Navigate a successful career search using your connections

FFA Forever Blue Network serves the modern job seeker with a personalized experience.

• Nicole Ward Beckley
• May 16, 2023
• Newsletter Article

Navigating a job search can be daunting, especially with the breadth of online resources available. But, for those looking for an online resource to prepare yourself and re-connect with or expand your professional network, you need to look no further than FFA Forever Blue Network.

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A December 2022 Forbes.com article examined "Four Things You Can Do Now To Prepare For A Job Search in 2023." Among those items is "Reconnect with old friends and make new ones." It is sound advice since connections can often lead to opportunities.

 

However, when you are searching online to find work, seek internships, explore a new career, or look for prospects, it can be overwhelming and difficult to establish a truly relevant and useful professional network.

 

In agriculture, there are trusted sites to find employment listings, such as AgCareers.com. There are also places dedicated to making significant connections within the sector.

 

The FFA Forever Blue Network is one such platform. At ForeverBlueNetwork.org, you can post to the news feed, interact with others, access job postings, search businesses, learn about networking events, and seek out or volunteer as a mentor. Although ForeverBlueNetwork.org is managed by the National FFA Organization, FFA membership is not a requirement to use and reap benefits from the Forever Blue Network.

 

According to Allie Ellis, associate director of the National FFA Alumni and Supporters, "Users can find or list opportunities on the job and internship board, and additional opportunities are also supplied by a feed from AgCareers.com."

 

Reconnecting with old friends and making new ones is something that Forever Blue Networks specializes in for its users.

 

• Perhaps you were an FFA member in middle or high school. You can look up your friends, advisors and others you may have lost touch with over the years.
• Maybe you are considering a new career path in agriculture and need to make some inroads.
• Whether FFA is part of your history or not, the network is used by many of the industry's top companies to pursue potential employees.

 

The search goes even deeper: You can see which members of the Forever Blue Network work at those companies and message them directly. If you want to schedule a virtual video chat, mentoring session or meet up for coffee with one of those contacts, you can do that with Forever Blue Network too.

 

The listings are catered to the modern job seeker, filtering results by company, title, job function, career pathway and location. The robust choice of personalized features also offers the ability to join forces with like-minded users, including state-specific groups, corporate FFA Alumni chapter groups and affinity groups.

 

Navigating a job search can be daunting, especially with the breadth of online resources available. But, for those looking for an online resource to prepare yourself and re-connect with or expand your professional network, you need to look no further than FFA Forever Blue Network.

 

To launch your job hunting and networking on the Forever Blue Network, you can visit ForeverBlueNetwork.org to set up an account. Any FFA Alumni and Supporter member can readily use the network; anyone without an FFA ID will go through a brief screening to gain access (for the safety of all users).

 

Browse for more helpful information and apply for jobs today on AgCareers.com!