NETWORKING - AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO DEVELOP ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS USED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

Developing entrepreneurial skills is a strategic objective that is found in all the national and European policies on education, training and labor market. The use the virtual environment in training, development and promotion of entrepreneurial culture becomes extremely important. Networking is a key activity for development the entrepreneurial culture and esprit, ensuring by its specific the access to the business opportunities and new areas of employment in the labor market. That is why the establishment a professional's network in the entrepreneurship field is the starting point in getting access to high-quality business approaches and perspectives. On the other hand, social networks may play an important role, representing a valid and increasingly used tool to complement other ways of social interaction. In this context, the paper describes the specific of networking activity worked out through the project "Development of entrepreneurial skills - an effective alternative to adapt to labor market information society "POSDRU/92/3.1/S/62353, underlying the impact of informatics tools in developing social networks between different institutions / organizations, representative for entrepreneurship area. This process requires the use of complex media and virtual instruments from electronic platforms, specialized websites and social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn). In this paper, we intend to present the relevant results of two instruments (questionnaire and focus group) administrated to a target group, including employees, employers and students, as persons willing to start a business. This impact's analysis was focused on identifying the motivation in participating in different types of events, the degree of participants' interest in terms of belonging to a network of people with interests in entrepreneurship. The key question we tried to answer was how the participants valued the interaction with others and the importance of using social media channels in order to create a database to promote culture and entrepreneurial opportunities.