Below are the networking events for the week of February 25-28 in the Kansas City area. As always, if you know about other career fairs, meetings or events that would benefit job seekers, please send a note to markvanbaale@gmail.com. Thank you.
There is also a Marketing/Social Media Job Leads page where new jobs are posted every day or every other day.
You can also follow @kcjobseekers or @markvanbaale on Twitter to get the latest updates.
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PLEASE NOTE: Due to this week’s coming winter storm, please be aware that some of these events may be cancelled or postponed. This is especially true for events on Monday into Wednesday. Please stay safe.
Monday, February 25
Advanced Career Transition Workshop Webinar Series
Time: 9:00 am – 11:00 am CST
This 12-step workshop webinar series provides leading edge strategies, tools and support for those in career transition. A new topic is covered every week to help you focus your re-employment efforts. You can enter the series at any time to see and hear the complete program. The material is continually refreshed with the changing times, and provides new strategies and tools to help differentiate you.
Cost: $89 (includes the entire 12 workshops and a personal 10 page assessment)
Please register now as space is limited.
Learn about the Advanced Career Transition Webinar Series
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Job Search Confidence: Weekly Review of Best Practices for Job Seekers
Time: 11:00 am – Noon CST
Join ILostMyJob.com CEO James Beal Monday for a fast-paced job search brainstorming session and pep talk.
This new and innovative webcast will include quick, point-and-shoot descriptions of certain job search situations, followed by advice about useful and effective things job seekers can do.
- How to know what is important
- Following the right steps for each job application
- Ways to save time and eliminate mistakes
- How to stay motivated and confident
- Spending money and resources wisely
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Monday Geek Night
Location:
Haus
3044 Gillham Road
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
What is Monday Geek Night? It is a weekly Monday night gathering of geeks who enjoy topics including, but not limited to, application and web development (code of all kinds), entrepreneurship, gaming, marketing, design, movies, the current state of all things tech, and usually beer and other cocktails. This Meetup is very much unstructured – feel free to come and geek out on just about ANYTHING. Laptops more than welcome.
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Resumes: It’s All About You Workshop
Location:
Central Resource Library
Carmack Community Room
9875 W. 87th St.
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Free to attend.
Has it been awhile since you updated your resume? Are you not getting the interviews for the jobs you’re interested in? Do you use the same resume for every job application?
Join professional development consultant Efren Mojica of “All About You Consulting” to learn how to enhance your resume to be impactful, dynamic, eye catching, and unique to better position you for job hunting success.
For more information, call 913-826-4600.
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#JobHuntChat on Twitter
Time: 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm CST
Job Hunt Chat is a community where job seekers, recruiters, human resource professionals, career coaches, and hiring managers can connect. Discussion/questions shared on Twitter.com using the hashtag #JobHuntChat.
Here is how you can participate in this chat:
1. Search for hashtag #JobHuntChat on Twitter when the chat starts at 9 pm CST.
2. Introduce yourself when the chat begins.
3. Read, ask questions, comment, re-tweet. Participate.
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Tuesday, February 26
Johnson County Referral Networking Lunch
Location:
Granite City Food and Brewery
15085 W. 119th St.
Olathe, KS
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Time: 11:45am
Guests will have a chance to introduce their companies and learn about others.
Johnson County Referral Network provides a quality networking opportunity for business owners and representatives. For business owners and representatives who want to make new contacts, our events will help you continually meet new people while keeping in contact with those you have already met.
Membership is open to business owners and representatives who offer products and services, business to business or to consumer, in the Johnson County, Kansas area. Members pay annual dues of $40.
Non-members may attend one event before joining.
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Re-THINK! 10 Common Mistakes That Will Hurt Your Job Search Webinar
Time: 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm CST
Come get the competitive edge and learn what mistakes not to make. As a results coach and a recruiting professional, I’ve learned it’s not always the most qualified person who gets the job. How well do you think you are doing on your job search? Are you making mistakes?
