Our September 3rd seminar in Charlotte was such a great success that it made front page news in the Charlotte Observer:

 

As downturn grinds on, Charlotte gets LinkedIn
By Jeff Elder

 

Stan Gwizdak stands at the front of a classroom, his serious-faced students following his every word. They include an electrical engineer, an attorney and an accountant. The students all brought a laptop, but many scribble down notes on paper as well. The 43 class members each paid $35 to attend the four-hour session in downtown Concord. “You've got to give them something,” Gwizdak tells the class. “If you're going with your hat in hand, it won't work.”

 

The subject Gwizdak is teaching? How to use the business social media site LinkedIn.

 

More than 200,000 Charlotteans are on LinkedIn, with more than 28,000 from the hard-hit banking and financial services fields. But because LinkedIn is businesslike – the least social of the social media sites – many people don't spend time on it. That could be a big mistake as the country emerges from the recession, experts say. A new survey from the job site CareerBuilder shows that 45 percent of employers check the social media sites of their job candidates.

 

And, increasingly companies are looking online for prospects in the first place. If you've slapped up a resume and not expanded your connections, you might be about to get outnetworked... read more

LinkedIn 101
Raintree Country Club
September 29th
$35 to attend

 

LinkedIn 101

A LinkedIn 101 training seminar will be held on Tuesday, September 29th at the Raintree Country Club, 8600 Raintree Ln, Charlotte, NC 28277. Click here to register and reserve your seat.