Aleutian Atlas

3 Skills & Professional Networking through Volunteer Work

How To Intentionally Identify Opportunities for Specific Skills and Relationship BuildingWhen most people set out to build a professional network, they imagine awkward mixers, stiff small talk, and collecting LinkedIn contacts that end up forgotten by the time a month passes. But here’s the truth: some of the best connections you’ll ever make don’t come from formal events—they come from rolling up your sleeves and doing meaningful work. Volunteering is one of the most underrated ways to grow your professional network while actually doing something that matters.ResourcesAleutian Atlas Insights: How Volunteer Work Can Supercharge Your NetworkMultiple Locations - Habitat for Humanity Young ProfessionalsMultiple Locations - DECAMultiple Locations - National Urban League Young Professionals (NULYP)Multiple Locations - Red Cross Young Professionals CouncilMultiple Locations - Junior AchievementChicago - Female StrongLos Angeles - Empower Institute

2 Remote Work

Annie, Elise and Michelle discuss both leading and participating professionally on a remote team. The ability to lead a team into a sense of unification and shared goals might seem elusive, or appear to be a set of personality traits someone is innately born with. But that type of leadership is skill based and can be learned. Even if you aren’t a formal leader, developing these leadership skills will help you perform at a higher level and grow your career in a production role within a company. You’ve interacted with groups – even if you don’t have a lot of work experience yet. You might have been on a dance or sports team, student council, or been part of a student-lead group in college. Even a high school class or family relationship usually has a leader that drives the energy of the group and can – sometimes with what looks like little effort to an outsider – shift the direction of an activity or inspire others in the group to give more. This type of leadership is professionally valuable to traditional face-to-face teams, and it is even more crucial to remote teams. In this episode, we discuss skills that create successful remote leaders:Skills - Caring, Organization, Communication, Creating Professional Team Rituals, Building Intentional Group and Private Communication Channels, Delivering Highest Quality Work

1 This is Us

Introduction to Aleutian Atlas's podcasters - Annie, Elise and Michelle as well as the mission of Aleutian Atlas.