Jasons Blog

The definition of networking is to make use of professional contacts. The essential point of making these contacts is to share information to further ones self or in business to benefit the company in question. The main difference between modern day networking and networking in the past is that technology is more frequently used. Networking with technology includes email and faxing where business men wont require to meet. This itself is a disadvantage over meeting in person and talking because person ability factor that all humans have is lost and then it isnt quite the same. Successful business men today still travel great distances just to meet face to face with clients and contacts to seal a deal involving money for example.
Networking can be beneficial in the sense of meeting people as business contacts, it cannot be relied upon to do business entirely.
Business in a way has killed networking by making it something for people who are focusing on their career and meeting people to further themselves in their own careers and not necessarily the company they are working for.