In-Person Networking
The Importance of Women’s Groups in Your Corporation
Recently, over on Womenetics, Julie Zimmer cataloged her own experience of starting women’s affinity group in her firm. Like many woman starting the process of a women’s group in an organization, Julie found there were unexpected obstacles she had to ... Read More »
The App You Need at Every Networking Event
You go to a networking event, and if you’re having a great night, you leave with a stack full of business cards. You have no clue if, in that stack, there might a potential employee, employer, friend, or even a ... Read More »
Why December is Your “Sweet Spot” for Networking
It’s officially December, and what’s occurring for many job seekers and those focused on networking is a total break in the work they’ve done up until this point in the year. The mentality, when Thanksgiving hits, is that everyone is ... Read More »
Conversation Starters That Really Work (And Don’t Make You Sound Like an Idiot)
Starting conversations with strangers is not easy….for anyone. No matter how outgoing you are, how big your personality, standing next to someone you don’t know and saying hello for the first time is intimidating and can make you feel like ... Read More »
Is Hugging Ever Okay in Business?
They’re three words that either make you feel totally at ease or scare the living hell out of you: “I’m a hugger.” Certainly, you’ve run into these people in your business life. They hug hello, hug goodbye, and just plain ... Read More »
Alumna or Alum-NO? How Involved Should You Be With Your Alma Mater?
Last weekend, I spent time with about 60 professional women while mentoring nearly 100 teen girls with Step Up Women’s Network. In one session, mentors opened up about their own college experiences and the advice they’d give to young ... Read More »
7 Reasons You Might Be Obnoxious and Inauthentic
The above photo was the look on my face and the face of the friend at a networking event recently when one or two attendees were being, for lack of a better word, obnoxious. I didn’t have to tell my ... Read More »
Make Your Office Memorable
When I worked in newsrooms, people often came in to take tours of the station: potential new employees, elementary school classes, local business groups. Of course, that didn’t mean our work stopped. We sometimes cleaned our desks in advance, but ... Read More »
6 Ways to Tell Someone is Slimy (If It’s Not Already Obvious)
We’d like to think it’s easy to spot someone who’s going to take advantage of us – someone who is “slimy.” We’d like to think they all look something like the guy above – bad hair, bad clothes, terrible breath. ... Read More »
Treat Everyone as an Expert. They Might Be.
Lou Adler’s LinkedIn blog recently talked about preventing hiring mistakes. He leads us through the reasons hiring managers often “count out” candidates. And this piece of advice stood out: Treat people you don’t like as consultants. Sometimes candidates are nervous, ... Read More »
