Sent 26 apps; only coffee called back

Trying to grow from recent logistics grad to hireable human, I practiced my elevator pitch for today’s 3 pm career fair and the elevator got stuck. I’m hitting the CSCMP student mixer on Thursday — how do you not sound like a resume in sneakers when networking, and turn a 60‑second chat into a real follow‑up?

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