By Jennifer Seidman, Graduate Career Management Center Career Advisor We all have been invited to “Networking Events” and possibly attend them with dread, or even worse, do not go at all.  We think: I am not comfortable walking up to complete strangers, or I am not looking for a job right now, or the people there can’t help me, or I do not have the time.   Well, I am here to tell you that based on hundreds of interactions I’ve had with graduate students, carving out time in your busy schedule and overcoming your discomfort to attend these events is vital to your career! Building a network takes time and it doesn’t happen in one encounter.  For example, there is such a great opportunity for our students to prepare for the Fall recruiting season way before the Fall semester even happens.  In the next couple of months there are 20+ Zicklin Graduate Club Events, many of which will have employers in attendance.   Now maybe those employers are not hiring at this moment, and possibly