Networking Without the Cringe: A Student's Guide

​Most people walk into a networking event with no plan, hover near the drinks table, and leave with a few business cards they never follow up on. It doesn't have to go like that.

Join Roxanne Taku of Reslink for a practical, no-fluff session on how to actually network: how to prep, how to walk up to a stranger, and how to follow up so the conversation goes somewhere.

You don't need to have your career figured out to get value from a room full of startup people. In fact, not knowing yet is a better starting point than most students think.

FORMAT
60-minute session, followed by a 30-minute live Q&A. Bring your questions.

WHAT WE'LL COVER

​- The importance of networking in the current job market

​- How to prep before an event so you're not walking in cold
- How to start a conversation with a stranger, including openers that don't feel forced
- What to ask founders, peers, and people already working in the industry, and how to show curiosity rather than pitching yourself
- How to follow up afterwards so the connection actually lasts

ABOUT RESLINK
Reslink is a video resume platform. Instead of sending a resume into a black hole, you record a short video introduction and share it as a single link. Reslink Insights then shows you when someone opens it, how many times, and what they clicked, so you know whether a recruiter or founder has actually watched it.

SPEAKER BIO
Roxanne Taku is co-founder of Reslink, a video resume platform that help job seekers stand out in the current job market. She spent her career in tech sales and GTM at across startups, scale-ups and BigTech companies like HubSpot and Airwallex, and is a 2x TEDx speaker.