It's an interdependent world
Call it what you will--collaboration, cooperation, reciprocity--creating, building and maintaining a network offers career-minded people an opportunity to, yes, build lasting working relationships with people of different talents, skills, interests, knowledge, paths and experiences, but also to gather a broad range of resources inside and out of your immediate professional world--people who you can go to when you (a) face a challenge, (b) need a champion, (c) are looking for support, (d) want to stretch yourself, (e) seek thoughtful insight, ideas and understanding.
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