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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.
Free for all attendees

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