I have a confession to make: I am entirely TOO shy for my own good. I acquired proof of this today while attending a job fair. I apparently do not have the same skills that everyone else has when it comes to approaching people. I went to the job fair today (worst nightmare) and had no idea how to act or what to do. I made about 10 laps and the only people I actually spoke to, spoke to me first. I'm pretty sure they were trying to see if I was casing the joint. So long story short, the job fair went down as an epic fail.
Seeing everyone else schmooze with the recruiters and make small talk with the HR Reps, I started to wonder how they learned these skills. Were they all born this way or was there class I missed? I always stress that I'm going to say something wrong which is slightly crazy I know. But here's the thing, a few years ago I somehow got in a Facebook "fight" with someone I didn't even know when I wasn't even talking to her so you could say that I'm a little gun shy. My fear (worst nightmare) is that I'm going to offend someone. I re-read emails to make sure this doesn't happen.
I'd like to be able to issue a warning to people when I first meet them. So here's your fair warning: I really am a nice person. I love meeting new people and would love to make new friends. I'm not being rude and I honestly want to talk to you and learn about you but I don't know how. Please, just make the first move or it's just not happening.
Thank you for listening and I look forward to (maybe...) talking to you soon.
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