Here are the networking events for the week of July 29-August 2 in the Kansas City area. If you know about other career fairs, meetings or events that would benefit job seekers, please send a note to markvanbaale@gmail.com. Thank you.
There is also a Marketing/Social Media Job Leads page where new marketing/social media jobs are posted every day or every other day.
In addition, there are Internships, Web/Graphic Designer Jobs, and IT/Developer Jobs posted.
You can also follow @kcjobseekers or @markvanbaale on Twitter to get the latest updates.
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Monday, July 29
TEDxCrossroads Weekly Meeting
Location:
AIA Kansas City
1801 McGee St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Free to attend.
TEDxCrossroads is a weekly, hour long TEDx salon hosted Mondays at AIA Kansas City – 1801 McGee. Our focus is conversation, the community exchange that happens after watching a TEDtalk. Our format is simple: watch one 20 min recorded talk, have a 40 minute conversation.
More Information about TEDxCrossroads on Facebook
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Monday Geek Night
Location:
Snow & Company
1815 Wyandotte St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
We are returning to Snow & Company this week as they roll out a new – very geeky! – happy hour system. Join us to learn more about the new specials which are based on metrics that involve who’s ordering which drink and how many.
Bring a laptop, bring a friend or co-worker, and by all means bring whatever you’re working on. We all come from different development backgrounds but historically this group plays well together. We help solve challenges (code and otherwise) and often wander into the latest tech news conversations as well.
What is Monday Geek Night? It is a weekly Monday night gathering of geeks who enjoy topics including, but not limited to, application and web development (code of all kinds), entrepreneurship, gaming, marketing, design, movies, the current state of all things tech, and usually beer and other cocktails.
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#JobHuntChat on Twitter
Time: 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm CDT
Job Hunt Chat is a community where job seekers, recruiters, human resource professionals, career coaches, and hiring managers can connect. Discussion/questions shared on Twitter.com using the hashtag #JobHuntChat.
Here is how you can participate in this chat:
1. Search for hashtag #JobHuntChat on Twitter when the chat starts at 9 pm CDT.
2. Introduce yourself when the chat begins.
3. Read, ask questions, comment, re-tweet. Participate.
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Tuesday, July 30
Biz2Biz Connect Networking Tuesday Meeting
Location:
Scooter’s Coffeehouse
10610 Shawnee Mission Parkway
Shawnee, KS
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Time: 9:00 am – 10:00 am
$5.00 entry. Job seekers and Non-profit staff can come for free.
More Information about the Group
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H&R Block Career Fair
Location:
H&R Block
1 H and R Block Way
Kansas City, MO
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Time: Noon – 6:00 pm
Free for job seekers.
Hiring more than 300 seasonal workers for positions as office leaders, customer service representatives and tax professionals for next tax season.
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Building Your Self Confidence for a Successful Job Search Webinar
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00pm CDT
Self-confidence impacts your job search as well as your happiness in life. Join us for this Free Webinar and learn how the feeling of “not being enough” is an illusion that impacts millions of people.
You will have the opportunity to:
- Learn the keys to building your self-confidence for success in your Job Search.
- The tools to make lasting changes in your pattern of thinking.
- Shift from “not enough” to truly having self-worth!
- Stop the pattern of comparing yourself to others!
- Start living from who you already are, not from who want to be!
- Discover how easy you can go from invisible to VISIBLE.
- Build and strengthen your attitude – Be a Yes to YOU!
- Adopt a self-concept that grows your potential every single day.
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Kansas Feet Up Network Meeting
Location:
Johnny Brusco’s New York Style Pizza
8909 W 95th St.
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Feet-Up Network is a group of business professionals who like to get together, kick their feet-up and have a drink together.
There usually is around 15-25 people at these meetings. Members say that it helps them build relationships. Come on out and have a drink, meet some new friends and forge some greatpartnerships.
RSVP’s not required, but if you wish to register, you can.
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Kansas City Search Engine Marketing Association Meetup
Location:
Alamo Drafthouse
1400 Main St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
KCSEM events are a great way for local KC residents to learn more about Search Engine Marketing. Our events cater to small business owners, large company decision makers, marketing/ad professionals or those just interested in the online space. KCSEM events are beneficial for networking with others as well as learning about the in’s and out’s of online advertising, SEO, PPC, Social Media, Link-building, etc.
