May 12 Toronto Girl Geek Dinner: Job Search and Career Strategies

Toronto Girl Geek Dinner: Job Search and Career Strategies
May 12, 2009
6:30 p.m.
The Pilot
22 Cumberland St. Toronto
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Post by Heather Leson

Spring has brought massive change for many Toronto Girl Geeks. Whether you are currently unemployed or interested in learning insight into your career path, join us for the May Toronto Girl Geek Dinner for a Job Search & Career Strategies Panel featuring a recruiter, a life coach and an editor of an online job site.

Many Girl Geeks count on networking or specialized blogs or websites to uncover the next best opportunity. Trevor Stafford is the Managing Editor of Red Canary, a technical job site providing a job board community, research and articles on how to make the best of your online job search. Trevor has spent the last three years bringing jobs and technology professionals together at Red Canary. A casualty of the dot bomb crash of 2001, he knows something about the need for career planning.

Agencies and recruiters help you tap into the hidden job market. Every job search needs multiple avenues to research and locate the right job. Recruiters can be sleuths with magnifying glasses. Their sharp skills guide you through the whole process from first meeting to refining your resume to landing the interview to closing the deal. Helen Krissilas, an IT Technical recruiting specialist for Inteqna will join us to give her unique view on how to conduct your job search. Helen is an award-winning Recruitment Consultant and also brings us a vast amount of business knowledge drawn from her experience running her own Value Added Reseller/Technology business.

TGGD also welcomes Brenda A. Benedet who will give a unique perspective on defining and meeting your career goals. Brenda is a Business Strategy Consultant and professional Coach. As founder of Benedet Performance Group, her firm partners with professionals and organizations with a mission to help them achieve their goals. Brenda frequently delivers seminars and motivational keynotes on a variety of topics including; organizational learning and performance, leadership, sales excellence, career development and work/life balance.

TGGD is a community. Even if you are not looking for work, you may be able to help another girl geek with your knowledge and experience. If you are looking, check out Rachel Young's list of job search resources for TGGD on the wiki. Please note that this Girl Geek Job Panel is focused on women working in and with technology. We know there are many people looking for work, but ask that attendees be folks with questions related to this field.

Bring your questions and a smile. We are growing in numbers, so we changed venues to The Pilot. Please join up on our Meet up Group.

The room can hold about 100 people. If you RSVP and cannot attend, please update the Meetup profile so that someone else can attend in your place.

Editor's note: A huge thank you to Heather Leson for putting together this event for Toronto Girl Geeks.