Networking at a Shared Office Space

The concept of traditional offices is on its way to extinction. A job of 9 to 5 has become stale and it is on a better track as now you get to choose your own working hours. You can work on that period of time in a day when you know you are the most productive. Therefore, the shared office spaces for rent are high in demand because of its flexibility of working hours along with low-cost investments and networking opportunities. There are a lot of shared office spaces like Unispace that provide seamless business support for 24 hours.

 

In spite of all the services offered by these shared office space providers, the most significant and appealing one is ‘networking’. You get to meet with numerous people who belong to various professional backgrounds and domains. People get into these workplaces to increase their professional connections that in return will be beneficial for them to grow. Startups are one of the major key benefit holders of such spaces because they are growing every day and need new people and connections to expand. And probably there cannot be any other better place for them. In the same way, bigger enterprises are also striding towards these offices as they get to meet with such a huge panel of talented professionals that help their employees to stay motivated. As per a lot of researches, it was found that after working in the coworking spaces, people have started feeling more motivated and passionate towards their respective work. Also, people get to experience cross partnerships, hiring, joint ventures, etc. which were never been possible if they were working in a traditional office.

So, it is very necessary for you to know how you can reap out the maximum from these shared offices. Socializing with your coworkers in such offices can be helpful for you to grow your network. But there are diverse kinds of people working in offices and everybody has their own way of characteristics. Some people just come to just work and they don’t like to hang around with anyone and if you start building relationships with them, then apparently they will start avoiding you. But this is something that you might not have ever wished for. Therefore, you need to know how to build a healthy relationship with each other. We have listed some of the methods on how to approach your coworkers.

Here you go!

Introduce yourself to every coworker you meet

It may sound odd to you if you are an introvert person, but this is the greatest way to make a place in somebody’s heart. Introducing yourself to your neighbors and everyone else whom you meet in the office is the first step of networking. This will help them to refer you when their friends or acquaintances will search for the services or products your company provides or manufactures. Always try to be available by not plugging on your earphone, etc. that strongly signals your wish to avoid any interactions.

If possible, get business cards and distribute to all the people you come across.

Share your knowledge wherever it is feasible

Always be open with the coworkers and hold on yourself when you are in a group. Share your knowledge and expertise with each other. This will only help you to increase your knowledge as you will also listen to others and their experiences. Business is an art of listening and your efforts to communicating. Unless you listen you will not be able to communicate with people and unless you communicate you will always be unaware of all the knowledge that the other has.

Attend other’s events and host your own too

Never miss an event at your shared office that is hosted by others, as here you get to meet all the coworkers working there, plus all other acquaintances of the host. You get to meet so many new people there; who knows one of them is going to be your nest partner!

Also, host events to offer them the same opportunities that you get while attending other’s events.

Spend some time in the community area

We understand that you might be busy doing your own work the entire day, but try taking some out in between in order to spend some time in the communal area. This is the place where you can your maximum connections from as it is the only common space in the whole space. Quick communication with someone can result in a business partnership or even a new collaboration.