A survey of over 3,000 professionals by CEO Lou Adler found that networking was the number one way people found their most recent job—yet most professionals waste business networking events by showing up unprepared,...
Despite 79% of the professionals believing that networking is important in developing their careers, they do not stay in contact with their connections. Only, less than half—just 48%—will continue to contact others in their...
Corporate employees hand out cards backed by companies like Google, McKinsey, or Goldman Sachs. Consultants hand out cards backed by… themselves. It fundamentally alters everything. According to research conducted by the Institute of Customer...
“What do you do?” It’s one of the most common networking questions, and yet not all business cards will have an answer for this question. “Operations specialist” could mean supply chain management, or it...
The other day, I had a thought: Between Zoom calls, Slack messages, and hybrid meetings, who even carries a paper business card anymore? A recent study shows that over 88% of companies throw their...
You have likely experienced this before: a person says to you, “Could you give me your contact information?” and you suddenly pause. In those two seconds of awkwardness, your brain starts racing:Do I type...
A study showed that over 88% of traditional business cards had been discarded in less than one week after receiving them. That one statistic is all one needs to know about the transformation of...
You meet a new person, and the conversation flows naturally. It could be anywhere: a conference or a café, in an office lobby, or even while getting introduced over the phone. Sooner or later,...
Approximately 10 billion business cards are printed each year around the world, but almost 88 percent of them have been discarded within less than a week of being received. Not only is this a...