What do you do when you and a hoard of other job seekers are all competing for the good jobs in your field? Do you steer clear of the competition, or do you embrace them? A recent article by Daniel Ransom, an avid cyclist and young professional (library science), Breaking Away: Networking like a Cyclist, […]
Now that we have got your attention: We teach a lot of students and young professionals the skills of networking and invariably this question comes up from one of the young women in the class, “It seems that when I act friendly to a man I meet at a networking event-and it may be nothing […]
We are losing the skills of social intelligence and the ability to communicate face-to-face. We talk in 24 character sound bites and would rather email someone than talk to them in person. Research says that we are becoming ‘socially inept.’ A headline in the Vancouver Sun read, “Plugged In but Socially Awkward.” A poll by […]
What are you going to do differently this year when it comes to networking (besides attending our January 24 Panel Event)? Check out networking experts from Work the Pond! and their 10 Top Things to Do When Networking in 2012. www.workthpond.com From the authors of Work the Pond! (Prentice Hall) Darcy Rezac, Judy Thomson and […]
