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It's the 6th ProLango Career Mixer of 2010! Come Join Us!
Date: Monday, August 09, 2010
Time: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Location: Maggiano’s Little Italy, Lincoln Center, 10455 NE 8th St, Bellevue, WA 98004
Cost: Free
Speaker: Heather (Abramson) Krasna - Author, Director of Career Services, Evans School of Public Affairs at University of Washington
Featured by: NWJobs (The Seattle Times), KOMO 4, KIRO 97.3, Q13 FOX
Work the room: Career mixers offer an informal way to mingle -- no résumé required
Don't apply for that job online, go to a 'job mixer' instead
What is ProLango's Career Mixer?
ProLango Career Mixers cultivate relationships between job seekers and hiring companies. We discourage resumes and elevator pitches and instead advocate building strong sustainable relationships.
Previous Mixer Highlights
April 2010
600 registrations including 108 attending companies. Company representatives at the April mixer included: University of Washington, Microsoft, Intel, Adobe, Ripple Rock, Kelly Services and others.
November 2009
525 registrations including 132 attending companies. Company representatives at the April mixer included: Boeing, AT&T, Chase, Expedia, Microsoft, PACCAR, Phillips, UW and others.
September 2009
459 registrations including 77 attending companies. Company representatives at the September mixer included: Cardiac Science, BECU, Boeing, PACCAR, Vertafore, EMC, Starbucks, Expedia, Sound Transit, Microsoft, and T-Mobile.
August 2009
Our last career mixer was covered by Q13 News and drew over 399 attendees including job seekers, employed professionals, company representatives, and 3rd party recruiters. Company representatives at the August mixer included: Starbucks, Expedia, Sound Transit, Microsoft, and T-Mobile.
Success Stories
“ I was at the Prolango Mixer Monday evening, Power Connecting. I was standing near the bar and turned to face a female. We began to talk. A gentleman, James, came up to us and said “I’m sorry but I want to talk to you.” Meaning the girl I was talking to. He said he was a recruiter and was interested in Developers and noticed her name tag was labeled just that. So I hang out as a third-wheel. Then he asks me what I am looking for. I tell him I’m a Marketing Professional. He says, “Oh then you need to talk to this person.” He points to a co-worker standing nearby. He, Casey, comes over and we all begin to talk. I share a little about myself and he tells me he has some positions available that would be a good fit. We exchange business cards and I tell him I will email him in the morning (Tuesday). I do so, he responds, provides the job descriptions, etc. He submits me for two jobs.
In the mean time I drive down to Oregon to visit my parents and have some car work completed. I get a call from Casey saying he received a request for a phone interview for one of the positions. I take the interview from my parents house Wednesday afternoon. At the end of the phone interview the hiring manager tells me she will be making a decision Friday off the phone interviews. She will not be calling anyone in for in-person interviews. She also said I was one of her top candidates because she liked my ideas and what I had to say. She said she was interested in talking further and hearing more of my ideas.
Friday afternoon I get a call from Casey offering me the job. He said, Karen, the hiring manager was very impressed with my problem solving skills in the interview and that’s what made her decision. I haven’t met her in person yet. I was hired sight unseen (I think this is a first). Casey said I made his time at the Mixer worth it. ”