There’s a couple of things about networking I want to say right off the bat: 1. Nobody likes networking. 2. It doesn’t accomplish what you think it does anyway. There are hundreds of articles written every year about how to make the most of those mix-and-mingle events. But none of the advice — Stand near the bar so you catch people when they’re feeling chatty! Write something funny on your name tag! Always be ready to give your elevator pitch! — is going to help you expand your network. Even the Harvard Business Review, which publishes many of those articles on networking, admitted that “
Forget Networking — Expand Your Network!
Forget Networking — Expand Your Network!
Forget Networking — Expand Your Network!
There’s a couple of things about networking I want to say right off the bat: 1. Nobody likes networking. 2. It doesn’t accomplish what you think it does anyway. There are hundreds of articles written every year about how to make the most of those mix-and-mingle events. But none of the advice — Stand near the bar so you catch people when they’re feeling chatty! Write something funny on your name tag! Always be ready to give your elevator pitch! — is going to help you expand your network. Even the Harvard Business Review, which publishes many of those articles on networking, admitted that “