Chevening networking skills essay, give and sit back, the outcome will come

"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."

Having a strong Network is essential in Sudan

Having a strong Network is essential in Sudan. And that's because almost all professional and business interactions are completed and mediated through social and business networks, employers choose employees that they personally know and approve of, or if they were recommended by a trusted acquaintance. I think the best way to form a network of genuine people that will last long is by being genuinely there for others, showing real interest in their work and offering help when needed.

Currently, I work as a part-timer in the University of Khartoum; I teach practical courses in the department of zoology. Being a part-timer, I usually have more time at hand than full-timers, I often help with teaching materials and covering in teaching lab sessions for colleagues when they need it. My university network has helped me a lot by providing me with info about job openings (almost all the courses I taught there were provided by my network), workshops available (For example, getting a spot in the Introduction to bioinformatics, and R statistics workshops in two different universities with a generous discount), conferences (Graduate studies conference in 2011), and other activities that I can participate in and benefit of.

A short time ago after I finished my M.Sc. course I was interested in doing research in a psychology-related topic. I was actively participating in events like "let's talk Sudan" initiative in the world health day, that was about depression and how to reduce stigma, as well as other psychology-related events such as Psychometric measurements workshop, Cognitive behavioral therapy workshop, mental health and depression forum, and online courses in related subjects. I actively participated in these events to meet with professionals in that field and engage in discussions about current hot topics, and then talk about my activities in other communities that are interested in the field like mental health association. Now, and thanks to my network I was offered an opportunity to work on a research project on the genetics of depression in national university research center, as well as helping me with designing and sharing my pre-research survey, which had more than 1 thousand participants and still counting.

Being good at English and Arabic, I help my colleagues and acquaintances in translating reports and other formal documents. Knowing my translating abilities and my love for art, an acquaintance who works as a professional translator in Geal Gaded magazine offered me to be responsible for the translation of the articles in modern art section in the magazine.

Finally, I'll be more than happy to offer my personal services with the help of my network to the upcoming Chevening scholars.

I really appreciate ur help!

hi there..essay seems a bit choppy and there is no flow. Slight grammatical errors such as help vs helped in paragraph 4 and overuse of the work genuine in paragraph 1, synonyms are helpful if you find yourself repeating the same words. in paragraph 3 the opening sentence is way too long and honestly makes no sense although the end of the paragraph is essential to the essay to show how you are utilizing your network

Selma, you don't really show how you develop networks outside of the university and how these helped you to advance your career. Neither do you qualify the reasons why Chevening should believe that this sort of network is one that can be of importance to the organization and your mentoring career should you become a scholar. We need to read solid evidence of how you built a network, used the network for work (not personal) objectives, and how the network has grown from the first time you used it. Did using one network lead to the creation of a new network based on a common connection? Perhaps there was some way that, as you said, the professional and business interactions you participated in led to the opening of other opportunities for yourself or your work? The main problem with your essay is that you indicate part - time employment. That does not really indicate the need for you to develop a usable professional network because you do not have any command responsibilities that require you to make networking decisions nor require you to actually network for your job improvement. So you should first, fix the presentation of your job to reflect a full time position, then figure out how you can present a usable network based on whatever semblance of networking you currently have.