and what to actually ask for.
The art of the ask. Language and framing that gets a genuine response rather than being ignored.
LinkedIn as a networking tool. Using it to support real conversations rather than mistaking a connection request for a relationship.
What Participants Leave With
A complete map of their existing network across four tiers.
A 30-day activation plan with specific people, specific asks, and dates.
Language for opening a networking conversation that does not feel transactional.
A clear understanding of how the hidden job market works and how to access it.
About the Facilitator
Paul Swanwick has spent more than 22 years at the intersection of recruitment & career development.
He has made more than a thousand successful hires across industries and has coached CEOs, Executives and Senior Leaders through career transitions at the highest level.
He has sat in the room where hiring decisions are made. He knows exactly what gets a candidate over the line and what ends an otherwise strong candidacy. That knowledge is what he brings to every workshop.
Paul delivers every session in person. Not a slide deck read aloud. A working day that produces real output for every participant in the room.
Logistics
Format: Half day, approximately 3-3.5 hours.
Delivery: In person at your institution or preferred venue.
Group size: Suitable for cohorts of ten to fifty participants.
Availability: Sydney based. Available nationally by arrangement.
Tailoring: Each delivery is calibrated to the cohort – early career, mid-career or alumni in transition while the core system stays the same.
Investment
$395 + GST per attendee
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