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September 6, 2024
Green Careers – LinkedIn Profile & Elevator Pitch Workshop
Green Careers – LinkedIn Profile & Elevator Pitch Workshop
Join GreenHomeNYC Green Careers group in an IN-PERSON LinkedIn Profile & Elevator Pitch workshop! During timed sessions with green career professionals, you’ll receive constructive, personalized feedback on how to present your skills and experience so you take your professional networking to the next level!
We’ll kick off the workshop with a short presentation on best practices for building an impactful LinkedIn Profile and your own elevator pitch. Then attendees will be paired with different reviewers throughout the evening — think of it as speed dating but for professional development — where you’ll be able to review your LinkedIn profile and practice your personal elevator pitch.
Sign up today to secure your spot for the resume workshop. Limited tickets available.
Date: Tuesday, September 10th
Time: 6:15PM – 8:00PM
Location: Fujitsu AirStage, 1450 Broadway, 42nd floor, New York, NY 10018
For the Workshop, attendees should:
Make sure you have an up-to-date LinkedIn profile for review. Come prepared to do your elevator pitch and contribute to evaluating others. Be prompt! The event starts at 6:30 pm so be sure to arrive early!NOTE: Doors open at 6:15pm. To respect the time of our reviewers and guests, the workshop will begin promptly at 6:30pm. Networking Happy Hour after the event so please stick around! If you have any questions, please contact the GreenHomeNYC Green Careers group at [email protected].
April 29, 2015
{Green Careers} April 2015 Recap: The Perfect Elevator Pitch
By Pamela Berns and Tamanna Virmani For most of us finding a job can be tougher than doing the actual job. We can find it hard just talking about ourselves, no less selling ourselves to others. And first impressions are lasting impressions that can end up having a greater impact on your prospects than your resume or interview. That’s why it’s so important to learn and understand the tools of the trade – like crafting the perfect elevator pitch. In April, current and future job seekers gathered to get some words of wisdom from veteran energy professional and sustainability career expert Andy Padian on how to successfully deliver an elevator pitch—a quick professional introduction that will convince a potential employer or client to listen to your whole story. During Andy’s fast-paced and highly interactive workshop, participants received a number of tools to put into their toolkits. Each participant was asked (at random) to quickly deliver a mock pitch. Andy gave pointed feedback (and kudos) and engaged participants in sharing their reactions to each other’s pitches. Here are some strategies that were covered: (more…)March 15, 2015
{Green Careers} April 2015 Meeting – Elevator Pitch
At the April GreenHomeNYC Green Careers meeting, we will be developing and practicing our own Elevator Pitches.
RSVP HERE!
You have about thirty seconds to convince a potential employer or client to listen to your whole story. Whether you’re a job seeker or an entrepreneur seeking new business, you need to quickly define who you are, what you do, and why you’re the best person for the job in a clear, concise and compelling pitch.
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