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Career Resume Consulting: How Do You Land a Job in Weeks, and Not Months? Webinar
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm CDT
Free to attend.
Tammy Kabell, founder and CEO of Career Resume Consulting, will cover strategies to get you hired into your next six-figure job or any professional position, in 10 weeks or less instead of 10 months or more.
In this instructional webinar, Tammy will cover in great detail the following topics:
- Understanding the reality of today’s job market
- How to navigate all eight sectors of the job market
- Strategies to overcome your job search liabilities – those things that are keeping you from getting phone calls (age, unemployment, short tenure, changing industries, etc.)
- The one most important thing to do in an interview (and you do it before the interview starts!) to win the job
She will also share with you success tips that will immediately change your search success, including:
- The Do’s and Don’t’s of resume building
- Her top success secret for getting noticed by employers and recruiters
- How to quickly beef up your LinkedIn profile to get employers to look at you
- How to greatly expand your network with 10-minute phone calls
- How to sell yourself into a face to face interview from a phone call
- Controlling the conversation in a face to face interview to win the job
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Wednesday, July 31
PeopleKC – Professionals Enriching Other People’s Lives Weekly Meeting
Location:
Platte Valley Bank
8401 Missouri 45
Parkville, MO
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Time: 8:30 am – 9:30 am
Free to attend.
We are Business Professionals, enriching other people’s lives everyday.
We are united to support each other’s business through personal referrals and to work diligently to support the many needs of our community.
We meet every Wednesday morning from 8:30-9:30 in the lower level of Platte Valley Bank (rear entrance).
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1 Million Cups Program for Entrepreneurs
Location:
Kauffman Labs
4801 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Kauffman Labs for Enterprise Creation created 1 Million Cups (1MC) as a simple way to engage entrepreneurs in the Kansas City community. Each week, the 1MC program offers two local upstarts an opportunity to present their companies to a diverse audience of mentors, advisors, and entrepreneurs.
The program takes place every Wednesday morning from 9:00-10:00am in Kauffman Labs. So if you’re interested in being involved with the 1 Million Cups program sign up, show up, help someone startup by offering your thoughts, questions, and advice.
Watch Program Live starting at 8:50 am CDT.
Register to Attend and Who is Presenting
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The Diversity Job Fair of Kansas City
Location:
Embassy Suites Kansas City – Overland Park
10601 Metcalf Ave.
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Free for job seekers.
Bring multiple copies of your resume. And bring a friend – all jobseekers are welcome.
Tips:
- Prepare your 30-60 second “Value Statement.” Offer everyone you meet a clear snapshot of who you are and what you have to offer a company as an employee. What were your past positions? How did you benefit your previous employers? What would you like to do in the future? Remember, the best way to be considered for a position is to meet the hiring managers in person. Come prepared to stand out from the crowd.
- Keep an open mind. Meet with as many of the companies as you can. We have had many jobseekers discover companies and positions that they had not known about or considered before they came. Don’t miss out – you may be surprised at what you find.
More Information and to Register
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Power Chics Power Lunch
Location:
Westport Flea Market
817 Westport Road
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Cost: $35.00 for prospective members
Our Speaker is: Julie Yang-Brethauer
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Biz2Biz Connect Networking Wednesday Meeting
Location:
Scooter’s Coffeehouse
11106 Antioch Road
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
$5.00 entry. Job seekers and Non-profit staff can come for free.
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Salary Negotiation to Land the Job at the Pay You Want Webinar
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CDT
- How to negotiate for the highest salary possible.
- Planning for the salary negotiation conversation.
- How to ask for enhanced benefits and other perks.
- How to complete mandatory salary request boxes on online application forms.
- How to conduct research about salary ranges for the positions you want.
- How to negotiate raises and severance packages and much more.
The webinar will also include exercise sheets so you can plan your salary negotiation responses.
You CAN learn to negotiate for what you want! Learn how in this informative free webinar led by Kathy Bernard.
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How to Leverage Mobile Applications to Get Results Networking Forum
Location:
Engage Mobile
112 East Missouri Ave. Suite #200
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Agenda –
2:30 pm: Networking and Snacks
3:00 pm: Panel Discussion
4:15 pm: Live Demos and Networking
Free to attend.
Registration Ends July 31 at 1:30 pm
Please join us for a forum on Mobile Application Development.
We have brought a team of experts and thought leaders together and anticipate a lively discussion around Mobile Application Strategy, Development, Deployment and Marketing.