In this presentation, we are going to break it down so you can learn the COMMON MISTAKES made by job seekers and more importantly how to get it right so you are a top candidate. I have helped place thousands of people in jobs they love, and I want to assist you so you too can land your dream job. Come ready to learn and be inspired as this will give you the confidence you need to kick your job search into “high gear”
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Ad 2 Happy Hour (Moved to Thursday, March 7 due to weather)
Location:
8183 Studio
1735 Oak St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Cost: Free
Join your Ad 2 friends for Happy Hour at 8183 Studio including FREE beer, wine and signature studio cocktails!
This is a FREE event so bring your co-workers and bring your friends. You don’t have to be a member to attend this event, so it’s the perfect chance to network, make some new friends or introduce new people to AAF-KC.
The guys at 8183 Studio just spent the last year flipping their studio by hand, so come check out their awesome new space.
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Kansas Feet-Up Network Meeting (CANCELLED due to weather)
Location:
Johnny Brusco’s New York Style Pizza
8909 W 95th St.
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Feet-Up Network is a group of business professionals who like to get together, kick their feet-up and have a drink together.
We usually have around 10-20 people at these meetings. Members say that it helps them build relationships. Come on out and have a drink, meet some new friends and forge some great partnerships.
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Kansas City Search Engine Marketing Association Event (CANCELLED due to weather)
Location:
Alamo Drafthouse
1400 Main St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Cost: $5 to $10 recommended donation
Join us Tuesday, February 26th at the Alamo Drafthouse as we feature a multi-speaker lineup of local search marketing professionals expanding on “Search Marketing Nightmares and Recoveries…and Lessons Learned”.
Are you worried about making mistakes with your Search Marketing programs that could cost you time, money and gulp, traffic? Come to our February event and learn more on some of the common mistakes made by online marketers and the methods of recovery used.
KCSEM events are a great way for local KC residents to learn more about Search Engine Marketing. Our events cater to small business owners, large company decision makers, marketing/ad professionals or those just interested in the online space. KCSEM events are beneficial for networking with others as well as learning about the in’s and out’s of online advertising, SEO, PPC, Social Media, Link-building, etc.
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Wednesday, February 27
1 Million Cups Program for Entrepreneurs (CANCELLED due to weather)
Location:
Kauffman Labs
4801 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Kauffman Labs for Enterprise Creation created 1 Million Cups (1MC) as a simple way to engage entrepreneurs in the Kansas City community. Each week, the 1MC program offers two local upstarts an opportunity to present their companies to a diverse audience of mentors, advisors, and entrepreneurs.
The program takes place every Wednesday morning from 9:00-10:00am in Kauffman Labs. So if you’re interested in being involved with the 1 Million Cups program sign up, show up, help someone startup by offering your thoughts, questions, and advice.
Watch Program Live starting at 8:50 am CST.
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Kansas City Career Fair
Location:
Holiday Inn SE Hotel
9103 E. 39th St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 11:00am – 2:00pm
Free admission.
More Information and to Register
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LinkedIn for the Job Seeker Webinar
Time: 11:00 am – Noon CST
Learn strategies and best practices to leverage LinkedIn at every stage of your job search.
Lindsey Pollak, bestselling career advice author and LinkedIn spokesperson, will show you how to:
- Increase your visibility with recruiters in your industry
- Reach out to hiring managers directly
- Overcome common job search challenges
- Leverage the secrets of successful job seekers
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How to Get More Job Interviews Weekly Webinar – Hosted by Martin Yate
Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm CST
Need more job interviews? Of course, but the old tactics don’t work anymore. You need job search tactics that will get you more interviews.
Learning how to get job interviews is crucial to your financial survival and to your long-term career success. Face facts: no interviews, no job offers.
You get: 60 minutes of personal resume coaching plus 30 mins of Q & A with Martin Yate CPC, world-renowned resume expert, NY Times bestseller of the world famous Knock Em Dead books, author of 14 career books in 62 foreign language editions.
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Biz2Biz Connect Networking Meeting
Wednesday Morning Meeting Info:
Location:
Scooter’s Coffeehouse
11106 Antioch Road
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
$5.00 entry. Job seekers and Non-profit staff can come for free.
