Do you schmooze?

[shootingstar]

Hmm..yea, schmoozing or networking just one of those necessary things related to work..
I've always identified schmoozing as going to lunch with work-related friends,etc.

I'm pretty hermity at lunch at work..for most of the employers I've worked for. Simply because I hated kissin' a**. And many employees I find just pleasant, but superficial friendships. I am quite careful and highly selective who I will form work-related friendships.

As for within my profession, I had to make myself to get involved in associations as a volunteer, etc. That helps. First few organizing meetings are awkward and stiff. It also helps to publish in association newsletters, etc. on topics that you have learned much and want to impart to others.


but oh...yea..it's related to extracurricular activities too that blend into work..I realized I probably made a networking faux pas....by forgetting to promote the Carbon-Free Commuter challenge for our organization. The VP in our organization, jokes about this in a nice way to me...about not leading. (But in retrospect I would have had serious problems getting firm to pay $300.00 to participate..they are cheap in certain areas..including NOT paying for team tshirts for a corporate 10 KM jogging team for a major city-wide run event.)

I think made a schmoozing faux pas.

Gawd, --what a cycling hermit, worker outcast, I am..