ivelina

Gang,

Does anyone here either work in or with the World Affairs Council in Philadelphia? Or perhaps you know someone who does?

Please PM me if you do. I am trying to get a job in their "Speaker events" department or the "Travel events" department, but frankly the entire organization is very exciting and it would be my dream come true to work as a PR or event planner in ANY of their departments.

The problem is that they do not announce their open positions to the public and do not have a centralized human resources department that you can call and ask. So basically, unless you are in the know with them, you are out.

I hope someone here can help me get closer to my goal.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Thanks,
eve

brantshali

Sorry, I have a few contacts in the Seattle area, but none back east...

ivelina

Hummmmmmmmmm ..... Seattle ...... not a bad idea

no, jk. I'm sworn to Philly for now thanks though.

brantshali

If I dig up any contacts in your area I'll shoot you a PM...

paS2K

I looked at their website and see that they have various activities coming up....lectures, training stuff with students.

Suggestion: Call them and volunteer to help with one of their events (welcome desk, stting up the room, prep work for speaker, etc). Most non-profits never have enough paid help to do everything. Volunteering would give you a chance to get to KNOW some of the staff....maybe board, too. Once you're known to them, then it's easy to express interest in future job opps... Good luck....

PS- If you can get a list of their board of directors, then I might be able to find a route for an introduction. I did not find the board listed on the website

ivelina

Oh yeah, that

paS2K

OMG, what a huge board

Here are the ones with whom I have some sort of connection or knowledge....mostly good/ one bad ;p (b/c I told him to go self-F*** in 1985 )

If you remind me next month, I may be able to make some contacts.....too soon to my vacation right now :flyaway:

[QUOTE]Originally posted by ivelina

ivelina

Thank you Jerry

You know Naccaratto as well? Nice! We work with them here in my office at Drexel (Planning, Design & Construction), but i didn't want to ask my boss to talk to him just yet b/c i have not told my boss that i am looking for somthing yet. What is it that you do actually? I don't think that i ever knew.


So, you want me to remind you later on, is that what you meant? No problem Just let me know when you get back from your vacation. Where are you going?

paS2K

architect, self-employed trouble-shooter

berlin, prague, vienna, salzburg, zurich

V-tec'nit

Hey I know Michael Heavener from Wachovia. He is one of my customers. He just bought a nice GT3