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Every job seeker should understand that a strong and striking resume is important to finding a job. When networking yourself, you need to take your resume anywhere you go. This will allow you to increase and build up your contacts, which can help you find your dream job. But what if handing out your resume is possible? How to you pass out your contact information to a potential employer? In situations like this you can use your business cards.

The business card, which is basically the same as those cards used in business, gives you the chance to provide important career and contact details to people and prospective employers you meet in social and professional gatherings.

Why use business cards?

In essence, these cards are the legal tender of meetings. If you are fresh graduate or someone looking for a career chance, you have to create your own card, but you can’t simply use your regular business card. You need to print networking cards that contain your career and contact information. You don’t have to worry of printing these cards as they can be create for a minimal investment.

If you really are serious in looking a job, then you know how important networking yourself is. You need to present yourself professionally to your prospective employers. This makes it essential to keep your cards neat, clean and crisp all the time, and don’t forget to bring them anywhere you go whether it is to networking events, job fairs, meetings, social gatherings, parties, and anywhere else you go. Don’t forget though to keep copies of your resume with you, but in most cases it is just not practical to hand a resume.

Designing and printing

Basically, your networking cards would be created in the same size and shape as standard business cards. They should also contain the same contact details, but instead of putting your business and job title, you should put your job objective. You also need to put all the important contact information such as your name, phone number, cell phone number, email address, and mailing address.

You can have your cards printed on your own, but if you want a professional looking card you can either have it printed at a local print shop or at printing companies online. If you are printing your card yourself, be sure to use a special business card paper and good business card templates.

When it comes to the design, be sure to keep the design and layout neat, clean, and simple. As much as possible, use simple fonts with size ranging from 10 to 11 points, and stick with simple, traditional colors in ink and paper. If you are seeking for a job in a creative field, you can use a creative design, but otherwise, keep the design and colors traditional and simple the same as your resume.

After you are done printing your cards, get a card holder to keep your cards clean, crisp, and in pristine condition. If will just let your cards soiled and crumpled, you only wasted your time and money designing and printing them. Keep in mind that people are always making guesses and in seeking a job first impression is critical.

Remember though that your networking cards should not replace your resume. As much as possible you should give your resume to your prospective employers, but in instances where a resume is not practical, your cards will your job-seeking and networking tool.