Get Hired: Virtual NetworkingFeatured
Channel:   Networking
Topic: Virtual Networking
The future of communication is upon us with virtual networking that enables us to adapt to social distancing requirements while staying connected. Let's start taking full advantage of this virtual networking smorgasbord by taking action! This video offers guidelines for the biggest benefits of creating and staying current with virtual networking trends, platforms, and profiles. It's time to follow up with your connections, make new connections, and exercise the value of active online engagement from the comfort of home.

Networking 101Featured
Channel:   Networking
Topic: Networking 101
No matter the industry, networking is essential to a long, successful career. The most successful networkers know that the real work begins well before the event begins and ends long after you get home. Preparation and follow-up are just as important as the networking event itself! For all you students out there, remember that you do have something to offer professionals that you may meet. Perhaps you could connect the professional with your school's internship coordinator or with an event/resource that corresponds to the professionals interest. Think creatively and remember that you can always bring something to the "table".

Financial Planner, Highlander Financial Group
Channel:   Networking
Topic: Make One Solid Connection
Melissa is a financial planner with Highlander Financial Group based out of Rockville, MD. As a partner with the firm, her main job involves procuring new business and offering financial advice to her current clients. Her three main areas of focus are risk management, investment management, and retirement planning. Although already successful, Melissa is currently in school again earning an MBA to add to her toolbox.

Risk Analyst, ACES
Channel:   Networking
Topic: Bring ideas with you to a networking session
Allen is a Risk Analyst with ACES, a nationwide energy management company based out of Indiana. His main responsibility in the Risk Analyst role is market-to-market valuations of his clients' transactions. Allen uses analytical tools to create the financial forecast off which to base these valuations.

Professional Golf Caddie, PGA Tour
Channel:   Networking
Topic: Show your employers that you're an all-around good person
Joe LaCava is a Professional Golf Caddie working on the PGA Tour. After getting his start in 1987 with golfer Ken Green, Joe spent the next 20 years of his career with PGA Tour Champion Fred Couples. After a brief stint with Dustin Johnson (another PGA Champion) in 2011, Joe jumped on the chance to switch caddie duties to one of the most prolific golfers of all time: Tiger Woods. Joe brings us into his tournament preparation, working for Tiger, and what he considers to be the skills that elevate regular caddies to professional.

Senior Financial Sales Director, Bloomberg LP
Channel:   Networking
Topic: Networking Is Hard Work
Krishna's remarkable story takes him from a small southern Indian village (that he insists we won't even find on a map) to one of the largest, most renowned firms on Wall Street. With an undergraduate degree in Honors Biochemistry, Krishna switched gears from medicine to business after successfully operating his own sports marketing company while in college. He networked relentlessly, studied hard, and leveraged an internship into a full-time career.

Stephanie Ayanian, Documentary Film Producer
Channel:   Networking
Topic: Put Yourself Out There & Meet Everyone You Can
Stephanie is a documentary film producer. After earning her undergraduate degree in Film and Video from Penn State, Stephanie left for California and worked in production for the "X Games" for three years. With a slow film production market and a desire to teach, Stephanie turned to education, teaching 5th graders at a local private school. Now teaching film producing courses at Drexel University, Stephanie focuses most of her time on documentaries, merging her two passions of education and filmmaking.

Leadership and Executive Coach, Hoshin Group
Channel:   Networking
Topic: Have 5 Meaningful Conversations
Cindy is a Leadership and Executive Coach with the Hoshin Group. She travels to different corporate clients and assesses how they can maximize their leadership in order to produce better results (and better energy). Her advice to aspiring coaches? Have some real-world experience before you go into the coaching business!

Internal Advisor Consultant, Global Investment Management
Channel:   Networking
Topic: Be Bright, Be Brief & Be Gone
Brian is an Internal Advisor Consultant with Black Rock. Black Rock is an independent, global investment manager. When on the road, Brian's days are packed with travel and sitting across from potential clients all day long. Brian gives current job-seekers great tips on making first impressions in the work-force!

Military Special Advisor to the Special Representative
Channel:   Networking
Topic: Relationships Get You Hired
Sean is an advisor to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan at the US Department of State. He is responsible for shaping US efforts to support Afghan reconciliation and coordinating negotiation of a strategic partnership to guide US-Afghan relations following the withdrawal of combat forces.

Internet Entrepreneur and Chief Executive Officer, TeamHomeField
Channel:   Networking
Topic: Meet Someone New Each Day
Joe is president and CEO of TeamHomeField.com. His company gives coaches and athletes across the country the ability to edit and watch game footage online at the push of a button. Joe walks us through his jam-packed schedule (sales calls, marketing campaigns, social media blasts, site management, fundraising, etc). As if his schedule wasn't crazy enough, Joe is also a professional lacrosse player with the Denver Outlaws! Check out his interview to get a glimpse of a 24/7 entrepreneur!

President of Professional Basketball Team, Erie Bayhawks
Channel:   Networking
Topic: Give As Much As You Get
Matt oversees daily team and business operations within the Erie Bayhawks organization, the minor league affiliate of the NBA's New York Knicks. Under his leadership, both the average game attendance and total fan base are on a steady rise. Matt shares with us what it's like to run a sports franchise and how to make it on the business side of sports!

Global Recruiting Director, GE Experienced Commercial Leadership
Channel:   Networking
Topic: Relationships Are About Giving
Chris is the Global Recruiting Director for General Electric's Experienced Commercial Leadership Program (ECLP). He establishes and manages the U.S. hiring plan and oversees the entire pipeline of ECLP. His strong leadership style has garnered national attention from both "Ebony" Magazine (30 Young Leaders Under 30) as well as The Network Journal.

Senior Landscape Architect, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
Channel:   Networking
Topic: Alumni Connections
Herb is a Senior Associate with Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, one of the top landscape architecture firms in the world. Sweeney has worked on numerous high-profile projects across the world including the Asian Cultural Complex in South Korea and the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, TX. Herb opens up about what makes a successful architect and how to handle the long and intense entry-level years.

Vice President & Project Manager, JP Morgan Worldwide Securities
Channel:   Networking
Topic: Great Exposure
Meghan is Vice President and Project Manager of JP Morgan's Worldwide Securities Services. Asides from overseeing mutual fund administration and accounting, Maghan is responsible for pricing new services for new and existing clients. She is also closely involved with Boston's Women in Finance organization!

Mutual Fund Project Manager, Vanguard
Channel:   Networking
Topic: Building Relationships
Gary is a Project Manager for Vanguard in Valley Forge, PA. With an MBA and Masters in Leadership Development, Gary gives students straight-forward advice on getting ahead!

Director of Governance and External Relations, American College of Cardiology
Channel:   Networking
Topic: Networking For Introverts
Marthea is the Director of Governance and External Relations at the American College of Cardiology. Every day she coordinates thousands of volunteers who, like Marthea, advocate the necessity for heart health.

Alumni Association Director, Penn State University
Channel:   Networking
Topic: Maintain Personal Touch
Roger has been the Executive Director of the Penn State Alumni Association for the past 8 years. His days consist of balancing the business side of his work with the social side, from meeting vendors and donators to traveling the country giving speeches. With his bachelors, masters, and doctorate all from Penn State University, Roger is proud to call State College home.

Human Resources (HR) Specialist
Channel:   Networking
Topic: Finding Common Bonds
KerriLaine is a Human Resources Specialist for a federal agency. She highlights the differences between working for the government vs. the private sector as well as the excitement of living in our nation's capitol!