Building High-Quality Networks in South Korea.

Building high quality networks is a necessity to succeed and prosper in any country. If you aim to find a job, start a business or just do something meaningful to live a quality life in South Korea, your knowledge, degree and capabilities are, unfortunately, not enough. Network, which is people you are connected with, relationships you have built, is one more tool that will move you to better places in life. However, you should make sure your network is of a high quality.

This article is going to discuss how to build networks in South Korea, which will help you a lot in your professional life.

 

1. University events.

If you are a student in Korea, the easiest way for you to start expanding your network is attending events held at your university. These events can be different starting from special lectures and seminars up to parties and competitions. The information about such upcoming events is usually sent to all students by university emails and shared on Instagram accounts belonging to universities. Building network with university students is useful because having connection with diverse people and backgrounds can open up new opportunities for you. Furthermore, learning from different people is a valuable investment into your personality and knowledge.

 

2. Attend business seminars and conferences.

Business seminars and conferences are the perfect place to meet a plethora of business people. If you manage to build good relationships with business people, it means you managed building a quality network. Those who are currently doing a business in Korea could teach you some valuable lessons, give worthy advice and even offer you good opportunities for your professional life. To find about business seminars and conferences, you can search accounts on Instagram, use hashtags, search on Naver and etc.

 

3. Events in Seoul.

Seoul city is quite active in holding different interesting events. It is highly recommended to follow all Seoul city related accounts on Instagram (such as @seoul.southkorea) in order to constantly be aware of all events taking place in Seoul. Attend these events time by time to make new acquaintances with interesting people. Remember that it is important to expand your social network by communicating with both Korean people and foreigners. As someone who lives in Korea, you better make Korean friends, and as a foreigner in Korea, you better get to know other foreigners in Korea.

 

4. Interest clubs.

South Korea is popular for 동아리 (dongari) activities which is interest clubs. Becoming a member of such clubs is beneficial since you can make connections with people who share same skills or interests with you. If you study in a Korean university, you can apply for interest clubs in the campus. If you would like to find a plethora of opportunities for interest clubs outside universities, we suggest the app called 소모임 which you can download on your phone, search for many options and choose the clubs that match your skills and interests.

 

5. Make appointments with interesting people.

This is an essential moment. To make new acquaintances in Korea is relatively easy. By following the pieces of advice mentioned in previous paragraphs, you can enlarge the number of people you know in Korea. However, it is not enough. Our purpose is not having many acquaintances, but having connections and relationships with quality people. After you get to know new people, you will understand who attracts you as a person, whose mindset is of a high quality and matches yours. Start meeting them individually. You can invite them for a coffee or dinner couple of times and have an interesting and valuable conversations. Remember that you aim to build a quality network, thus, you have to meet OQP – only quality people.

 

6. Find events related to your interest.

People are mostly attracted to each other by their shared interests and hobbies. It is a lot easier to make friends with people with whom you have mutual understanding of each other due to common characteristics. Therefore, it is highly recommended to attend events related to your interest. For instance, if you like making Tik Tok videos in Korea, sign up for Tik Tokers’ community in Korea and attend events and parties held for them. You will meet many other Tik Tok creators there and make connections with them. Not only you will make new good relationships, but also you will have opportunities for a plenty of potential collaborations.

Tik Tok is just an example; South Korea is large enough to have communities for multiple different hobbies and interests, and undoubtedly, you can find a community for your personal interests.

 

There are many ways of building network in South Korea with some of them mentioned in the article. Perhaps not all methods will be appropriate for you, however, I believe at least a couple of ways will help you start or continue building your network. Although it can be hard for an introverted person do implement these steps and build network in Korea, everyone should understand the importance of high-quality connections and make attempts to make them.

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