Chevening Essay: Networking Skill for an Introvert Person

hi, i need help for my networrking essay for applying chevening scholarship :) thank you

NETWORKING QUESTION

Chevening is looking for individuals with strong networking skills, who will engage with the Chevening community and influence and lead others in their chosen profession. Explain how you meet this requirement, using clear examples of your networking skills, and outline how you hope to use these skills in the future.

(minimum word count: 100 words, maximum word count: 500 words)

I am aware of my strengths and weaknesses for networking, one of them being an introvert. However, I would not let that be my weakness but to make the utmost benefit from the challenge given. My father is a politician and he always stressed out the importance of networking and I have followed his advice ever since. I dragged myself into joining various communities and activities rather than just laying around in my comfort zone. During college, I made myself to join various event committees with a wide range of field, from academic, research, education, social, arts and culture to a political one. I joined a religious student body, I practiced as a Color Guard in the University's Marching Band, became a Volunteer Teacher in my faculty's organization to teach homeless children in Depok for preparing university exam entrance, I constantly engage myself in Marketing Plan where I took the chance to work together with student from different faculty), and more. It was exhausting, but I knew that I tend to appear awkward and shy in front of new people so I understood that I should give extra efforts to know more people.

I know that practice makes perfect and that the easiest way to really engage with people is to work together with them, both professionally and voluntarily. I had made myself to go during a one-year exchange student period to Seoul, South Korea, where I was given the opportunity to broaden my network into a global one. Meeting various international students from many countries helped me to realize that any different human might not be that different at all. Back then I expected to see some major differences, because of the culture and lifestyle and all, but basically any human being has similar way to think and to feel. The difference lies in the contents within our mind and heart, but the way human think turned out to be not much different. I also volunteered in some Korean cultural events as international volunteer and indulge myself in their culture for better understanding.

Before I went to Korea, I made a promise to myself that I will share my stories to motivate more people who thought that going abroad is merely a dream. Therefore, I was so excited when I saw the opportunity to publish my story in an anthology book called "Abroad You(th)" which is indie-published, consisting of 25 different stories and different countries of Indonesian students going abroad whether by full-time study, exchange student, conference and competition. We were gathered by the initiator and it helped me a lot to know various youth forums for students who aim to reach their dream goals. When I came back to Indonesia, I also had the chance to join on several start-up forums with millennials aiming to build their own start-ups for solving real problems in the country. I was truly amazed with many communities there and I plan to keep broadening the network in my chosen preferred fields.

Hai @rumihumaira

I've read ur essay,,and when I was reading the first paragrahph, I felt that you are not 100% enjoy ur activities, u joined this under pressure,,maybe it just because of your words..

Why you don't try to tell people like.."I'm an intovert person who is interested with networking...even tough it's very challenging in first time I join blablabla, it wasn't make me stop..my father taught me to be a social person..he also taught me to (.......).

hopefully it would be helpfull :)

Fatiya, this essay will immediately render an end to your application. It is not applicable to the networking essay requirements in any manner. Since Chevening is very strict about the information presented in the essays, they actually cancel the application of any applicant whose essay does not follow the prompt requirements. Regardless of whether or not you have written other essay or have early admission to a university. They will not sponsor you when it is obvious that you cannot follow simple English instructions.

Write a new essay that focuses on your professional networking skills. Everything I read here are either academic, personal analysis, or cultural interactions. None of which relate to your profession. None of which indicate a professional network. This essay is dead. It is not usable. Read the other sample essays here so that you will know how to approach the prompt in the proper manner. Learn from their mistakes and apply the corrections to your essay so that you can have a better version of your draft.