EXISTENTIAL ANGST GAME STRESSFUL: tacanderson: How to Network Across Cultures Some very telling...
tacanderson:
How to Network Across Cultures
Some very telling examples. This is why people with backgrounds in anthropology are at an advantage. They already know how to do these things.
Learn from those around you: Watch carefully how others operate in networking situations, and…
I feel like this guy whenever I’m in a job interview or what have you, and I’m a white girl who was born and raised in the US…
Listen to the words of Ravi (name disguised to protect confidentiality), an Indian management consultant, who describes his experience participating at a networking event in the U.S.
I feel that I am performing a sin, trying to become something that I am not, being artificial and fake. For example, while trying to network, I try to sell myself, bragging about my abilities to a stranger. And that feels so weird and selfish to me, making me feel like I am doing things to achieve my objectives at all cost.
And I think that this person feels like that, because it actually IS selfish, fake, bragging. That is what it is, it isn’t a cultural difference as far as being US vs. India, but more like one corporate culture vs. another corporate culture.
It’s the main reason I will probably always be underemployed; the thought of “selling myself” sickens me.
(Source: newcommbiz, via cosmopolitan-fascist)
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