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Community Corner

EXPAND YOUR CONNECTIONS – Building Your Network

Facilitated by:

Jeff Baker, Director of Client Services, Resources
Global Professionals




     Successfully
securing employment is all about getting noticed and expanding your
connections.  Personal referrals give an
employer a reason to take a second look at your resume.  That referral is often not a first connection
but someone fourth removed from a friend, relative or associate – all the more
reason to reach out and meet new individuals. 
Bring resumes, handbills, and business cards.  The best strategy for building relationships
is helping others solve their problems. 
Re-frame your thinking about what networking is all about.  “Show up” and you might be surprised to find
the information and connections you are looking for while helping others in
their quest for new employment.  Come
with specifics on what you are looking for, your inventive ideas, handbills,
and business cards.



     Jeff is
Director of Client Services at Resources Global Professionals in Oakbrook.  He has been in financial leadership roles for
over 14 years and has had 10 years of commercial banking experience.

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