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Poll: How often do you engage in networking activities to connect with potential clients or colleagues?
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 15:14
Mitglied (2007)
Englisch > Portugiesisch
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Rarely Apr 12

Does networking necessarily mean looking for potential customers? I do interact with other colleagues almost every day without having potential clients in mind…

Liena Vijupe
Aline Amorim
Rachel Waddington
 
Lieven Malaise
Lieven Malaise
Belgien
Local time: 16:14
Mitglied (2020)
Französisch > Niederländisch
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Never Apr 12

You need time for networking and I don't have that time. I guess this also means that my need for networking is inexistant.

Iulia Parvu
Angie Garbarino
 
Kay Denney
Kay Denney  Identity Verified
Frankreich
Local time: 16:14
Französisch > Englisch
. Apr 12

I hardly ever network, the use of that word as a verb fills me with dread. If I do go to a place where networking is to be engaged in, I have to psyche myself up to it first. Then vegetate for a good while afterwards until I recover, because it's exhausting.

Iulia Parvu
Alex Lichanow
Angie Garbarino
Mariana Borio
Chris Says Bye
Jennifer Levey
Angus Stewart
 
Alex Lichanow
Alex Lichanow
Deutschland
Local time: 16:14
Englisch > Deutsch
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Rarely if ever Apr 12

I will reach out to new potential customers whenever necessary (i.e. I see one of the extremely rare compelling job offers on ProZ or TC or have had a lull of 3+ days), but other than that, I am absolutely not a "networker".
I don't know if it's just me, but my direct association when I hear "networking" is the weird (actually completely alien) toxically positive LinkedIn crowd. I would not be comfortable among people of this kind. I don't even visit industry events, although tekom is prac... See more
I will reach out to new potential customers whenever necessary (i.e. I see one of the extremely rare compelling job offers on ProZ or TC or have had a lull of 3+ days), but other than that, I am absolutely not a "networker".
I don't know if it's just me, but my direct association when I hear "networking" is the weird (actually completely alien) toxically positive LinkedIn crowd. I would not be comfortable among people of this kind. I don't even visit industry events, although tekom is practically just around the corner from me, mainly because I actually have work to do. ▲ Collapse


Angie Garbarino
Mariana Borio
 


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