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[snipped] It would be one thing if the article said something along the lines of "after many years of decline there was suddently an increase". But it didn't.
I'm reminded of the "American Psycho" business card scene:
I applaud your creativity, I once made my resume into a tri-fold brochure complete with graphics and was offered the job because of it. He told me I was his first phone call. It was an iffy call on my part, but doing brochures was part of the job description.
Business cards went out about 1985. Nobody under 60 uses them.
When was the last time you saved someone's business card? Ninety eight percent of people are connecting electronically with emails, contact lists, and phone lists.
Business cards are 19th century technology.
Not in my world, which happens to be at the forefront of STEM. My group interviewed three candidates last week. I gave them two of them my business card because they planned to send me a few papers I was interested in. My card obviously has my email address on it. What should they have done, written it on a scrap of paper? Put in their iPhone?
eta: I see others have addressed your bizarre position, so no matter with my post.
Still if 1000 people were using business cards last year and 10,000,000 were not, then double digit growth means at least 1100 people are using business cards now.
It might be like saying "The number of 90 year old women who purchased ukuleles exploded and has increased 25%" Why? Because last year, four 90 year old women bought them, this year five 90 year old women bought them.
We use business cards all the time in my job. At a project kickoff meeting everyone hands their cards around the table. Yes, we all go back to our offices and input them into our outlook contacts. But we can't spend the whole meeting typing phone numbers and email addresses into our blackberries. That would take too long.
As for a new grad using them, I don't think its a problem. My suggestion would be to design it as more of a calling card--your name, phone number, and email address. I would suggest just making your own--you can buy blank sheets from Avery at any office supply store, rather than ordering them from a service. That way you can print just as many as you need, and you can change the design if you find that one isn't working for you, or print different cards with different information on them.
We use business cards all the time in my job. At a project kickoff meeting everyone hands their cards around the table. Yes, we all go back to our offices and input them into our outlook contacts. But we can't spend the whole meeting typing phone numbers and email addresses into our blackberries. That would take too long.
Yup. We use them all the time in my industry as well, especially when meeting with new vendors, clients etc. for the fist time. It is useful for a quick exchange of information. And when meeting with a large group of people for the first time, it is a handy way to remember names when everyone is sitting around the conference table. They are still a big part of corporate culture in my experience.
To the OP - I don't see anything wrong with it. The interviewer may just toss it - but I do not see where it will be a detriment.
Business cards went out about 1985. Nobody under 60 uses them.
When was the last time you saved someone's business card? Ninety eight percent of people are connecting electronically with emails, contact lists, and phone lists.
Business cards are 19th century technology.
WOW...I didn't know that..and I guess that the people that give them to me don't either and they are all under 60....
I must have at least 20 on my desk......
Charles I'm so glad you are here to inform us......
So you want a CEO to take the time to type a name, address, company info, email address and phone number into a smartphone when standing around a conference talking? Or will they take a business card, give it to their assistant and have it entered into an address book on outlook/blackberry the next day?
Seriously? Have you interacted with anyone in the business world before?
If the CEO wants to do business with you, then yeah, he or she will enter your email address or phone number and name into his phone, on the fly. But the key is that he or she has to WANT to do business with you.
However, in my opinion, the original post was more about passing along your information quickly - to someone who probably isn't all that interested in receiving it. And in that case, yeah, handing a business card over is the only way that CEO is going to get your information!
Personally I still carry business cards, but they're not something I pass out often. Most people I meet, just want a phone number or email address - in their phone - so why bother with a card? But every once in a while, someone will request a business card, and for them I have a few in my purse! And I never hand them out to anyone who hasn't requested one - that kind of thing works great for some people - but it's just not my personal style.
Oh, and by the way, my business cards are beautiful! And they need to be in my business. They may not be used often, but when they are, there's no excuse for not doing it right!
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