The thought of networking events makes me shudder. I picture rooms full of people with name tags and strained smiles clutching plastic cups of wine and repeating their “elevator pitches” over and over. That’s not really networking. That’s speed-dating. Networking is something you do with people you know and trust. You could, in theory, develop…
Category: Networking
Job Hunting for Dummies: Structure and Connection
When unemployed or freelancing (or some combination thereof), it’s pretty easy to sink into an anxious, disorganized funk. Throwing résumés into the void of the internet feels “productive” — except of course it isn’t. I’m always strangely satisfied when I actually receive a rejection form letter two weeks later, because that means there actually is…
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