At least once a week, when I emphasize the importance of networking to career transition, a solo business client elicits anything from a barely perceptible wince to an outright scoff. I usually share my antipathy for the word, “networking,” and help them think of it as a way to expand their circle with people they would like to spend more time. Honestly, I am not sure if my disaffection for the word has more to do with the fact that it can seem nakedly self-serving to outwa