1.0Lifehacker Australiahttps://www.lifehacker.com.auAlan Henryhttps://www.lifehacker.com.au/author/alanhenry-usa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="OVLwwcxA1T"><a href="https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2013/05/how-to-skip-the-sleaze-and-build-a-real-professional-network/">How To Skip The Sleaze And Build A Real Professional Network</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2013/05/how-to-skip-the-sleaze-and-build-a-real-professional-network/embed/#?secret=OVLwwcxA1T" width="600" height="338" title="“How To Skip The Sleaze And Build A Real Professional Network” — Lifehacker Australia" data-secret="OVLwwcxA1T" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://www.lifehacker.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/30/18p693njjgcgkjpg.jpg?quality=751280720You’ve heard it before: “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” Of course it helps to know things, but it also helps to know people who can get you in the position to show off what you know. Those people are your professional network. Here’s the lowdown: a “professional network” is just code […]