Networking

[DeadPoolX 9]

DeadPool - Since I just started at this job, I have no idea who we use for design or if we even do the hiring for that (sometimes it's our clients). But how about this... I'll PM you my name on LinkedIn, add me there and I'll introduce you to a previous co-worker who works out of my old Canadian company's Vancouver office. I doubt she's hiring, but she might know someone in your industry that you can chat with or she might even be someone you can network with! Or, she may even be able to suggest some local indsutry events or networking events for you to check out. It's worth a shot! (I totally just thought of her right now).

Also - how up on Social Media are you right now? Do you Twitter? Twitter has a lot of random information/news that might help in your research and networking. I also like to read Brazen Careerist, Dan Schawbel's blog (he talks a lot about personal branding). Maybe there are ways for you to expand your graphic design skill set. For example, a Graphic Designer with social media understanding would be pretty interesting on a resume. Don't sell yourself short either, just because you don't have a degree. You can still put what you do have on your resume and sell yourself in other ways.

I'm sure I'll think of more to add... so I'll come back to this!

Thanks! I'd really appreciate the LinkedIn help, Sapphire.

I do have a degree in graphic design. I just meant that given the nature of graphic design right now, I felt my degree was about as useful as not having one at all.

I've been told Twitter is good (my father-in-law seems to love it), but I have trouble seeing its use. Most of what I've seen are self-absorbed nitwits posting about their every action (some of which seems quite personal). How can anyone really take Twitter seriously?

I could give you the name of a few pimps in Vancouver too... yanno... incase all else fails.

As if East Hastings isn't bad enough...

A couple of things. I used to live in BC, and for four years, as an extrovert, I found it very difficult to meet people. I ended up making friends with mostly eastcoasters too. I found Vancouver area to be very cliquish. I also found the dating scene to be pretty low key too. Men would never make the first move, and were quite passive personalities. So at least thank god that you are married!!

I agree that dating sucks in Vancouver! I'm glad I found my guy...of all places, in Chicago.

I think dating sucks anywhere.

Are you in the Vancouver area? You're more than welcome to join my two clubs. I'll show ya around. :-)

Yup. Moved to Vancouver last year. Which groups do you belong to?

Fyrebyrdes is my main club (Fyrebyrdes.com). The crowd skews mid-20s to 40s, mix crowd. The other one I belong to is Quay Speakers which skews predominantly older women in their 40s-50s.

Fyrebyrdes sounds pretty cool. I think I'll pass on Quay Speakers.

Edited December 3, 2009 by DeadPoolX

[Revenesque 2]

DeadPool - Since I just started at this job, I have no idea who we use for design or if we even do the hiring for that (sometimes it's our clients). But how about this... I'll PM you my name on LinkedIn, add me there and I'll introduce you to a previous co-worker who works out of my old Canadian company's Vancouver office. I doubt she's hiring, but she might know someone in your industry that you can chat with or she might even be someone you can network with! Or, she may even be able to suggest some local indsutry events or networking events for you to check out. It's worth a shot! (I totally just thought of her right now).

Also - how up on Social Media are you right now? Do you Twitter? Twitter has a lot of random information/news that might help in your research and networking. I also like to read Brazen Careerist, Dan Schawbel's blog (he talks a lot about personal branding). Maybe there are ways for you to expand your graphic design skill set. For example, a Graphic Designer with social media understanding would be pretty interesting on a resume. Don't sell yourself short either, just because you don't have a degree. You can still put what you do have on your resume and sell yourself in other ways.

I'm sure I'll think of more to add... so I'll come back to this!

Thanks! I'd really appreciate the LinkedIn help, Sapphire.

I do have a degree in graphic design. I just meant that given the nature of graphic design right now, I felt my degree was about as useful as not having one at all.

I've been told Twitter is good (my father-in-law seems to love it), but I have trouble seeing its use. Most of what I've seen are self-absorbed nitwits posting about their every action (some of which seems quite personal). How can anyone really take Twitter seriously?

I could give you the name of a few pimps in Vancouver too... yanno... incase all else fails.

As if East Hastings isn't bad enough...

A couple of things. I used to live in BC, and for four years, as an extrovert, I found it very difficult to meet people. I ended up making friends with mostly eastcoasters too. I found Vancouver area to be very cliquish. I also found the dating scene to be pretty low key too. Men would never make the first move, and were quite passive personalities. So at least thank god that you are married!!

I agree that dating sucks in Vancouver! I'm glad I found my guy...of all places, in Chicago.

I think dating sucks anywhere.

Are you in the Vancouver area? You're more than welcome to join my two clubs. I'll show ya around. :-)

Yup. Moved to Vancouver last year. Which groups do you belong to?

Fyrebyrdes is my main club (Fyrebyrdes.com). The crowd skews mid-20s to 40s, mix crowd. The other one I belong to is Quay Speakers which skews predominantly older women in their 40s-50s.

Fyrebyrdes sounds pretty cool. I think I'll pass on Quay Speakers.

Ha, I know you would! I'm a new member of Quay Speakers and attended their last meeting yesterday. The theme was "Love", and with 12 women to 1 man present, it was estrogen overdose, lol.

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

Yeah...Vancouver is VERY cliquish. The dating scene was pretty horrible... I like this city a lot, and it has been my home for most of my life...but it's a fairly snobby city and fairly expensive to live in, too. That's probably a GOOD thing though, that I'm used to things being very expensive. That's going to make the relative cheapness of Alexandria that much nicer.

I think networking is a pretty natural thing, though. So natural that I don't think it even warrants the term "networking"...it's just the process of meeting people and feeling out each other...getting a sense of them, and them getting a sense of you. Ultimately that leads to familiarity that lends itself to recommendations for jobs. And sometimes sex. But usually for other more practical things like jobs, yes.

[Revenesque 2]

Yeah...Vancouver is VERY cliquish. The dating scene was pretty horrible... I like this city a lot, and it has been my home for most of my life...but it's a fairly snobby city and fairly expensive to live in, too. That's probably a GOOD thing though, that I'm used to things being very expensive. That's going to make the relative cheapness of Alexandria that much nicer.

I think networking is a pretty natural thing, though. So natural that I don't think it even warrants the term "networking"...it's just the process of meeting people and feeling out each other...getting a sense of them, and them getting a sense of you. Ultimately that leads to familiarity that lends itself to recommendations for jobs. And sometimes sex. But usually for other more practical things like jobs, yes.

LOL @ networking for sex. Maybe that's why hubby doesn't like me making online "friends".

[Darnell 8,478]

Hey just checking in -

you folksen make any headway?

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Whatcha do at the last ToastMasters Guild meeting that you attended?

[Sam and Ben 2]

Well, my plan was to begin searching for volunteer opportunities the week after I sent in the AOS package...

I sent in the package, and have had a cold ever since. Heh. So I've given into the pull of the ever-inviting couch this week and figure that, beginning Monday, I will start. The library is, literally, right around the corner, so I'm hoping that's a good place to start.

[Darnell 8,478]

Well, my plan was to begin searching for volunteer opportunities the week after I sent in the AOS package...

I sent in the package, and have had a cold ever since. Heh. So I've given into the pull of the ever-inviting couch this week and figure that, beginning Monday, I will start. The library is, literally, right around the corner, so I'm hoping that's a good place to start.

You have internet access at home? Go find yer local toastmasters GUILD, over at www.toastmasters.org

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

You have internet access at home? Go find yer local toastmasters GUILD, over at www.toastmasters.org

Sam doesn't really strike me as the Toastmaster type... I might be wrong.