I went to the Des Moines Pink Slip Networking event Tuesday night. With over 60 people attending, I would call it a success. The $5 charge got you 45 minutes of networking, over an hour's worth of advice from the speakers listed below and the chance to learn more about my got work? online apparel store: www.gotworktshirts.com (shameless plug). The speakers included:
Billie Sucher, Owner, Billie Sucher Career Transition Consulting
Heidi Myers, Senior Technical Recruiter at Technisource
Elizabeth Floyd, President, WebPromote Kansas City & Iowa
Janet Tingwald, Owner, The Coaching Advantage Group and Professional Training & Coaching Consultant
The theme of the night was "How to Be the 1 In a Million STAND OUT (Rather Than Having a 1 In a Million Shot)". The stress again was on networking and how important it is. Get your elevator speech together and memorized; rediscover what you love to do and through that, you'll be networking without knowing it; reach out to people you know already; reach out to people who work at the companies you want to work for using LinkedIn introductions. Spice up your networking activities. Once I start seeing the same people over and over again at a networking event, I switch it up and go to a different event the following week/month.
The next Pink Slip Networking is Tuesday, 28-Jul from 5:30pm-7:30pm (location to be determined). The topic will be "Tough Interview Questions - Why They Ask & How to Respond". Click here to register.
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