Job Search Tip of the Week #28 (2018)

5 Steps to Conquer Any Networking Event

At a networking event, have you ever:

• Felt intimidated or uncomfortable in a room full of strangers?
• Been so nervous you made some awkward moves going for the handshake?
• Worried about saying or doing the wrong thing?
• Questioned whether you reacted appropriately to something someone said or did?
• Struggled to remember names? What was said just moments before? Conversations you had with someone you’d met previously?
• Stuck someone’s business card in your pocket and lost it seconds later? (There’s an app for that!)
• Gotten nervous when asked to talk about yourself?
• Avoided situations where you could become the center of (someone’s) attention, aka “wallflowered it?”

…and then second-guessed yourself after it was all over?

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