Does this sound familiar? You’re at a networking event and meeting as many people as possible when boom!—you get stuck in a corner talking to a terribly nice person who has a whole lot of nothing to say.
Ugh. You don’t want to be rude, but there are, in fact, a handful of influential people you were hoping to connect with. Unfortunately, that isn’t going to happen if you can’t get out of this conversation.
So you need a way out, and stat.
But how? It can feel awkward to exit a conversation, especially when it seems like the other person wants to keep going. You might even be nervous that your sudden BFF will think you’re rude—and hey, just because this person isn’t useful to your career now doesn’t mean he might not be one day. So you don’t really want to leave him with a bad impression of you, either.
The good news is that it’s possible to tactfully end the conversation without ending the relationship. Try these tactics to make a graceful exit.
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