Networking is always a super hot topic in almost any workplace. I can’t think of an industry where even a small amount of networking won’t help your career. However, just because you give someone your business card doesn’t mean you’re networking. Networking is a far deeper commitment than that, as Lynnelle Bianco explains in her article below. I think she makes some excellent points, and you can find my thoughts right after the end of the article in the My Comments section.

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Schmoozing…the word just sounds slimy, doesn’t it? To me, it sounds like a medical problem. However, it is unfortunately a word that is used by many business professionals to describe how they network. It has become so common place to use this word to describe networking that the two words have pretty much become synonymous, which is a shame because real networking and schmoozing couldn’t have more different definitions.

In his article below, Scott Ginsberg makes some good points about the differences between the two words. My comments immediately follow the article in the My Comments section.

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