Unemployed in Des Moines

Net2Work was different yesterday. 90 potential employees had the opportunity to give their 3-5 minute elevator speech to 6 potential employers during a 90 minute networking session. (One of the employers left with 45 minutes to go in the program.) After doing the math, I realized that not everybody would be able [...]

The Des Moines Register published an article on 19-Jun entitled, “Iowa Jobless Rate Jumps to 5.8%”. According to the state, this is the highest level of unemployment in Iowa since July of 1986 when it was 97,700. Last year at this time, there were 67,600 unemployed workers in Iowa, or 4 percent. [...]

Guest blogger Stephanie graduated from MIT in 2006 and started working at a start up. After two years there, she was laid off, and learned firsthand the ins and outs of surviving a layoff and searching for a new job. She’s now at a new job, and loving it. She’d love to help you with [...]

I went to the Des Moines Pink Slip Networking event Tuesday night. With over 60 people attending, I would call it a success. The $5 charge got you 45 minutes of networking, over an hour’s worth of advice from the speakers listed below and the chance to learn more about my got work? [...]

This is Seth Godin’s blog post of today. Thought it was very applicable to job seekers in today’s market.———————————————————————————-Marketing (in all its forms) is unlike everything else an organization does, because it’s always different. There’s no manual because everyone does it differently, and what successful marketers have in common is that they are successful.
The [...]

Tonight’s Jobs Town Hall Meeting at Living Truth Church in Des Moines is cancelled. It has been rescheduled for 7-Jul at 7pm Contact Belle Britta for more information.

I attended my first speed networking event last night at Staybridge Suites in West Des Moines. I didn’t know what to expect as I’d never done anything like this before. Cheryl Hayes, Regional Sales Director along with Tim Bianci, Owner of Trilogy Solutions put together a great event.
Attendees were able to tour one [...]

During my last 5 months of networking, I’ve met several of you who are either new to LinkedIn or don’t have an account yet (Shame on you!). I can’t stress how valuable this resource has been to me in my job search.
I want to find a job in the Des Moines area, so I [...]

Guest blogger Caitlin McCabe is a Madison, Wisconsin-based social media enthusiast and consultant. A graduate of the University of Iowa she is putting her hard earned journalism degree to work in writing a blog, Smile Like You Mean It, covering design, fashion and social media.———————————————————————————-I left my job this week, the details of which don’t [...]

Does it seem like it takes a lot longer for things to happen now that you’re unemployed? When I was working, we would schedule in-house meetings, conversations over coffee, project deadlines not for this week, but for next week, or the week after that. Right now, I’m talking with companies about job opportunities [...]