Vocations · Career Resources

You met them once.
Stay someone they remember.

A network is mostly people you met once and meant to follow up with. Record each contact with what you talked about, when you were last in touch and how often to stay in touch. The organizer shows who is due first and flags the missing thank-you, the ask with nothing given back and the loop never closed.

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Included with the Caveat Academy pass and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Job search kit, $29 for 34 items.

Your contacts

The worked example is made up: an engineer met at a career fair, a former supervisor who wrote a reference and a professor last written to in March. Saved on this device only.

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What you get

Vocations · Career Resources$5

What you finish with
A record per contact: name, role and organization, how and where you met, last contact, how often to be in touch, how warm, next step and five habits. Works out days since the last contact and until the next is due, lists who is due first and flags overdue follow-ups, a missing thank-you, asks with no give and contacts with no next step.
Who it is for
High school and college students building a first network, job seekers, career changers and early-career professionals.
Format
Browser organizer with a saved record per contact. Prints one contact, every contact in a table or a blank sheet; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
$5 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with the Caveat Academy pass and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Job search kit ($29) and the Vocations Suite pass ($99), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Career Resources space in Caveat Vocations.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Add each person the day you meet them, with what you talked about.
  2. Set how often to stay in touch.
  3. Write one small next step.
  4. Work down the side panel, overdue first.
  5. After any help, close the loop.

Add a contact

Six habits

A relationship, kept warm1MeetNote what you talked about,that day2ThankWithin a day or two, namingsomething specific3GiveAn article, a congratulations,an introduction4AskOne specific, small requestwhen you need it5Close the loopTell them how it turned out6RepeatOn a rhythm that fits howclose you areA relationship, kept warm1MeetNote what you talked about, that day2ThankWithin a day or two, naming somethingspecific3GiveAn article, a congratulations, anintroduction4AskOne specific, small request when youneed it5Close the loopTell them how it turned out6RepeatOn a rhythm that fits how close you are
Closing the loop is the step most people skip, and the one contacts remember.

How often

There is no rule, only fit: a new contact you hope to work with, about monthly at first; a former supervisor or professor, a few times a year; a light acquaintance, once or twice a year with something genuinely useful.

Privacy

Keep only what the person shared with you in a professional setting. Names stay in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat or anyone else. Export a copy if you change devices.

Sources

  1. National Association of Colleges and Employers. Career readiness competencies, professionalism and communication (naceweb.org).
  2. CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor. Networking (careeronestop.org).
  3. Granovetter, M. S. (1973). The strength of weak ties. American Journal of Sociology, 78(6), 1360 to 1380.
  4. Rajkumar, K., et al. (2022). A causal test of the strength of weak ties. Science, 377(6612), 1304 to 1310.

The worked examples are made up; any resemblance to real people is accidental. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.