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Power Chics Power Lunch Meeting
Location:
The Kansas City Cafe
1532 Grand Blvd.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Cost: $35 for prospective members
Our Speaker is: Kathy Nelson, President and CEO, Greater Kansas City Sports Commission and Foundation
Power Chics is a personal growth organization, developed by women and for women. Power Chics is dedicated to helping “chics” from all professional arenas grow and develop, both personally and professionally. Come see what we are about.
Please do register for this event so we have an idea of how many to expect.
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Salary Negotiation to Land the Job at the Pay You Want Webinar
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CST
- How to negotiate for the highest salary possible.
- Planning for the salary negotiation conversation.
- How to ask for enhanced benefits and other perks.
- How to complete mandatory salary request boxes on online application forms.
- How to conduct research about salary ranges for the positions you want.
- How to negotiate raises and severance packages and much more.
The webinar will also include exercise sheets so you can plan your salary negotiation responses.
You CAN learn to negotiate for what you want! Learn how in this informative free webinar led by Kathy Bernard.
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Leawood Young Professionals After Hours Networking Event
Location:
Gaslight Grill
5020 West 137th St.
Leawood, KS
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Time: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Cost: $10 for non-members
Join us at Gaslight Grill, have some great appetizers, complimentary Bud Light, Miller Light and Sangria and network with your fellow Young Professionals!
Door prizes include gift cards to Gaslight Grill to come back and enjoy their menu.
If you are between the ages of 21 – 39 years old and wish to build your professional network and give back to the community, Leawood Young Professionals is the group for you!
Registration deadline is Monday, February 25 by 5:00 pm
Online Registration Closed
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Startup Grind Kansas City Hosts Herb Sih (Founder of Think Big Partners)
Location:
Cremalab
1815 Central St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Cost: $10.00
Agenda:
6:00 – Networking
7:00 – Fireside Chat
8:00 – Questions and More Networking
Herb Sih currently serves as Managing Partner and is one of the founders of Think Big Partners, Think Big Kansas City and bizperc. Collectively through these associated entities, the Think Big Partners network specializes in incubating, accelerating and maximizing business ideas, opportunities and entrepreneurs across the United States.
Startup Grind is a 30-city event series hosted in 13 countries that educates, inspires, and connects entrepreneurs. Rooted in the heart of Silicon Valley, Startup Grind brings the world’s greatest founders and investors to tell their stories on stage and share it with our global startup community. There are brilliant entrepreneurs everywhere so start learning and networking with them at your local Startup Grind community.
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Thursday, February 28
Hack and Tell Kansas City Event – Presented by Kansas City IT Professionals
Location:
Barkley
1740 Main St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 8:30 am – 9:30 am
Cost: $5.00 (includes a light breakfast (Bagels/Coffee/Juice) as well as a FREE Compute Midwest T-shirt)
Are you a developer? Have you built a tool, hack or cool library?
It’s time to get off the Internet and tell us about it face to face.
We’ll provide you with our honest feedback, you provide us with a great hack or idea. We’re language and software/hardware agnostic, so it’s all fair game. After you present, it’s an open forum. The audience will ask questions and provide feedback. We want to enable as much participation as possible at these meetups, so you’d better be able to take criticism and dish it out (all within reason of course).
This event is for developers & IT Professionals, no recruiters will be allowed.
5 minutes to show off your hack, and 5 minutes for the audience to ask interesting questions and provide great feedback! Show us what you’ve got! But, remember, no startup pitches, no work related projects[1], and no deckware!
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Olathe Chamber Coffee meeting
Location this week:
PGi
18103 West 106th St.
Olathe, KS
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Time: 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Open to job seekers to attend free of charge
Opportunity to mingle with Olathe area business owners and network to your next job. Expect to meet 150-250 people. There is a special sign-up area so job hunters and employers can meet.
