{"id":4677,"date":"2015-04-29T08:30:12","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T12:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/internship\/?p=4677"},"modified":"2024-01-30T14:07:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T19:07:17","slug":"careerspc-tarpon-springs-it-all-starts-with-a-handshake-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/careerspc-tarpon-springs-it-all-starts-with-a-handshake-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarpon Springs &#8220;It All Starts with a Handshake&#8221; Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/internship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Handshake-event.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4678 alignright\" alt=\"Handshake event\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/internship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Handshake-event-168x300.jpg\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>On Thursday April 16, the Tarpon Springs Career Services staff hosted an event called, \u201cIt All Starts with a Handshake\u201d in the courtyard next to the Student Life and Leadership building.\u00a0 A tent was set up with 3 tables, each as a different station.\u00a0 Students were given an event card and had to visit three stations to get their card stamped. The first station was how to tie a tie, the second was to practice giving a brief introduction, and the third was to practice a proper business handshake.\u00a0 After receiving all 3 stamps, the student returned to the sign in table to be given a coupon from Chick-fil-A for a free milkshake.<\/p>\n<p>Students had a lot of fun, and even had an attendee from the community who happened to be on campus at the library and she mentioned she has never been instructed on a proper handshake!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Top ten examples of bad business handshakes:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>10.\u00a0 The Sweaty Palm \u2013 self-explanatory, usually shows nervousness<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0 The Lobster Claw \u2013 pinching your fingers between their thumb and fingertips<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0 The Fist Bump \u2013 never acceptable in business<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0 The Wrestler \u2013 extending the hand forward with the palm down exercises control<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0 The Phantom \u2013 too quick as if too busy to shake hands<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0 The Lingerer \u2013 an awkward handshake that is more than two small shakes<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0 The Decliner &#8211; self-explanatory, but could be due to injury or fragility<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 The Tickler \u2013 fingers awkwardly touch the other palm<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 The Vice \u2013 a crushing grip<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 The Dead Fish \u2013 lacks strength<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.business.gov.au\/handshakes\">Source: <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.business.gov.au\/handshakes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.business.gov.au\/handshakes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday April 16, the Tarpon Springs Career Services staff hosted an event called, \u201cIt All Starts with a Handshake\u201d in the courtyard next to the Student Life and Leadership building.\u00a0 A tent was set up with 3 tables, each as a different station.\u00a0 Students were given an event card and had to visit three &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/careerspc-tarpon-springs-it-all-starts-with-a-handshake-event\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tarpon Springs &#8220;It All Starts with a Handshake&#8221; Event<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-4677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-career-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10584,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4677\/revisions\/10584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}