Human Resources 101

There are few this I dislike more than networking. The thought of going into a room full of strangers makes me wish my arm gets chopped off so I could go to the hospital instead. Even profressional association meetings, where we share a common interest, make me uncomfortable.

Robert May, an introvert himself has posted some helpful tips at Businesspundit. How To Network: For Introverts gives seven lessons that can help introvert get a handle on networking. Who knows, you might even become comfortable with it, or not.

• Networking is an investment, not a nuisance.
• At first, you have to kiss a lot of frogs.
• Don’t spend too much time on it.
• Do cool things.
• Invite people to lunch.
• Go regularly to things you like.
• Analyze your results.
• Find the key nodes in the network.
• Don’t network just for the sake of networking.

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via Guatam Ghosh