Business English listening comprehension exercise: Networking for the networking-averse

Here's what you do:

1. Click on the video below.
2. Make sure the captions/subtitles are off!
3. Watch the first 2:00 of the video, and pay attention to it! (You can pause and rewind the video.)
4. Answer the listening comprehension questions below the video.
5. Check your answers.

1. What is a "networking-averse" person?
  Someone who doesn't know much about networking
  Someone who has been banned from networking events
  Someone whose parents pay for everything

2. Last year the woman was ___________ at an art museum.
  an intern
  a manager
  a full-time employee

3. Who has contacts in organic farming?
  The school counsellor
  Her parent's friends
  No one she knows

4. Who studied lighting with a nature photographer on the West Coast?
  Her aunt
  Her aunt's friend
  Her mom

5. __________ are people who might have access to resources that your strong ties don't have.
  Your best friends
  Weak ties
  Your mom and dad

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