Do you want the opportunity to explore careers and talk to professionals in various industries? How about the chance to gain insider information and advice on how best to position yourself after graduation? All this is possible if you attend Speed Networking 2013!

Friday, April 12, 2013
12:30 to 4:00 pm
Community Room, CCLIR

Employers who attended last year's event

• Karen Carlson - Prudential
• Ana Fletcher - Freelance Writer
• Tracy Fronk - (Alum) Director of Strategic Initiative at Valpo Law. She is also an engineer who worked as the test engineer -for F22 Raptor at Honeywell and worked on Hydraulic Boosters at Bosch
• Tim Helm - DMI Medical
• Simon Kissler - (Alum) Architecture Innovation at Accenture
• Kathy Marlowe - (Alum) Director of Student Athlete Services Valparaiso University
• Tom Marlowe - (Alum) Senior Engineer and Consultant Superior Engineering
• Stan Pissarski - General Manager of Operations Central States Manufacturing
• P. Joanne Ray - (Alum) Executive Director SmithBucklin/AACVPR
• Pam Saylor - (Alum) Manager of Supported Living at Opportunity Enterprises
• Tara Teeple - (Alum) Director of Data and Technology Services Valparaiso University previously a software engineer at Motorola
• Tracy Traut - Executive Director at Porter County Family Counseling Center, Member at Warner Bertram, LLC
• Christina Scala - (Alum) Sales Coordinator at Bosch Software Innovations
• Jill Schlueter-Kim (Alum) Executive Director Girls on the Run of Northwest Indiana
• Bryan Van Den Bosch - (Alum) Account Executive for Chicago Sky WNBA team
• Melissa Washburn - Artist and graphic designer with a BFA in studio art from Binghamton University (SUNY) and a Master's Degree in Arts Administration from IU Bloomington
• Helen Strietelmeier - Elements Acupuncture, Ltd. 
• Tracey McElree - Director, Branding & Marketing
• Ryan Dykes - Vice President, AC, Inc.
• Elizabeth Lucas - (Alum) Director of Visitor Services and Membership at Adler Planetarium
• Michael Suarez - (Alum) Employee Events and News Coordinator, Four Winds Casino Resort
• Marisa Valdez - (Alum) USS
• Cassandra Gordon
• Kurt Stephans - Engineering Manager at Motorola

If you are not familiar with Speed Networking, it is a tool now being utilized to help professionals create intentional connections. Thus, you as a Valparaiso University student can benefit from this unique opportunity. Specifically, students have the opportunity to hone their networking and job search skills and potential employers can get a "sneak peek" at you as a future graduate and potential employee." This is all done in a fast paced and exciting environment.

Speed networking will allow you to:

• Get advice and be mentored by employers
• Connect with Valparaiso University Alums
• Boost your confidence and allow you to learn from industry experts
• Gain insider information and advice on how to position yourself for the future
• Practice networking and relationship building skills

Most opportunities for employment are never posted and you will need networking skills to find out about job opportunities in the future. So, please come and enjoy this opportunity to meet alums and employers and gain information and advice on how best to position yourself after graduation. Employers are signing up daily to participate in Speed Networking and want to meet with students like you who want to learn more about careers and opportunities for the future. Read what the employers said about last years event!

Click here to find a link to an example of what this opportunity will be like for you!

Speed Networking Prep Session dates to be determined soon.