Building Your Strategic Alliance

BUILDING YOUR STRATEGIC ALLIANCE Name: Institution:Date: LinkedIn Post Health professionals need to network to advance their careers. Many opportunities come through networks, and a health professional should be tuned in to grasp every opportunity to meet and interact with other professionals. Networking does not necessarily mean it with the professionals in your workplace but beyond to increase the chances of advancing your career. It is also important to include non-health professionals in your networks because they can also pass the opportunity to you. There are several ways to network as a health professional. First, in the age of social media, it is a great tool to leverage on to build your networks CITATION ASA16 \l 1033 (ASA College, 2016). Follow other health professionals can be a good place to start. There are also other pages and groups created specifically to disseminate information on health-related issues and to health professionals. Joining, liking and following these social media platforms can help make new friends and expand your network. A nicer way to accelerate the networking process is by commenting and or retweeting other people’s posts. It is also very important to remain respectful and professional in these engagements. Secondly, volunteering can help build your networks especially at the start or early stages of your career CITATION Ang18 \l 1033 (Walker, 2018). Voluntee...