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Pupils use business cards to learn entrepreneurial skills

Pupils are learning about the value of business cards at an American primary school

It is never too early to begin using business cards as a networking tool, a group of schoolchildren in the US recently learned.

More than 1,000 third, fourth and fifth-graders from Hanover County, Virginia recently gathered to put their business skills to the test at the Virginia Council on Economic Education's annual Mini-Economy Market Day.

Pupils have been learning about spending, saving and working as part of a series of classroom projects - and some have even taken the initiative and started up their own business.

Students have had to save their own capital by carrying out work at their school and have learned important lessons about managing debt, working with staff and general business strategy.

Some pupils even put their networking skills to the test, proving it is never too soon to begin exchanging business cards and making useful contacts.

Regardless of age, business cards are a brilliant way of making a first impression, according to one journalist.

Farah Zahadi Moazzam recently commented that despite the popularity of social networking sites, business cards are the best way to make a good first impression.

However, you may wish to have your printing service include the URLs for your Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn accounts on your business cards so contacts have a choice of ways to contact you.