Megan Jackson writes: “When I started my first full-time youth services position back in the beginning of 2019, a word came up in those first conversations with my new coworkers that completely terrified me: networking. I wasn’t even quite sure how the process worked. My mind could only conjure up images of a fancy cocktail party where everyone tried to get the ear of the ‘big guy’ (whoever that was). But today I think of networking as a way to generate resources for myself—and it is much easier than I previously thought.