Texas Exes Business Network

Brad Harwick

Marketing Manager

Vinson & Elkins

Topic:

Dialogue Strategy: Making Relationships Productive

An interactive evening learning the power of networking and what it can mean for you professionally.

&

Jacque Ford

Career Consultant and Job Lead Developer

DBM

Topic:

Network to Uncover Hidden Job Leads

Where are you looking? Where SHOULD you be looking?

Brad's Presentation will focus on "Dialogue Strategy: Making Relationships Productive"
Much has been written on the importance of cultivating one's network of contacts and relationships for use in developing business leads and ultimately new business. The value in "who you know and who they know" is often times underestimated and rarely optimized. Ironically, the most productive network is one that is fed over time - without regard to an expectation of reciprocity. Special attention to this topic is given through an exercise of "connecting the dots" and creating a dialogue strategy for those in your network.

Learning Objectives:
1. Understand how to map a dialogue strategy for an end goal using your network
2. Understand how to work through others in your network to get to the people you identify in your dialogue strategy

Jacque's Presentation will focus on "Never Ask for a Job!"

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 70% of jobs are NEVER advertised!
That means most people focus 80% to 90% of their time competing for & looking at only 30% of the jobs.

"Network to Uncover Hidden Job Leads."
Where are you looking?
Where SHOULD you be looking?