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How does your personal branding message cut through the noise?

October 14, 2009

If you’ve ever been to a networking event, you’ve probably had an experience like this: you meet fifteen or twenty people, and exchange business cards. You have perfectly professional conversations, talking about all the important companies that you’ve worked for, and the projects that you’ve worked on.
Then you go home, and you really remember two [...]

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Networking event success: Know the goal before you go

February 23, 2009

photo credit: lumaxart
At a recent job-seeker networking event, each participant was asked to give an elevator speech of less than three minutes. We were asked to share who we were, a bit about our background, and most importantly we were asked: how can the group help you?
As beneficial as events like this can [...]

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