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That\u2019s because despite LinkedIn being full of jobs to apply to, Beri admits the secret to success is still very much who you know.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cWho you know, how you get to know them and building your network will pay off over time,\u201d the Gen X founder and CEO exclusively told Fortune<\/em>. \u201cSometimes those jobs you want, they\u2019re never published.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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When asked for his No. 1 tip on breaking into the tech industry\u2014as someone who went from working on the IT help desk at 16 in Toronto with zero contacts to running a Silicon Valley tech company and brushing shoulders with Microsoft\u2019s ex-chairman John W. Thompson\u2014he didn\u2019t hesitate: \u201cJust constant networking.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s not enough to just pop along to a networking event once a quarter. Beri said Gen Z workers who aren\u2019t tied down with a marriage or kids should be doing it two to three times a week if they want to get ahead.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt could just be as simple as going to a local event where someone\u2019s speaking; it could be going to a university event where a person from a company is speaking,\u201d Beri added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Essentially, it doesn\u2019t have to be an awkward speed networking type event. Anything from a conference in your preferred field to coffee with a connection counts.\u00a0 \u201cThose are the types of things that I would look for, and if you\u2019re a new grad, there\u2019s a lot of local clubs and other things you can go to,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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As millions of Gen Z struggle with unemployment, CEO shares his networking rule: Never eat alone<\/h2>\n

For Gen Z job seekers, adding networking events to their already long list of things to do to get a job is probably not the answer they want to hear.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They\u2019re already drowning in AI-screened applications and ghosted interviews. And that\u2019s not to mention the endless new hoops that recruiters are making them jump through to prove they\u2019re the perfect match, from coffee cup tests to unpaid 90-minute exams.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Then there\u2019s the sheer amount of young people they\u2019re competing with. About a fifth of Gen Zers worldwide are classified as \u201cNEETs\u201d and are currently locked out of the job market. Last year in the U.K. alone, more than 1.2 million applications were submitted for fewer than 17,000 graduate roles. One graduate with a maths degree says he spent more than a year applying to over 1,000 roles in the U.K. without landing a single offer.<\/p>\n

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But as AI leaves employers spammed with hundreds of near-identical applications for a single role, standing out as a name to a face can only be a good thing.<\/p>\n

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And Beri\u2019s networking advice doesn\u2019t even require carving out any more time in the calendar. His philosophy is that you already need to eat\u2014so, he\u2019s suggesting you stop doing it alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re going for lunch or dinner, don\u2019t eat alone\u2014go to an event,\u201d he said, while adding that the mantra comes from the book Never Eat Alone<\/em>, by Keith Ferrazzi.<\/p>\n

As well as nabbing some free canap\u00e9s to eat that night, you may make a connection who will change the course of your life or invest in your future business idea.<\/p>\n

Before he founded Netskope, Beri says he was regularly invited to investor and VC events. He later leaned on those new connections when he became a founder. \u201cI got to know them, I got to understand their circles, and I started putting my tentacles in,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd that paid off when I was building my company and raising capital, and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Just six years after launching in 2012, Netskope hit unicorn status. It went public on the Nasdaq last year; over 30% of its clients are now Fortune 100 companies; and today it operates in over 220 countries with more than 3,000 employees. \u201cFind forums to go to. Network,\u201d Beri stressed.<\/p>\n

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