Network Your Way Back to Work

Published on May 24, 2016

For those who have been out of work for a while

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Networking Your Way Back to Work

Without Going Crazy
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My Full Time Career

2002 - 2008

Mom in a Minivan

2008
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Consistent Baby Steps

  • 3,000 Twitter followers
  • 1,000 LinkedIn Connections
  • Coffee in every Starbucks
  • Kellogg Reunion Chair
  • TapRoot Account Director
  • Runaway Safe Line Crisis Volunteer
  • Ran AIDS 1/2 Marathon
  • Obama Campaign volunteer
  • #privateschoolmommyfashionessentials

Part-Time Consulting

DesignKitchen, WomenKind, Appolicious

SVP Business Development

The Marketing Store 2010 - 2012
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Recruit a Friend

Lean on Moral support from someone other than your spouse
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LinkedIn 101

  • Link to everyone
  • Personalize your engagement
  • Be visible through content and contacts
  • Download contacts into Excel
  • It's all about the SERP
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Comfort Zone Continuum

  • Close-in networks
  • Weak ties
  • Friends of friends
  • Strangers
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Preserve Your Resilience Muscle

Learn from Every Interaction

SVP, Business Development

Performics, 2012-2014

Executive Recruiter

Boyden Global Executive Search, 2015 - Present

Networking

Give vs. Take

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Lindsay Landsberg

Haiku Deck Pro User