Happy New Year Everyone!
PinkSlipMixers.com is expected to have more and more guests to our events (unfortunately). With the economy getting tougher and more lay off are happening, it looks like we will be hosting events of hundreds of job seekers a week.
On a positive note, over the last week (even during the holidays) employers have been calling me asking if they can show up to our event because there ARE still jobs out there. If you go to the site, click on “Network”, then “Member Profiles”, then filter by “Group Q&A” using “Are you a Job Seeker or Talent Recruiter” and finally choose “Talent Recruiter” to see all the companies hiring.
Many of these Talent Recruiters have immediate paying jobs ready to hire you.
Because the events will get bigger, I’m looking for volunteers to help out. This would be great for you because as a volunteer, you get to network with everyone in the room and get to know them personally. Best of all, the other guests get to know you and are more willing to help you out to find a job. Its all about paying it forward.
Here are what we need:
1) Greeter #1: You will greet people when the come to the sign in table and create name badges. You are the first person they will hand shake with.
2) Greeter #2: After the guests sign in, you will give them a tour of how the events work. You will explain that each table has an industry assigned to it and that their networking should begin there.
3) Wingperson: You will find out what people do and connect them with people you think they will benefit from. Since we will have a projector with Twitter Feeds, you will explain to people how that will work. I will have pre-made cards to explain how it works so dont worry if you are unfamiliar with Twitter. You will also be enforcing the rule “No MLM or Network Marketing” phishing. If you find a recruiting MLM company, politely tell them that we are designing a program for them and it is more important that people find jobs at this event than an opportunity. We should have a MLM event ready for them in February, but our PinkSlipMixer is not appropriate for their opportunity.
All in all, you as a volunteer will have a great time and your networking will be very successful because people like people who help them.
If you are interested, please send me an email or call me at 310-406-7992.
Happy New Years and lets find jobs for one another.
See you at the mixer,
Edwin Duterte
Edited: January 04, 2009 12:25PM
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