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Leawood Chamber Young Professionals’ Summer Social
Location:
Ya Ya’s Euro Bistro
4701 W. 119th St.
Overland Park, KS
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Please park in the lots south of the restaurant in front of Talbots.
Time: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
No cost to attend.
Ya Ya’s invites Leawood Young Professionals to come check them out! We’ll be hosted in their beautiful private dining area and treated to some of their fabulous appetizers, all while networking with some great members!
Registration deadline is Monday, July 29, by 5:00 pm, so make sure you RSVP today.
Leawood Chamber members, their guests, and ‘future’ Chamber members are invited to join us at our After Hours event.
Reservations are requested as a courtesy to our host business.
Registration Has Closed
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Thursday, August 1
KC Roundtable Breakfast Meeting
Location:
First Watch
1022 Westport Rd.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 7:30 am – 9:00 am
This breakfast we do not have a speaker but come meet and mingle with other Roundtable members.
Our mission is to:
- Focus on relationship building; not lead generating.
- Facilitate collaboration, openness, transparency, learning and teaching.
- Establish an entrepreneurial network.
- Fill the void of not having the water cooler.
We meet on the 1st & 3rd Thursday of every month at our favorite location at First Watch in Westport. In addition to our morning meetings, KC Roundtable provides other opportunities to network with young entrepreneurs such as events like Just For Starters & After Hour events. Prospective members are self-motivated, curious, and open to learning and teaching.
More Information about KC Roundtable
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Olathe Chamber Coffee meeting
Location this week:
Sake Lounge
11953 Strang Line Road
Olathe, KS
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Time: 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Open to job seekers to attend free of charge.
Opportunity to mingle with Olathe area business owners and network to your next job. Expect to meet 150-250 people. There is a special sign-up area so job hunters and employers can meet.
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Biz2Biz Connect Networking Thursday Meeting
Location:
Fig Tree Cafe
817 NE Rice Rd.
Lee’s Summit, MO
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(East outer Rd of 291 Hwy between 50 Hwy & I-470 across from Office Max & next to the BP gas station)
Time: 9:00 am – 10:00 am
$5.00 entry. Job seekers and Non-profit staff can come for free.
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Jackson County, Missouri Veterans Job Fair
Location:
Jackson County Courthouse on 2nd floor
415 E. 12th St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Free for military veteran job seekers.
The county has partnered with the Missouri Career Center to connect veterans with various job openings in local and state government. Those offering career opportunities and information at Thursday’s event include:
- Jackson County, Missouri
- 16th Judicial Circuit Court
- City of Kansas City
- City of Grandview
- City of Independence
- Kansas City Area Transportation Authority
- State of Missouri Department of Corrections
- Citadel Federal Solutions
- First Call
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KC Business Journal Career Transition Seminar
Location:
Central Resource Library
Carmack Community Room
9875 W. 87th St.
Overland Park, KS
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Free to attend.
Time: 9:30 am – 11:00 am
Kent Barthol of the Kansas City Business Journal will show you how to use the Journal to find your next career opportunity! The workshop will focus on the following: looking beyond the headline of a story to identify opportunities; discovering networking events using the paper’s calendar section; utilizing advertisements in the paper as a source of information; and more. This program is presented on behalf of New Landings and the Johnson County Library.
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The Resume Reboot Workshop
Location:
Central Resource Library
Carmack Community Room
9875 W. 87th St.
Overland Park, KS
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Free to attend.
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
In the current job market, with unemployment hovering at around 9%, and the “broad unemployment rate” nearly 18%, it is absolutely essential that your resume make you irresistible to hiring managers. It needs to highlight the skills you can bring to any position, and minimize any liabilities that would keep you from getting an interview. You need a resume that really tells an employer what you bring to a position that separates you from the crowd. You need to communicate YOUR STORY.
If you are getting no response from your current resume, you owe it to your career and yourself to attend this free workshop.
In this two-hour workshop, Tammy Kabell will teach you step-by-step how to put together the components of a successful resume. She will help you identify your skills that can be transferred to multiple industries, as well as resume strategies to overcome obstacles in your search, such as long unemployement or advanced experience / age. Most importantly, Tammy will show you how to craft a resume that truly defines your strengths and achievements, and shows your next employer what you are capable of.
