Get active. Join clubs. Meet with lots of students.

Participate in campus life both in and beyond the business school. As we'll discuss in the Ethics Guide in Chapter 6, you add more connections to your network by meeting students who are outside of your major or even outside of the business school.

As you meet people, tell them of your career interests.

Ask if they know anyone working in that field.

Ask if they know someone you could meet with, as described in question 3.

Join a business-specific club, for example, the Accounting Club or the Marketing Club. Get involved, especially with activities that engage local businesspeople. Arrange for speakers and host _ speakers on campus. As you meet businesspeople on campus, query them about their careers. How did they get where they are?

Use an IS to keep track of the people whom you've met. Put contacts in a spreadsheet or database.
Keep track of contacts you've had, emails you've sent, meetings you've attended. At an interview, when appropriate, show off your database.
Use the Web and email to contact people who are doing interesting things. LO.1