Job Search Tip of the Week #28 (2018)
Caressa Moy | July 9, 2018 | 9:00 am
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5 Steps to Conquer Any Networking Event
How to Impress While Networking [INFOGRAPHIC]
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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Job Search Tip of the Week #26 (2018)
Caressa Moy | June 25, 2018 | 9:00 am
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I don’t think it should be socially acceptable for people to say they are “bad with names.” No one is bad with names. That is not a real thing. Not knowing people’s names isn’t a neurological condition; it’s a choice. You choose not to make learning people’s names a priority. It’s like saying, “Hey, a disclaimer about me: I’m rude.”
– Mindy Kaling, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
