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people, especially those new to there is probably alcohol. As I never know when that will come
CAREER CORNER
the professional working world. have discovered during previous in handy.
Being nervous is networking events, most people If the people you talk to hear
understandable, the people you expect you to drink because they about another job that comes
will be talking to have had more feel uncomfortable if you aren’t. open or a project that needs a
experience in their respective However, that doesn’t mean you new team member? If you made
fi elds and they are normally have to drink and if you do drink a good impression, you might be
much older than you are. But, you shouldn’t drink a lot. Even the person they suggest.
those same factors are also to just holding a drink will make
your benefi t. That means they the people you are talking to
also know more about the fi eld more comfortable and if you
you are now starting to work in do drink, go easy. You want
Tracie Ortman and they know a lot of people all to sound like the intelligent
Alpha Gamma Delta over the place. individual that you are.
The thing to remember is Remember, just like when
that these professionals are you are at an interview, don’t
It’s that one little word excited about talking to you. lie. You will get caught and it
that sends chills down They want to hear your ideas. makes you look unreliable.
young professionals’ spines… You have something that these However, stay active in the
networking. Why individuals individuals need. A new and conversation and be confi dent
hate this word so much, I fresh prospective. You have the with your answers. Also, have
don’t know. It must be because class experience that they no business cards at the ready. It is
they don’t know where a little longer have. They may have 20 the medium of the networking
networking can get them. years of practice in the fi eld, but world. Give whomever you are
Networking is not as bad you know anything new that talking to your business card
as it seems, actually its one of could possibly change the future and make sure you get one of
the best tools at your disposal. of that fi eld. theirs. Then, after the event,
However, it makes most people So, what should you send an e-mail or make a call
nervous because, gasp, it remember when trying to telling them how much you
requires you to talk to people network? Well, normally your enjoyed talking to them at the
Tracie ortman is a senior studying
you don’t know in a professional networking opportunities are event. It will keep you in the
journalism and history. You may
setting. Which concerns most during social events. Meaning front of their minds and you
reach her at: tortman@indiana.edu.
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