Good Relationship Will Connect With People Who Are Going Where You Are Going - Networking Chevening

Hello Everyone, this is my Chevening Essay for Relationship-building and shared learning. I really need more input and suggestions. Appreciate for your help. Thank you.

Relationship-building and shared learning

Chevening is looking for individuals with strong professional relationship-building skills, who will engage with the Chevening community and influence and lead others in their chosen profession. Please explain how you build and maintain relationships in a professional capacity, using clear examples of how you currently do this, and outline how you hope to use these skills in the future.

I believe good relationship will connect with people who are going where you are going. My earlier understanding of networking was my first carrier as Management Trainee in National Company. This program designed for 1 year to prepare future leader of corporate. During one year training, I got a lot of experiences, working with many divisions when On the Job Training (OJT) in one of company's branches and involved in daily operational, finished project assignment and presented all activities in front of management at the end of the program. During the program, I learned whole package of how to running operational activities in corporate, conducive place to build connection in workplace.

Currently, I am work in company still under construction phase . As new established company, one of my main tasks are set up worked flow , designed business process, created Standard Operational Procedure (SOP) and Working Instruction (WI) in my department also designed financial reporting format. Mostly I used my previous professional network to get more information how develop new system, the way to deal with third party. Also from my previous colleagues, I got contact link to the government for fulfill legal permit and extended license. I remember when I went to the Ministry of Investment office for register "Master List" (one of investment facility from Indonesia Government to obtaining exemptions from Import Duty, Value Added Tax and Income Taxes on Imported Goods) project for my company, my connection from previous workmate help me opened access to person in charge directly. As result, I have direct connected to person who is handling of "Master List", guide me how to process in system then I got the "Master List" fast and smoothly. I do not need to pay an independent agent for intermediary or wasting my time in my own trial for entry in the system, my job become effective, and to be sure comply with government policy.

Other moment in my previous workplace, I ever elected to be Indonesia delegation in Global Enterprise Resource Planning (GERP) training held by Group Global in Seoul, South Korea. Joining in international event was great moment, I was able to connect and engage with participant from other countries. In breakthrough season, we make small discussion, each member should share unique activities or ongoing project that have impact into corporate as well. I share how I struggle to visit customer in remote area and how implement delivery system to many islands, it's great forum and moment to do best practice when we were back in the organization.

I strongly believe that through these experiences will give me a chance to explore my ability to support Chevening goals and objectives, as a huge alumni I able to explore more communication with different character of people and different background. I do believe I can contribute in volunteering events like becoming partner in transformational leader for future collaboration with local University that was done and be regular event by Chevening Alumni Association Indonesia (CAAI) programs.

Nowhere in these work experiences did you explain how you home and continue to cultivate these contacts. your response sounds more like an expanded job description from your resume. These do not gqualify as networking references. Frankly, I do not see how these experiences can help,a Chevening past, present or future scholar. There are no continuing work references to justify that qualification. As a part of a job application packet, this essay works. Axa Chevening networking essay, it fails to deliver. consider updating the data with consistent networking development references. Highlight why these contacts will be important to chevening and how you plan to share it. Remove the work resume perceptiofrom the content. That will disqualify you.