Last Wednesday, my friends and I went to the ” Small Talk- It’s a Big Deal” Career Workshop. In this workshop, we learned about how to tell if a person is interested in talking to you. Two aspects that we looked at were body language and facial expressions. If the person is trying to make eye contact with you, has a straight back, and is smiling, then the person is geniunely showing an interest in having a conversation with you.
We also learned about how a person should keep a conversation alive with a person that they just met. For in, you can create small talk by finding something in common with the person you just met such as the weather. However, it is important to stray away from three sensitive topics: sex, religion, and politics. These three topics are very personal and should not be brought up in small talks. On the other hand, there are times where politics can be brought up, but it would have to be in a very limited manner. For instance, you can converse about how tense a general election may be. I really enjoyed this career workshop because I am able to use what I learned last Wednesday in job interviews and in future events where I will meet new people.