Comments on yes and yes: How To Hustle Like A Gangsta' - Networking with Su...

extremely helpful! i was just trying to promote my...

2010-05-07T17:27:03.362-05:00

extremely helpful! i was just trying to promote my blog yesterday by making a page on facebook and made the "hire me" mistake. i'm going to try the 'connect' option and see how that goes. thanks!

Hey hustlers! Alexandra Franzen here (author of t...

2010-05-07T11:41:23.247-05:00

Hey hustlers!

Alexandra Franzen here (author of this guest-post on networking). Just wanted to say THANKS for all the positivity!

I'll share more articles on schmoozing, self-promotion and successful job-hunting (with a splash of sequins) over on my blog: www.unicornsforsocialism.com

Oh, and sneak over on MONDAY, MAY 10 for my "Spruce Up Yo' Resume Scholarship Contest!" Ya gotta be in it to win it. ;)

This post was fantastic! As a college student, I ...

2010-05-07T09:18:47.986-05:00

This post was fantastic!

As a college student, I am just beginning to dip my toes into the pool of networking, so articles like these are extremely helpful.

Plus, she likes unicorns?? A girl after my own heart.

I'm pumped for Part II.

This post is really helpful and interesting.. netw...

2010-05-06T22:00:26.531-05:00

This post is really helpful and interesting.. networking can seem tricky at times.. Can't wait for part 2

This post totally inspired me. So often I feel lik...

2010-05-06T18:29:54.242-05:00

This post totally inspired me. So often I feel like I have to be good at everything. So not true! Can't wait for part II.

Great tips! You are right, networking is all abou...

2010-05-06T16:49:12.813-05:00

Great tips! You are right, networking is all about taking chances and thinking outside of the box. I have my current job because I was THE ONLY ONE to raise my hand at a work fair conference and offer to do the mock interview in front of hundreds of audience members. Think fast, be a risk taker and be sincere. Business cards work, although at this time I never had any, so instead my "potential employer" asked handed me a pen and paper and asked me to write out everything about myself. SO I DID. I was hired a few weeks later. Sometimes I wonder if I would be that brave NOW. I HOPE SO!

I don't think Heather's advice about the b...

2010-05-06T16:05:19.103-05:00

I don't think Heather's advice about the business cards is stupid. It's so simple that most people forget about it.

My advice: always be thinking about how you can he...

2010-05-06T14:41:46.620-05:00

My advice: always be thinking about how you can help the person with whom you are networking. This makes it more fun and more likely that they will help you out in return.

I think that being great at networking has everyth...

2010-05-06T13:05:07.898-05:00

I think that being great at networking has everything to do with following your passion.

Before, I wouldn't have been caught dead even doing something simple like handing you my business card after we've MET.

But now that I live and work my passion (dance and teaching dance), I walk up to complete strangers if I feel compelled, and I have no fear.

It's an amazing change, and I love that I am impressing myself. HA! :)

Awesome advice!

2010-05-06T11:34:31.626-05:00

Awesome advice!

2010-05-06T10:34:18.539-05:00

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Thank you for your thoughtful and useful insight! ...

2010-05-06T10:33:53.568-05:00

Thank you for your thoughtful and useful insight! I love "consorting" and plan to use it.

This is WONDERFUL! I am going to choose the word &...

2010-05-06T09:45:27.668-05:00

This is WONDERFUL! I am going to choose the word "mingling."

I am really impressed with everything you've said, can't wait to see tomorrow.

This post is AWESOME! And so useful! I really just...

2010-05-06T09:42:32.093-05:00

This post is AWESOME! And so useful! I really just suck at networking, but I am forcing myself through the fire: its a necessary part of being an adult and if you want to live a gypsy life you have to be effortless and kickass. Thanks for the reminder! Love your blog, by the way :)

Great, useful advice! I enjoyed reading that and I...

2010-05-06T09:17:57.242-05:00

Great, useful advice! I enjoyed reading that and I can't wait for part 2!

Great take on the dreaded "business-n" w...

2010-05-06T09:17:53.799-05:00

Great take on the dreaded "business-n" word. Networking is always held up as this holy grail, yet it's so difficult for many people. Good tips on how to make this more doable for the rest of us!! Thanks Sarah and Alex!!

Very interesting! Her life sounds fabulous! :)

2010-05-06T08:34:36.574-05:00

Very interesting! Her life sounds fabulous! :)

This is a great post!! Can't wait for part 2. ...

2010-05-06T07:43:09.204-05:00

This is a great post!! Can't wait for part 2. This is going to sound really stupid, but always make sure you have business cards/contact info on you. Nothing like making a great pitch and then digging around awkwardly in purse or saying uhh no I don't have one. Can I write my number on your hand?<--doesn't go over well ;)

I think one thing I learned from working at UN hea...

2010-05-06T07:24:33.068-05:00

I think one thing I learned from working at UN headquarters is that when you deal with people who are your senior and have much superior knowledge than you in a field, you need to interact with them as an equal in terms of INTELLIGENCE (i.e. recognize that you have something to contribute, that your analysis can offer a new point of view) while remaining humble to the fact that their KNOWLEDGE and EXPERIENCE is greater than yours. This way they will respect you as a (younger, less experienced and specialized) equal, and you will be able to learn so much more from them. Be confident and dare to open up and put yourself out there a little (if you have a well founded, diverging opinion on article 432 b subsection 5-13, say so!). People will notice and like you more for it (Really, this comes down to being geniune, as mentioned in the article).

Also, don't worry so much about what you don't know. A 60 year old partner at a law firm who's worked with commercial finance for 35 years doesn't expect you to have the same knowledge base as him - you are being "judged" based on where you are. If you are a recent graduate, that means your knowledge base is a lot less important than you probably think, while your personality, intelligence and ability to learn count all the much more.

All in all: Stick your neck out (when it's appropriate), show that you are intelligent, that you have social skills (that you can adapt to changing environments and read people well) and that you are willing and able to learn quickly, and you will experience that people treat you with a lot more respect!

Networking at a conference totally just scored me ...

2010-05-06T06:53:45.967-05:00

Networking at a conference totally just scored me a new, better job -- less than two weeks after making the connection. Moment of Win!