Taking my own advice - get out of your own network!

Last Friday I decided to take some of my own advice and get out of my normal work and social network. I rsvp’d for the Chapman Woman in Film conference. What a great conference for women in general, and what fun it was learning about the film industry. I majored in Communications/Public Relations. When I graduated from Chapman I thought I’d never use the skills I learned in school recruiting. I was wrong. My classes taught me how to write and market. In the past recruiting was all about talking and networking face to face. Now with recruiting becoming an on-line profession with more written communication than verbal all those classes with Janell Shearer and Veston Rowe came in handy. So going back to my roots was a good thing. I reconnected with some people I have not talked to in years and connected with some new people. Getting out of your normal network does work!