Here is a link to BMA Milwaukee, the group the hosted the event. They often have upcoming events for college students. Maybe I will see you at some in the future because I definitely want to try again.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Networking Events
I recently went to a networking event that was advertised throughout the college and I have fairly mixed reviews. The night was focusing on first job phobias and the speaker said a few things that I wasn't sure were entirely true which was then confirmed by some of the worried professionals who advised against the speaker's advice. On top of all of that, I don't feel like I really had the chance to network that much and only remember names of professionals from writing them down and am certain they do not remember mine. Maybe it was just because it was my first networking event, or maybe I just don't understand what happens at them, but I still have first job phobias as well as no more contacts to add to my list. How do we network as college students?
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I have been to a few networking events (in fact, I am attending one tonight) through the college and also various jobs. In my opinion it is always awkward and hard to network as college students because the professionals you try to network with do not really take you seriously. We also don't have business cards usually to pass out, so how are they supposed to remember us? It's also hard at large events specifically for networking to stand out because so much is going on and there are so many people. Networking is valuable, but I still haven't mastered it and no one in the college seems to have the answers or good advice.
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