What your perspective when attending to Networking events?

Hi everyone,

I have been unemployed since June 2022.

Now, I done everything underneath the sun to land job opportunity but every door been shut in my face.

My wife and I was discussing about networking events or using your connection to leverage opportunity.

Personally, I do not like attending networking job events because ppl will judge you based on your status or title.

If I know someone who has C-level title, I don't like using ppl to help me land new opportunity because I am putting their name on the line. I do not want to destroy their trust.

Rather, I like to connect people on the personal level.

I came here not to argue or debate. I am here to see if I could look at network event in a different perspective.

am I wrong thinking like this?