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#OMCChat on Twitter
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm CDT
Open Mic Career Chat is an unfiltered & upfront discussion about job search, interviewing, resume construction & bad interviewers. Great chat where job seekers, recruiters, human resource professionals, career coaches, and hiring managers can connect. Discussion/questions shared on Twitter.com using the hashtag #OMCChat.
Here is how you can participate in this chat:
1. Search for hashtag #OMCChat on Twitter when the chat starts at 6 pm CDT.
2. Introduce yourself when the chat begins.
3. Read, ask questions, comment, re-tweet. Participate.
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Go Blog Social Media Conference
Location:
Hotel Phillips
106 W. 12th St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: Starts at 6:00 pm through Saturday, August 3 at 5:00 pm.
Cost: $150.00
Go Blog Social is a social media conference taking place in Kansas City August 1 – August 3, 2013. Designed to inform, educate and inspire, Blog Social brings bloggers, social media experts and businesses together for a two-day event to connect-the-dots.
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FASTART Employment Workshop: Seven Steps to Landing your Next Job (Every Thursday until August 22
Location:
Church of the Resurrection
East Building, Room 303
13720 Roe Ave.
Leawood, KS
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Cost: $40.00 for a workbook you will use throughout your job search.
Childcare will be available by reservation for $12 per child for the entire set of classes.
The fee is payable at the door. With limited space, registration is required.
Time: Starts at 6:30 pm
Developed by trainers with more than 40 years combined experience in negotiating today’s complex job market, these sessions will cover: assessment, cover letters and resumes, planning and organization, networking, interviewing, and negotiating. Hundreds of people in the Kansas City area have already benefited from the proven approaches covered in FASTART.
If you have any questions, please contact Fay Beasley at 913-232-4124.
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Friday, August 2
Social Media Club of Kansas City August Breakfast: Social Media Burnout – What to Do About It
Location:
Think Big Partners
1800 Baltimore Ave. – 6th floor
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 7:30 am – 9:00 am
Cost: $10.00 (include admission and continental buffet)
Admit it . . . you’ve had the fantasy. You wake up to find all the social networks on which you’re active have closed. Sure, you panic because you’ll lose touch with your “online only” friends. But within a day, you realize: I have my life back! No more information overload. No more devoting my life to creating social media content and monitoring 24/7!
We’ve all had the dream. Yet, unless you’re someone who has unplugged (either permanently or temporarily), it’s never become reality. So we march ahead, creating, reading, and sharing content all in the pursuit of . . . well, in the pursuit of whatever motivates us to spend so much damn time on social media.
Join us at the August 2013 #SMCKC breakfast as we address the smoldering question: If social media isn’t going away, how do you avoid burning out and still maintaining your love for getting all those likes?
We’ll hear from a panel of Kansas City’s most prolific content creators in addition to some who thought they had given up social media . . . only to get pulled back in again.
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Face2Face Networking Event hosted by Greater Kansas City Chamber
Location:
The Board Room at Union Station
30 W. Pershing Rd.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 8:30 am – 10:00 am
Cost: $20 for non-members
Make 25 business connections in 90 minutes at this fast-paced speed networking event. Come prepared with at least 50 business cards, your one minute elevator speech (we do time you), and any other company flyers or brochures to set out on provided share tables. In an effort to attract different niche groups of members and enhance the variety of businesses represented at this event, The Chamber will be cross-promoting Face2Face with other programs/organizations. This month’s feature is Manufacturing.
Speed networking is a great approach to promoting your company, and doesn’t involve forcing yourself to walk across a crowded room to introduce yourself to a total stranger. Anyone can talk about their business for one minute.
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Job Club Support Group Meeting
Location:
Church of the Resurrection
West Building, Room 2202
13720 Roe Ave.
Leawood, KS
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Time: 8:30 am – 10:30 am
Please join other job seekers for networking, accountability and group support for those who are unemployed and underemployed.
Questions? Please contact Cheryl Greenough at 913-544-0238.
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Wise Women Connect Luncheon
Location:
Hereford House
5001 Town Center Drive
Leawood, KS
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Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Cost: $21.00 (includes lunch)
Who is Wise Women Connect? We are a professional organization of women with the established purpose of support and encouragement of women in business. If you know a lady who wants to be CONNECTED to other women in a certain profession, Wise Women Connect could be just what she needs.
We meet on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month from 11:00am-1pm with open networking and registration to begin at 11am.
You may attend 2 events before joining the organization.
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