Below are the networking events for the week of December 31 – January 6 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.
It is my hope that the information provided on this blog will help you to find a new job or make connections with people at the various networking events. Remember, 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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Monday, December 31
Job Search Confidence: Lessons Learned from 5 Years of Observing Job Seekers and Career Experts Webinar
Time: 11:00am – 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.
- The best resumes, profiles, and marketing materials.
- How to pick up new skills quickly.
- Ways to save time and eliminate mistakes.
- How to stay motivated and confident.
- Spending money and resources wisely.
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Tuesday, January 1
NO EVENTS SCHEDULED
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Wednesday, January 2
How to Get More Job Interviews Webinar – Hosted by Martin Yate
Time: 11:00am – 12:30pm 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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Thursday, January 3
KC Roundtable Breakfast Meeting
Location:
First Watch
1022 Westport Rd.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 7:30am – 9:00am
This breakfast we have a very special speaker who we are thankful to have speak at KC Roundtable. He has a very unique and successful story which has earned him a spot among the elite of Kansas City entrepreneurs. This is a can’t miss breakfast.
Our mission is to:
- Focus on relationship building; not lead generating.
- Facilitate collaboration, openness, transparency, learning and teaching.
- Establish an entrepreneurial network.
- Fill the void of not having the water cooler.
We meet on the 1st & 3rd Thursday of every month at our favorite location at First Watch in Westport. In addition to our morning meetings, KC Roundtable provides other opportunities to network with young entrepreneurs such as events like Just For Starters & After Hour events. Prospective members are self-motivated, curious, and open to learning and teaching.
More Information about KC Roundtable
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Get Hired Fast with LinkedIN Insider Secrets Webinar
Time: 10:00am – 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: 11:00am – 12:30pm 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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Lawrence Young Professionals January Meeting
Location:
Spencer Museum of Art
1301 Mississippi St.
Lawrence, KS
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Time: 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Free to attend.
Please join us for our January meeting at the Spencer Museum of Art. Enjoy some wine and look at art.
Check out Lawrence Young Professionals Network on Facebook
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Friday, January 4
Social Media Club of Kansas City Monthly Meeting
Location:
Google Fiber Space
1814 Westport Road
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 7:30am – 9:00am
Cost: $10.00
Come sit in on an intimate virtual conversation with best-selling author, blogger, speaker, and social thinker Brian Solis.
Some of you have read Solis’ earth-moving books Engage and The End of Business as Usual. Others have been lucky enough to see Solis speak (such as his recent keynote at Social: IRL in Des Moines). Now, you’ll get the chance to engage in dialogue with one of the world’s leading new media prophets.
Live and in the pixel, Solis will beam into the Google Fiber Space to chat with SMCKC at our January 4, 2013, breakfast.
Best of all, you can have a voice in the discussion! There will be ample opportunity to ask questions live, but if there’s any topics you especially want Solis to address, please email your questions in advance to events@smckc.com.
Thanks to generous sponsorship by H&R Block, complimentary copies of Solis’ most recent book, The End of Business as Usual, will be given to the first 100 attendees who register on Eventbrite (must be present to collect book).
A breakfast buffet and copious amounts of coffee will be provided by Google Fiber to all attendees.
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Wise Women Connect Luncheon
Location:
Hereford House
5001 Town Center Drive
Leawood, KS
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Time: 11:00am – 1:00pm
Cost: $21.00 (includes lunch)
Come and get your New Year started right with the most amazing women in Kansas City. Shake off those post holiday blues and come be Indulged, Supported and Pampered.
Who is Wise Women Connect? We are a professional organization of women with the established purpose of support and encouragement of women in business. If you know a lady who wants to be CONNECTED to other women in a certain profession, Wise Women Connect could be just what she needs.
We meet on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month from 11:00am-1pm with open networking and registration to begin at 11am.
You may attend 2 events before joining the organization.
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Upcoming Events
Monday, January 7
Christian Business Connections Network Meeting
Location:
Country Club Cafe
21911 West 66th St.
Shawnee, KS
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Time: 9:00am – 10:30am
Join us! It is an all-inclusive and non-denominational group and our focus is networking/friendship/outreach.
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Monday Geek Night
Location:
Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen
1526 Walnut St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 6:00pm – 8:30pm
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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Tuesday, January 8
Leawood Chamber Morning Mingling Networking Event
Location:
His & Her Fitness
5328 W. 151st St.
Leawood, KS
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Time: 8:00am – 9:30am
No cost to attend.
First networking event of 2013! Join us at His & Her Fitness and learn all about what they have to offer.
Let His & Her Fitness show you all the opportunities available for you to be healthy! Come stop in to tour their beautiful facility, enjoy complimentary coffee, along with breakfast from Your Nutrition Kitchen and mingle with fellow Leawood Chamber members.
Leawood Chamber members, their guests, and ‘future’ Chamber members are invited to join us for some great Leawood Chamber networking.
Registration deadline is Friday, January 4 by 5:00 pm, so make sure you RSVP today!
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Power Chics Power Coffee Meeting
Location:
Little Monkey Bizness
12219 Shawnee Mission Parkway
Shawnee, KS
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Time: 8:00am – 9:00am
The Power Chics Power Coffee is a new venue for the person who prefers to meet in the morning. We will meet at 8 AM and get to know each other with introductions and a discussion topic.
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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