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Hello friends,
I think I will join the American Marketing Association. There is a local networking event or a seminar about once a month, plus lots of webinars, articles, and lots of private job listings. I will join to learn more and also to network because I'm fishing for a new job. I've been to similar events before and everyone I meet asks for a card. I get cards from people too. Sometimes I have contacted people I've gotten a card from half a year later, or years later.
If I join this association, would it be best to give my business card that listed my title and company email address, or would it be best to give them my calling card that had my name, personal email, and cell number only?
The business card gives a glimmer of of the kind of work I do, and at what level, but the contact information only lasts as long as my employment. Sure, I could write my personal email on the back, but people make mistakes, so if someone contacts me about a job offer or just so much as a phone call, Im sure my company monitors my emails, so that is a danger. A calling card keeps me safe from that threat, and the contact information is valid forever. That said, it say's nothing about who I am professionally. Someone with a short memory might not be able to place me, or assume that I am jobless since I gave him a card that has no credentials.
Which card is best to give?
I think I will join the American Marketing Association. There is a local networking event or a seminar about once a month, plus lots of webinars, articles, and lots of private job listings. I will join to learn more and also to network because I'm fishing for a new job. I've been to similar events before and everyone I meet asks for a card. I get cards from people too. Sometimes I have contacted people I've gotten a card from half a year later, or years later.
If I join this association, would it be best to give my business card that listed my title and company email address, or would it be best to give them my calling card that had my name, personal email, and cell number only?
The business card gives a glimmer of of the kind of work I do, and at what level, but the contact information only lasts as long as my employment. Sure, I could write my personal email on the back, but people make mistakes, so if someone contacts me about a job offer or just so much as a phone call, Im sure my company monitors my emails, so that is a danger. A calling card keeps me safe from that threat, and the contact information is valid forever. That said, it say's nothing about who I am professionally. Someone with a short memory might not be able to place me, or assume that I am jobless since I gave him a card that has no credentials.
Which card is best to give?