New speaker at the conference! May 16, 2008
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Unfortunately Emily Kortlang from Red Bull is no longer able to speak at the conference.
However, taking her place we are pleased to welcome Penelope Levitt, Account Manager from Campus Group. The Campus Group bring new innovative ideas to student marketing, offering brand and marketing managers a full consultancy and implementation service. Penny will be discussing how campus marketing, face-to-face, real ‘networking’ is still an incredibly important part of graduate recruitment, whether it is purely for raising brand awareness or for finding potential recruits.
For more information visit www.careers.lon.ac.uk/explodingmyths/
Rare to see that some people still value “face-to-tace, real networking.” I am all for utilizing the internet for social networking. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and such has their place, but it should never be substituted for real networking. At a graduate recruitment event, I was not surprised to hear one employer mentioned that he prefer to hire candidates who takes the time to seek him out face-to-face. Something could still be said for doing it the old fashion way…