Yesterday was Connection Camp Part 2. In Part 1 we covered the question of “Who do you want to be talking to?”. In Part 2 we covered the question of “How do I open the conversation?”.
In that discussion we covered:
- Opening the Conversation
- Understanding Your Audience
- Crafting Your Message
- Asking for Help
- Timing
- Face to Face Networking
- Linked In
- Email
- Phone Calls
- Social Media
Lots of great questions and lots of great interaction.
At the conclusion of the class, people all felt like they learned something new. They also thought that the class was a great value.
Special thanks to all of you who participated – Elizabeth, Roberta, Joy, Shean, Jim, Emmett, Ann, Greg, Holly, Tim, Ruben, Ed and Jyothi!
New classes will be opening today. Check the website – http://classes.bridgeatx.com for more details.
Tuesday was the official launch of the Bridge ATX Connection Camp. In Part 1 of this 2 part class we started the discussion of “Who do you want to be talking to”. Along those lines we presented a variety of different tools that can be used to help assist you in your job search. Some of these tools were familiar already to the participants of the class. However, everyone was able to leave with ideas of how you might be able to use the well known tools (like Linked In) more effectively. Participants were given the opportunity to play with some of the different tools in the class and ask questions as they came up. Crucial for the next part of the course – we discussed how to determine if a targetted company is hiring as well as defining which job titles they need to target within a company.
All participants were asked to define 28 companies that they are to research over the course of the next week (4 a day). From that list they are asked to trim down to 10 companies that we can target as well as the paths that may lead them to open a conversation with individuals at that company.
Part 2 of the Camp will take place next Tuesday. At that time we will begin a discussion about how to open a conversation with people in order to help them get their perfect job with their perfect company.
Stay tuned!
