Hats off to Newaukee for coordinating Young Professionals Week. It runs April 16-21 and is a week-long event "dedicated to showcasing and celebrating Milwaukee's Young Professional organizations."
Enter Spreenkler: Milwaukee's antithesis to standard networking scenes. The group describes itself as a community of thinkers making strides to transform Milwaukee into an epicenter for creativity and alleviate the current brain drain that plagues our fair city.
In his upcoming book, "Networking is a Contact Sport," Milwaukee businessman Joe Sweeney lays out a plan for people to stay connected with others in order to help improve their professional and personal lives. The key, says Sweeney, a former marketing agent for Brett Favre, is to approach the process with the idea of giving rather than receiving.
If you recently lost your job, be assured that you most certainly aren't alone. The State Department of Workforce Development released preliminary results yesterday showing a 9 percent unadjusted unemployment rate by Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) for Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis.
Wednesday May 19th, 2010 - Chicago, IL/St. Charles, IL It’s only now that I’m really starting to grasp just how important building a network can be in terms of working in the entertainment business. People really do talk, and when I’ve been able to keep my name in fr...
I know I'm not alone when it comes to the awkwardness of business networking, but last night confirmed how very bad I am at it. I was attending a high profile business networking event downtown that included a Parisian theme - hence the mime. As I stood alone waiting to catch up with someon...