Laid off? Time for camp!
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When Chris Hutchins, a 24-year-old management and business strategy consultant got laid off in December, he decided to take networking to a different level. He launched something called "LaidOffCamp San Francisco."Hutchins says the times are right for a self-organizing networking and coping group of unemployed techies to form, especially given that he's just one of 224,000 laid off tech workers. Based on the BarCamp concept, Hutchins will let the group form itself ad hoc. Seems to me if you're a laid-off techie of a certain age (meaning under 40), this concept sounds kind of cool.
LaidOffCamp will take place at an as-of-yet -to-be determined venue in San Francisco, Tuesday, March 3. If you're unemployed and can rip yourself away from your Linkedin or Facebook page at that time, it's a good time to go network.
Topics for discussion include How to Live on a Budget, How to Build a Personal Brand and, perhaps most importantly, how to find another job in this environment. He's signing up participants via Twitter and a Facebook page.
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1-29-2009 @ 1:32AM
Chris Hutchins said...
Thanks for taking the time to write this piece. I appreciate the coverage. Please let me know if you have any follow-up questions.
(Also, I think there's a t and the end of Chris in the first line of your post.)
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2-12-2009 @ 4:04PM
Lily said...
Hey! Tell your guys about www.rxdrugcard.com. It's a prescription discount card for people without insurance. No point in paying full price for your prescription drugs. The family membership fee is only $4.95 a month. You can cancel whenever you get a job with insurance. The website has a place to look up what your meds cost with this card.
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