1. **Job Search in Chicago by Yamuna**
August 2015
Publication 08.04.15
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Hi everyone! Hope you all are enjoying your summer. Here are several job search events I’d like
to share with you for the month of August.
<<FREE WEBINARS>>
To participate in Lynn Hazan’s FREE webinars, you must be registered at this link (please
mention that I referred you):
http://www.mylynnhazancareer.com/
Wednesday, August 5th
• Re-THINK! The Brand Called YOU: Your Personal Branding Session (11:00am)
Tuesday, August 11th
• Online and Offline: Succeeding with a High-Quality Resume and Digital Presence in an
Increasingly Competitive Job Seeking Environment (10:00am)
Thursday, August 20th
• Accelerate Your Job Search NOW (9:00am)
<<WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS>>
Tuesday, August 4th
• LinkedIn: 5 Easy Steps to Convert Connections to New Business (6:00-7:30pm @ Digital
Professional Institute) [FREE]
Wednesday, August 5th
• Chicago Marketing Success Seminar (4:00-7:30pm @ City Winery) [FREE]
o The Marketing Insight You Need to Grow Your Business: Join Dex Media in
learning business-building strategies, tips and techniques from your community
leaders, all geared toward increasing your productivity and business success.
o My friend, Sima Dahl, is one of the presenters. (I will be in attendance at this
event).
• ART OF AWESOME PERSONAL BRANDING WORKSHOP (6:00-9:00pm @ General
Assembly ) [$35]
o How did people like The Rock, Jay-Z, and Tina Fey become dynamic personalities
who constantly innovate, while people like Hulk Hogan and Vanilla Ice stay stuck
in the past? The former built incredible personal brands. It's easier to become a
Hogan or Vanilla Ice than you think, and in this workshop we show how to build
your personal brand by taking charge of your life and career, so that you
constantly innovate and stay ahead of the game.

2. Thursday, August 13th
• Startup Institute TalentExpo - Summer 2015 (9:30am-12:00pm @ 1871): [FREE]
o Startup Institute's TalentExpo is one of the best events of the season. We've
turned the traditional career fair on its head by putting our talented student
body on display, demo-day style. Students with diverse backgrounds and skill
sets will be given 60 seconds to pitch their passions to a crowd of Chicago-based
companies.
Tuesday, August 18th
• Guide to Career Change, Reframing Your Skills for a Startup (12:00-1:00pm @ 1871):
[FREE]
o Join Startup Institute for this lunch and learn as we'll uncover: The Secrets to
Career Love, 7 Signs that Show It's Time to Go, to Reframing Your Skills for a
New Gig.
Wednesday, August 19th
• ULCC Career & Employment Workshop + Networking with Greg David (8:00-10:30am @
Union League Club) [$10]
o “Planning, Metrics, Improvement, and Accountability: How to shorten, control,
and improve the timeline of your job search while significantly increasing your
job search skills.”
o The critical importance of planning, metrics, improvement, and accountability in
a job search. How to set yourself for superior performance and consistent
improvement tremendously shortening your job search while successfully
driving up job search activity on a daily and weekly basis. (I will be in attendance
at this event).
• Meet Startup Institute and Find a Startup Job You'll Love (6:00-8:00pm @ 1871) [FREE]
o Join Startup Institute Chicago and an amazing startup panel at our Chicago
campus to learn how Startup Institute can land you a job you’ll be passionate
about. Our immersive curriculum, career mentorship, expert instruction, and
targeted skills training have helped over 800 alumni to transition into high-
growth roles, and they can do the same for you.
Tuesday, August 25th
o PsPrint and SCORE Chicago: Content Marketing: Today's Key To Getting Found
On The Internet And Google (7:45-10:15am @ PsPrint Chicagoland – Des
Plaines) [FREE]
• Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES): IDES Events & Workshops -- calendar
of events for August
<<JOB FAIRS>>
Thursday, August 13th

3. • Choice Career Fairs: Chicago Career Fair (11:00am-2:00pm @ Congress Plaza Hotel)
Sunday, August 30th
Coast-to-Coast Career Fairs: Chicago Career Fair (7:00-10:00pm @ Congress Plaza Hotel)
<<LOOKING AHEAD TO SEPTEMBER>>
September 18-20
• Social Boom: Social Boom! Social Selling Made Simple (Weekend seminar @ Hyatt
Regency O’Hare)
Thursday, September 24th
• Choice Career Fair: Chicago Career Fair (11:00am-2:00pm @ Holiday Inn Rolling
Meadows/Schaumburg)
<<ARTICLES>>
CAREEREALISM
• 7 Tips to Best Utilize LinkedIn
• 8 Habits of Happy Job Seekers
CIO
• Top 10 Job Boards on Facebook
Fast Company
• How You'll Find a New Job in 2015
The Interview Guys
• Situational Interview Questions & Answers (Examples Included)
Job Seeker Weekly
• Three of the BIGGEST Resume Mistakes
• No-Fail Cover Letter Strategy
• The 4 Most Powerful Salary Negotiation Tactics
• Career Fitness: Mirroring
Lynn Hazan’s Resume Tip of the Week:
When including experience on your resume, don’t limit yourself to just paid positions.
Volunteering can provide marketable skills that may prove valuable in your job search. Highlight
the strengths you have gained and meaningful contributions that you have made, especially as
they relate to the positions you are seeking. Volunteering also demonstrates your commitment
to the community and helping others.
If there are any career tips or events that I missed or you feel the group may benefit from,
please feel free to share. Thank you!
Good luck!!

4. ~Yamuna