Mar 29, 2021
About Mark Herschberg
Mark is the author of The Career
Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You.
Educated at MIT, Mark has spent his career launching and fixing new
ventures at startups, Fortune 500s, and academia. He’s developed
new software languages, online marketplaces, new authentication
systems, and tracked criminals and terrorists on the dark web. Mark
helped create the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program,
MIT’s “Career Success Accelerator”, where he’s taught for twenty
years. Mark also serves on the boards of non-profits Techie Youth
and Plant a Million Corals.
In this episode Virginia and Mark discuss:
- Network Diversity
- How to Build Trust in Your Network
- How to Stay in Touch with Your Connections
- Mark’s Really Cool New Book
- Wall Clock Time vs. Calendar Time
- Harvey MacKay
- Power of Proactivity
- And more!
Key Takeaways:
- Networking “Love” Takes Time
- Technology is For You
- Remember Their Birthday
- Never Keep Score in Networking; Instead, Manage Expectations.
- Throw a Party!
- Once You Change Your Mindset, Networking Becomes More Powerful.
How to reach Mark:
https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com
https://www.facebook.com/TheCareerToolkitBook
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hershey/
https://twitter.com/CareerToolkitBk. and https://www.instagram.com/thecareertoolkit/
Connection Challenge! Let’s connect Mark!
Mark would like to
meet… Oprah Winfrey… or Stephen
Colbert.