8 TYPES OF BAD HANDSHAKES TO AVOID.

2. THE WET SHAKE. The single most efficient way to make a very bad first impression is offering a cold, wet handshake. Always hold your beverages in your left hand and keep your right hand free for handshakin especially during networking events. 3.THE TERMINATOR SHAKE. This painful hand shake can be an instant turn off. Crushing someone's fingers or twisting your wrist so that your hand is on top is a sign of dominance. Your grip should be no harder than what you would use to turn a door handle. 4.THE PUMP HANDLE SHAKE. There's no need to grab someone's hand and repeatedly pump it up and down. Send your hand in for the shake,pump one or two times,hold for a second, then release. 5.THE LOOK-AWAY SHAKE. If you've ever shaken hands with someone who's looking around the room for their next introduction, you've experienced the look-away shake. Never let your eyes wander, no matter how tempting the distraction. Make the all-in connection between eyes and hands. 6.THE FINGERTIP SHAKE. If you're going to shake,then shake offering just your fingertips is like baking a cake halfway. It offers the same ingy,but it's much less satisfying. 7. THE BIG SQUEEZE SHAKE. If you linger while holding on to someone hand and add periodic squeezes, it can be wholly uncomfortable-on many levels. A proper handshake only lasts a couple of seconds. 8. THE FIST BUMP. This is when two or more people make a fist and bump each other with their knuckles as a way of saying hello. A study by the American Journal of Infection Control shows that handshakes transmit about 10 times more bacteria than fist bumps, but the fist BUMP will never take the place of a nice firm handshake that is the symbol of good manners and social confidence.