3種類型的商務午餐 以及午餐之外的收穫

3 Types of Business Lunches (and What You Can Get Out of Them)

3種類型的商務午餐（以及午餐之外的收穫）

Business lunches come in all shapes and sizes, from a department-wide learn at lunch session to a one-on-one interview with a prospective employer. To get the most out of any type of working lunch, you need to know what to expect, and prepare ahead of time.

商務午餐類型和規模多種多樣，範圍可以從整個部門的午餐學問到未來僱主的一對一面試。要想從多樣的工作餐中收穫很多，你需要推測可能發生的事，並提前做好準備。

Here are three types of working lunches, and how to maximize your time at each:

下面是3種類型的工作餐，以及最大限度利用每種工作餐時間的方法：

1. The job interview lunch.

1.工作面試午餐

Now is not the time to order anything messy. Skip meals you have to eat with your hands, and avoid sloppy sauces that might wind up on your face or worse, on your shirt. Lunch date rules apply here: don't drink alcohol, don't talk with your mouth full, and ask interested (and informed) questions.

現在可不是胡亂點菜的時候。忽略手抓食物，避免那些可能會弄髒臉或襯衫的醬汁食物。下面是適用於午餐約會的一些規則：不要喝酒，不要嘴裏吃着東西說話，要問一些讓別人感興趣（顯示自己知識面廣的）的問題。

2. The lunch and learn.

2.午餐和學習

These events typically feature a speaker, often from outside your department or company, and focus on professional development, skills acquisition, or training. It's tempting to blow these lunches off, or attend and pay more attention to your food than the speaker. Fight the urge. The skills you pick up for free at these lunches can help you long after your time at the company is up.

工作餐的典型特徵就是常常會有一位其他部門、公司的演講者，並且演講的主題涉及職業發展、技能習得和培訓等方面。把這些午餐吃光，或者專注於食物而不是演講者，當然都會引人注意。但是一定要戰勝這種慾望。在你從公司上一家公司辭職之後的很長一段時間裏，這些在午餐中免費學習的技能都將對你大有裨益。

3. The working lunch.

3.工作餐

Perhaps the most dreaded of all professional lunches, these sessions are a multitasking challenge to say the least. Trying to eat and talk without talking with your mouth full is tricky all by itself.

或許最讓人畏懼的就是那些職業性的午餐，退一步來講，午餐時間的討論實際上是多重任務處理的挑戰。既要吃，還不能嘴裏含着東西講話，這本身就是很需要技巧的。

Ideally, the organizer will send around an agenda prior to the lunch. Pay attention to what's under discussion, and come prepared to brainstorm or ask questions or take in new information with an open ear.

理想情況下，組織者一般都會在午餐之前發給你一份詳細的工作日程表。要注意那些正在討論的話題，並做好出主意、問問題或者廣泛聽取新消息的準備。

Tell Us What You Think

告訴我們你的看法

Do you love or hate business lunches?

你是喜歡，還是厭惡商務午餐呢？