JOSHUA TROLINGER
ASPHALT ANSWERS
The Power of Networking :
Building Connections for Career and Personal Growth
JOSHUA TROLINGER
T here are eight billion people that inhabit the spinning orb we call Earth . Every day we pass by hundreds to thousands of those people in our daily life , whether in a car commuting to work , directing traffic through a work-zone , passing shoulders in the grocery store or in today ’ s space across our social media platforms . What we don ’ t see on the surface is how we are connected to each one of those people in some capacity — who they may know , how they know them and how we all fit into this network together . It ’ s become the norm to “ connect ,” sometimes not knowing how impactful those relationships could be to our future . I started my career in this industry in 2007 with one of the largest names in the business , COLAS . It was nothing more than an opportunity for a fresh college
graduate to start their career . It would later progress into professional development , excelling quickly into management positions , transfers to new states through opportunities and even changing from one industry to another . All of which only happened from my college professors ’ network of colleagues in the industry . I learned at once the power of networking . In 2012 , I exited the construction indus-
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