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Pre-Conference Planning Guide

NBMBAA® 33rd Annual
Conference & Exposition
October 4-8, 2011
Georgia World Congress Center
Atlanta, Georgia
www.nbmbaa.org
www.nbmbaaconference2011.org

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by Janel Martinez

In this day and age, the world of social networking has infiltrated almost every industry, from film and television to government and manufacturing. The same has become true for those in human resources, recruitment and job placement. Aside from using social networking to advertise career opportunities, HR professionals now rely heavily on sites such as Linkedin, Facebook, and Twitter to search for and weed out potential candidates.

By John A. Byrne | Reprinted from PoetsandQuants.com

They may be Masters of the Universe now, leaders of Fortune 100 companies, commanding tens of thousands of employees and pulling down multi-million-dollar pay packages every year. But when these Fortune chief executives were mere MBA students, they felt as overwhelmed, as intimidated, as dumb, and, in some cases, as completely broke as many of today’s MBA candidates.

By Mara Lee | The Network Journal

Since he got his bachelor's degree last May, Kirk Devezin II has worked a little more than six months. He has freelanced. He has never made more than the $10.36 an hour he earned as a barista at Starbucks while he was a student at Eastern Connecticut State University.

By Dee DePass | The Network Journal

Back in 2006, Megan Evans Seeds needed just seven days to land a full-time job with benefits when she graduated from college. But when she graduated last year with a master's degree in public policy from the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School, it took 18 months and four stints as an intern, temp and volunteer before she finally got a full-time job with Hennepin County Corrections and Rehabilitation.

From:  Blackenterprise.com

Stories are told of job seekers who respond to countless online job postings with little or no response. Since the height of the economic downturn, many professionals have been unemployed for months–even years. As a result, many job seekers have become discouraged and have begun to lose faith in the American Dream–no matter their educational, economic and social status.

By Lillian Lambert

A few years ago, I spoke at a conference of the African American Student Union, Harvard University. During the question and answer session a young man asked: "Why would someone with a Harvard MBA choose to go into the janitorial business instead of a more sophisticated profession?"

After taking a deep breath I responded. "I admit there is nothing glamorous about my industry. You're right, it is not an industry where you will find many MBAs, much less a Harvard MBA. But I'll let you in on a secret: It's better to own the mop than to push the mop."

By Karen Cheney, Money Magazine

(Money Magazine) -- Parents of the class of 2011: Your timing is impeccable.

After the ugliest job market in decades, the outlook is improving, just as you're sending your child out into the working world. Employers expect to hire 19% more recent college graduates this year than last, reports the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Not only that, average starting salaries are up 6%, to $50,500.