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Why Go Geek?  

  

 

Who: Milt Haynes, Founder, Blacks Gone Geek

 

Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009

 

Conference Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Central Time

 

Workshop Time: 9:40 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. Central Time

 

Where:  

 

 

Robert Morris University

 

401 S. State Street

Chicago, IL 60605

 

Register at www.studenttechnologyconference.myevent.com

 


 

Synopsis

 

What does it take to build a successful career in the IT Industry?

 

How can I use social networking tools to build an online community?

 

What is "Inbound Internet Marketing" and how can I use it to get a job?

 

This workshop addresses the critical skills that are needed and how to obtain them. This seminar also shows how to tap into talent communities using web 2.0 tools and techniques to find lucrative and rewarding career opportunities. This is a must attend workshop for anyone interested in building an online business or pursuing a long-term technology career.

 

 

 

Join Blacks Gone Geek Community

 

What's Success?

It's All About the Benjamins

Click here to access the Why Go Geek? presentation 

  

IT Organization Process Models

IT Job Outlook

Gartner Hype Cycle - Wikipedia

Gartner Hype Cycle 2009

 

The Top 5 Ways to Become a Millionaire

Featured Minority Business - Vision IT

Featured Job Opportunity - Abbott IT Intern 2010

Featured Technology - Mobile Apps

Featured Program - BDPA Chicago HSCC Program

Featured Program - Digital Connectors

Featured Program - Technology Experiences Cheerleading (TECh)

Development Spectrum

6 Questions for Preparing Your Fast Pitch - Entrepreneur

 

Inbound Marketing University Study Guide

http://www.inboundmarketing.com/sites/default/files/Inbound%20Marketing%20University%20Exam%20Study%20Guide.pdf

 

Blacks Gone Geek on Facebook

 

Abbott (Labs are Vital) on Facebook

 

Ernst & Young on Facebook

 

45% of Employers Now Screen Social Media Profiles

7 Secrets to Getting Your Next Job Using Social Media

Project Y - Careers in Social Media 

 

Milt's Toolbox

Blacks Gone Geek Events

Project Z - What's Next!

Job Seeker Articles for College Students

Diversity Careers Magazine Links

Savvy Geek Chix offer survival strategies

6 Questions for Preparing Your Fast Pitch - Job Seeker 

P.I.E. - Peformance, Image and Exposure

 


For more information:

 

Rose Coppola-Conroy, M. Ed.

Director, BDPA Chicago Student Member Services
Faculty - Career Management, Robert Morris University

 

rcoppola-conroy@robertmorris.edu

 

 

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