Originally Posted by
thomas11 
Yesterday afternoon a bunch guys I grew up with were meeting at a bar in town, then going downtown to a hockey game. After the game I think they were going to hit the downtown bars, there were 2 sober drivers. These are guys I haven't seen in a long time but spent almost everyday with them in teens and early 20's.
Originally Posted by
thomas11 I will soon be back looking for work after owning my own company, these people are independently wealthy and own their own companies and are well connected around here. I need to start shaking some hands and making small talk with people in hopes of landing a job.
Originally Posted by
thomas11 Social situations are the primer to get into their main offices. At least that is my experience.
Jeff while I don't want to rain on your thread I'm trying to work this out. If you wanted to meet old friends and they would only meet you in a bar, well that would be one decision. Not a good one but a decision you made.
Meeting "independently wealthy [who] own their own companies and are well connected around here" is not a necessary precursor to getting a job nor is "I need to start shaking some hands and making small talk with people in hopes of landing a job."
Jeff I know what you are looking for is support on not drinking in a bar but my concern is that you went in the first place and that you believe socialising through any sort of drinking and glad handing is a precursor to a job. It's not.
That is your AV talking.
You don't need headhunters, drinks in bars or any of the rest of this. Your record is enough and if you need to set up another of your own businesses again you can do that.