The art of networking can be an art, yet all of you have been doing it all your life. The main criteria would be to remember that it isn't about you, it is about the other person. Learn something about them, build a personal relationship in a short amount of time. You might ask "What is a personal relationship?" That can have a few answers so I'll elaborate.
Getting to know a little about the person, outside of work, is a good thing. That can encompass where they came from, why did they move here, have they traveled elsewhere before, where they went to school and on and on. Good questioning comes from good listening. When you truly listen to the other person you'll pick up many ideas. Good listening means you don't have an agenda to tell them something or sell them something. It means to get to know just a little bit more about them and personalize your knowledge about them.
Not only is thins interesting it is also learning. Try it soon.
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