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Get Hired Fast with LinkedIN Insider Secrets Webinar
Time: 10:00 am – Noon CST
In this FREE 90 minute Webinar Training You’ll Discover:
- Why you MUST be on LinkedIn to get hired fast in 2012
- The 3 Proven Strategies to use on LinkedIn to Get Hired…Fast
- How to avoid positioning yourself as a Desperate Job Seeker who no one wants to hire
- The Single Most Important thing you can do to overcome gaps in your employment
- Stop collecting worthless connections and get your phone ringing on LinkedIn
- How to get & use LinkedIn’s newest secret weapon – LinkedIn SIGNAL
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How to Turn Interviews into Offers with Martin Yate Webinar
Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm CST
You need interviews to get job offers. And then you need to out perform all of your competition at the interviews to win the job offer.
This ability to turn job interviews into job offers is the most important professional skill you can develop. However, you have less experience going to job interviews and successfully turning them into job offers, than anything else you do in life.
You get: 60 minutes of personal resume coaching plus 30 mins of Q & A with Martin Yate CPC, world-renowned resume expert, NY Times bestseller of the world famous Knock Em Dead books, author of 14 career books in 62 foreign language editions.
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Christian Business Connections Network Meeting
Location:
Panera Bread
20120 West 153rd St.
Olathe, KS
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Time: 1:30pm
Join us! It is an all-inclusive and non-denominational group and our focus is networking/friendship/outreach.
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Hackovate Health Finale has been postponed due to the winter storm to Thursday, February 28
Hackovate Health Innovation Competition Event – Powered by H&R Block
Location:
Union Station
Greater KC Chamber Boardroom
30 W. Pershing Road
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Free to attend.
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Beers and Suits by Innovative Professionals for Entrepreneurs Happy Hour
Location:
Snow & Company
1815 Wyandotte St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Cost: Free
Beers & Suits is a monthly happy hour hosted by Innovative Professionals for Entrepreneurs. It is open to the public to give entrepreneurs an opportunity to meet professionals in a relaxed environment to learn about professional services startups need to succeed. The professionals are also well connected in the community and entrepreneurs can get references for all kinds of services from IPE members. Suits are not required.
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Habitat for Humanity Kansas City Young Professionals Happy Hour
Location:
Coopers Hawk Winery
4686 Broadway St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Cost: Free
Join us for this months happy hour – Fun, Friends, Food and good Wine. The newest place on the plaza, Coopers Hawk Restaurant and Winery is hosting this month. They are providing some of their tasty appetizer samplers just for the HYP group.
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Corporate Cocktails Professional Networking Event – presented by Elite KC VIP
Location:
HOTEL Nightclub
1300 Grand Blvd.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Cost: $10.00 Pre-sale, $15.00 at the door
Please join us for Kansas City’s newest networking happy hour!
One hour hosted bar 6-7pm with raffles and a chance to meet some great Kansas City Professionals.
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Kansas City Young Professionals Networking Happy Hour to Benefit SocialHeart
Location:
Bar Louie Kansas City
101 East 14th St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 6:00 pm
Cost: $5.00
We’re raising money and drinking for Social Heart! $5 at the door gets you a drink, apps, and a raffle ticket Make sure to register (it’s FREE!) to get all the goodies.
We are a networking society for people both young and young-at-heart in Kansas City. Join us for our regular Happy Hours and other events where you can come and mingle with other professionals. All events are open to everyone including spouses and friends – the more the merrier.
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#OMCChat on Twitter
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm CST
Open Mic Career Chat is an unfiltered & upfront discussion about job search, interviewing, resume construction & bad interviewers. Great chat where job seekers, recruiters, human resource professionals, career coaches, and hiring managers can connect. Discussion/questions shared on Twitter.com using the hashtag #OMCChat.
Here is how you can participate in this chat:
1. Search for hashtag #OMCChat on Twitter when the chat starts at 6pm CST.
2. Introduce yourself when the chat begins.
3. Read, ask questions, comment, re-tweet. Participate.
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Trends in WordPress for 2013 Meeting
Location:
Officeport
208 W. 19th St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
A lot changed in the world of WordPress last year and, hopefully, many more things are going to change in 2013. Join us as we discuss the ever evolving platform we all love so much; Make, Mobile, Responsive, Core, and updates for the coming year.
If you’ve been building your WP connections or have decided you’d like to join in with WordCamp, stop by and we’ll tell you all about it.
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