[Erin Rapacki]

Networking is important! Keep those business cards (and make your own to hand out too). Networking is easier when you're open to meeting new people, and meeting new people is easier when you have questions to ask them (heh, if they are willing to answer your questions they may be willing to offer other kinds of help). Don't monopolize the conversation, but let them know that your a college student and squeeze in that you're looking for related work.

Or make it easy on yourself; don't just depend on your luck in networking skills, but go to a school with a good coop/internship department who has connections to companies. That's how I got DEKA.