5 tips on how to find new/the right friends and expand your network
Moving to a new city for work or study? Pack your backpack and travel to foreign countries? Or make the world your office as a digital nomad?
There are a thousand and one reasons why we always want to break out of our comfort zone and why we are geographically drawn to places where we are not currently. A place is usually only as beautiful as the people we meet. Whether the experiences you have during this time are positive or negative depends heavily on the people you surround yourself with.
And at the latest in your job, you will notice that the right social contacts not only create personal added value for you, but can also open one or two doors professionally.
To make it easier for you to find these people, we have put together some tips for you.
New hobby – new circle of friends
Commonalities connect and it's easier to start a conversation with someone who shares our interests.
Whether it's sport, art, music, food or lifestyle: hobbies offer us a balance to our job and help reduce stress. At the same time, clubs and courses offer us the opportunity to get to know people outside of our circle of acquaintances and thus not only expand our horizons, but also our network - perhaps even deepen an as yet unexplored passion.
New in town and no one to hang out with? Organize a get-together!
Imagine the following situation: You are in a city where you don't know anyone yet. It's Friday and the evening is too good to spend alone in the apartment, let alone with a dating app acquaintance who shares nothing in common with you other than their free time.
How nice would it be at a time like this to receive an invitation to a get-together with people who are in a similar situation?
A shared dinner, game night or living room concert breaks the ice and makes it easier to find friends, socialize and network.
Play Cupid yourself
Do you have friends in another city where a friend is currently moving? Connect the two together! This means that the person who has moved here immediately has a place to go to make new contacts and develop a new circle of friends. What has long been practiced when looking for a partner makes just as sense for friendships. Conversely, your friends will also want to help you. One hand washes the other.
On repeat – visit the same places more than once!
Is there a place where you feel really comfortable? Whether it's a café, restaurant, museum, park or fitness studio - on your next visits, pay attention to people you've already seen there, be brave and talk to them. You already have a topic to talk about and in the worst case scenario you just have a nice conversation.
Find new friends online? The right people are at con.tact!
“Because everything happens so quickly and we move from one city to another, because we are uprooted people and transients, we no longer really have time for interpersonal relationships.”
— Anaïs Nin American writer
Not only is the search for a partner increasingly taking place online, but also the search for social relationships. There is a whole range of apps that want to help you find what you are looking for; Be it a partner, friend or business partner, ideally everything in one app.
Many of us are probably familiar with what this entails. You invest valuable time only to realize that somehow it doesn't work out.
For this reason we launched con.tact.
We bring you together online with the people who also suit you offline. No matter where you are in the world, on con.tact you will find encounters that last.
Why it is worth moving to Frankfurt (and not to Berlin)
You're crazy, my child, you're moving to Berlin! Why Frankfurt is the cooler city!
Between vineyards and skyscrapers, Appelvoi pubs and gourmet restaurants, Opera Square and the train station district, lies the German financial capital Frankfurt am Main. It's not just English people who have been shaken up by Brexit that are taking a liking to the Hessian pearl. A young, dynamic and international audience cavorts from the Westend to Sachsenhausen, making Frankfurt the silent superstar of German cities.
For a long time Berlin was considered THE place to be, the city for everyone who is alternative and hip, for those who think they would miss something elsewhere, #FOMO. In the following post we will tell you why Frankfurt has replaced the capital as the coolest city in Germany.
How you can find new friends in every city
“So, where have you lived?” What was unimaginable for our parents' generation is now commonplace, if not essential, for us: frequently changing where we live. The reasons for moving to another city, or even another country, are varied and yet similar. But hand on heart, how many good friends do you make if you live multi-locally and constantly meet new people? If you know how, it's not that difficult to find new friends in any city.
con.tact – the app for when you are traveling (alone).
“The further I travel, the closer I get to myself” – Andrew McCarthy
Traveling has become an integral part of our lives and many people end up in a foreign country for three to twelve months. The reasons for this are simple: quitting your job, burnout, finishing your studies or to find yourself again. And because one of the best things about it is making new acquaintances, we'll show you how you can easily meet people on your travels who you'll want to stay in touch with afterwards.
First contact, then do: This is how networking works in 2022
By the time you get to work, you'll notice that contacts and vitamin B are essential for your professional career. Whether you are looking for a new job, good employees or the right contact person for a specific topic, a strong network is the key to success and can open many doors for you. In this post you will find out how you can build a quality network with high-profile contacts, optimize your networking skills and continually expand your network.
