5 Expressions to Avoid In Formal Networking Situations – #2
“I’M VP OF SALES FOR COMPANY X”
When networking at a business event it’s tempting (возникает искушение) to rush in with your title. After all, you want your new contact to know you’re a professional with some status. But it will sound arrogant to add this so quickly.
I recently met a young woman at a networking event, and within the first 15 seconds she let me know that she worked for a big Silicon Valley (Кремниевая Долина) firm and had a good job in IT. She never bothered to ask my name, work situation, or title. I was not interested in speaking to her again because the encounter (встреча, знакомство) was one way.
Rather than hurling (бросать; брякнуть) your job title at a new face, wait until the other person asks for that information. If you ask them about themselves, they will likely raise the same questions about you. It means a lot more when they ask you what you do than when you shout it out to them.
