Ep. 033: How to Work a Room, with Susan RoAne

Find Your Dream Job: Insider Tips for Finding Work, Advancing your Career, and Loving Your Job

Mac Prichard

Careers, Business

4.8 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2016

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Maybe you’re looking for your next job. Or perhaps you want to stay on top of your career. Whatever your goal, you know you need to go to professional events. It’s one of the best ways to meet others in your field.

But does the idea of walking into a room of strangers and striking up a conversation fill you with horror? This is a common fear many jobseekers have—and it keeps them from making vital professional connections.

This week on Find Your Dream we’re talking about how to work a room, with an expert on the subject, Susan RoAne. Susan’s best-selling book, How to Work a Room, teaches you everything you need to know to become an expert networker.

In this 26-minute episode you will learn:

Why face-to-face networking is still happening in the digital age
The difference between working a room and networking
Why showing up is key to a positive personal brand image
How customizable introductions are key to making connections at events
Why ice breakers and small talk are valuable forms of communication

This week’s guest:

Susan RoAne (@susanroane | LinkedIn)

Author, How To Work a Room

San Francisco, Calif.

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1:05.5	This is Find Your Dream Job, the podcast that helps you get hired, have the career you want, and make a difference in life.
1:19.7	I'm Mac Pritchard, your host, and publisher of Max List.
1:22.5	I'm joined by my co-host, Ben Forrestag, our managing director, and Jenna Forrestram, our community manager.
1:28.9	Maybe you're looking for your next job, or perhaps you want to stay on top of your career.
1:33.3	Whatever your goal, you need to go to events.
1:36.2	It's one of the best ways to meet others in your field.
1:39.0	But does the idea of walking to a room of strangers and striking up a conversation with
1:43.3	somebody you don't know,
1:49.0	fill you with horror. Today's show is for you. This week on Find Your Dream Job, we're talking about how to work a room. Ben has a Harvard Business Review article with networking tips for introverts,
1:55.4	and I talk to this week's guest expert, Susan Rowan, a networking maven and author of the classic How to Work a Room.
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