About this Event
Start your week with a community of other job seekers who support, encourage, motivate, and learn from each other through their job searches. Job Seekers Connection energizes and inspires participants by sharing valuable strategies and techniques from professional career coaches, recruiters, and Human Resources representatives.
This weeks’ presenter: Ingrid Goldbloom Bloch
Topic: Building Your Relationship Capital
Building a professional network is more than just asking people to connect on LinkedIn or trading business cards at an event. It is about building relationships over time that lead to mutual benefit. Learn how to build your “relationship capital” through a variety of active and passive strategies that ensure your name stays top of mind so opportunities flow your way.
- Learn 10 tips for building relationship capital at every stage of your career
- Learn how to stay "top of mind" within your network so opportunities flow your way
- Learn “give to get” strategies to strengthen any professional relationship
- Learn how to priorities your networking activities for maximum return
About the presenter:
Ingrid Goldbloom Bloch is a sought-after career development leader with 20+ years of experience working at the intersection of design thinking, cognitive psychology, career counseling, and coaching. Her sweet spot is helping people see patterns and possibilities where they hadn’t before, leading to career and business transformation. She is proud to say that she has helped over 5,000 people elevate their careers and expand their businesses.
Ingrid works with a globally diverse population of clients across a wide range of backgrounds and sectors. When working with individuals she helps them identify and secure meaningful work, manage difficult work situations and create career growth opportunities within or outside of an organization. When working with organizations, she helps leaders create strategies to inspire, engage and retain their workforce.
Ingrid is not a typical career counselor, trainer, and coach. In addition to her professional career, she is an internationally recognized artist with a specialty for giving new life to recycled/upcycled/everyday items. Her ability to transform objects into something entirely new is the same process she uses coaching clients on creative ways to reimagine their careers and businesses.
Ingrid is the founder of Mosaic Careers, a consulting company providing career and leadership coaching, training and employee engagement strategy. Ingrid holds a Master of Arts degree in counseling psychology from Lesley University and a dual Bachelor of Science degree in communication arts and psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received advanced graduate training in career development from the John F. Kennedy School and is trained in Structural Consulting from Robert Fritz, Inc. Ingrid is MBTI-certified and holds a master level certification in TypeCoach.
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Parking is limited around the Ed Portal so we recommend taking public transportation.
Public transportation options:
We are about a 15-20 minute walk from the Red Line Harvard Square station or Green Line -B Harvard Avenue station.
Several MBTA buses also stop near the intersection of North Harvard Street and Western Avenue: #66, #86, #70.
Parking information:
If you choose to drive to the Ed Portal please be prepared to utilize the two-hour on-street parking surrounding the Ed Portal or to park at Artesani Park and walk 10-12 minutes along Western Avenue to arrive at the Ed Portal. A limited number of parking spaces are available in the rear of the Ed Portal building on a first come, first serve basis. You may only use parking spaces in the rear of the Ed Portal building outlined in orange paint.
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If you require an accommodation for a disability, please call the Ed Portal ahead of time at 617-496-5022 and we will do our best to assist you.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Avenue, Allston, United States
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