At some point in most of our working and/or business lives, we have the joyless experience of attending a conference or other “networking” event.
Networking, done properly, need not be a dirty word. The problem begins when people start firing business cards at you at the beginning of conversations which inevitably lead nowhere. Here’s an idea for you, next time, wait until you ascertain whether or not it is likely that I will EVER need to speak to you in a working capacity before thrusting your card upon me.
I have got bags and briefcases which are busting at the seams with such cards. I’ve never needed one of these cards yet.
The primary offenders often wear lilac or pink shirts with an equally lilac tie - complete with a huge windsor knot. They have nondescript “business solutions” roles, and find it difficult to explain what it is they actually do.
If I want your card, I’ll ask for it.
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But if I didn’t have a business card, I would never remember my mobile phone number….
Having said that, I agree that the pinker the shirt,the more flashy the card, the sooner they are pressed into your hand by the damp, pinkish, moist, hand of the sales rep or other Important Bloke at the Network Do…
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Hey the pink tie and pink shirt made me fit in down in Londonshire for my final interview, it must have dazzled the panel - they passed me!
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