Ask most professionals theyll tell you the same thing: Networking is a necessary part of career growth.
Luckily there are a few tips, tricks and techniques to make networking for introverts a little less awful.
Probably not as good as youd like.
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It always seems like an uphill battle to build (and keep) a decent amount in savings.
But what if your car breaks down, or you have a sudden medical bill?
Youll just end up a groggy, frustrated wallflower thinking about bailing 20 minutes into the event.
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Set Achievable Goals
Set small, achievable goals for yourself before you arrive.
Having defined markers in to-do list form can help you move through the event without getting overwhelmed.
Start small the first few times and grow your goals from there.
Gain Some False Confidence
Excessive self-consciousness can hold you back from important networking opportunities.
But nothing makes an introvert feel more like an extrovert than an evenmoreintroverted introvert.
All of a sudden youll feel like a social butterfly and you might help loosen each other up.
A little false confidence goes a long way when it comes to crawling out of your shell.
Lets be real: If you skip the follow-up, the entire anxiety-inducing networking event was practically worthless.
Include any key information or takeaways from the conversation that you’re free to reference later.
If youve made it through the entire networking opportunity, good on you!
If you only made it through half, thats OK, too.
Keep putting these tools into practice and eventually youll start to feel like a pro networker.
You might even start toenjoybeginning your day alongside 300 talkative strangers.
(Thats a stretch, I know.)
Grace Schweizer is a former writer at The Penny Hoarder.
Rachel Christian, a senior writer at The Penny Hoarder, contributed to this story.
(Can you sense my millennial sarcasm there?)
You know which ones were talking about: rent, utilities, cell phone bill, insurance, groceries…
