This group targets career development and job-hunting skills for scientists, engineers, IT and technical professionals ranging from entry level (e.g. hardware engineers) through supervisors (e.g. Quality Assurance Supervisors) up to and including C-LEVEL (e.g. CTO or Chief Technology Officers). It is run by one of the leading technical recruiters, who has: 1) is a contributor to WGN TV and WGN Radio on jobs, careers and workplace issues 2) been on the front lines of technical recruiting for the …

Meet others in your local area who are interested in Professional Career Development and Networking. Our members are provided with tools to grow and promote business relationships, create and develop job leads and contacts, and continue on a successful career path throughout the lifecycle of their careers. Offer a seminar to teach executives & associates learn networking skills to be more effective at trade shows and professional associations. Schedule a networking event for your alumni associat …

4-days after the 2010 earthquake struck Haiti, Chicagoans of this Meetup started spreading the message that HAITI needs help for a long, long time. One of the inspiration to start this group was an e-mail received 1-day after the earthquake, from Meetup co-founder Scott Helferman. He suggested to think about how to help Haiti by means of using a Meetup. Obviously if you’ve donated your share already, kindly pass this information to someone who likes to further help. Honestly your word-of-mouth p …

The Proficient Professionals Meetup group is a business-network and career-enhancement group dedicated to helping business owners, entrepreneurs, and job seekers in enhancing the skills they need to gain more business and make a prosperous living. The Proficient Professionals Meetup group will provide members with educational and informative programs, events, seminars, and workshops that will develop skills, enhance talents, spark interest, and elevate lives.  

Join FREE Today! Annual Membership Dues Waived Chicago International Crowd Funding Meetup Group will enable members to connect, engage and share the latest tips and tools in the exciting world of Crowd-Sourced Funding, or Crowd Funding. Annual membership dues are waived up to 100 members. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SIGNING JOBS ACT OF 2012 INTO LAW THURSDAY APRIL 5, 2012 According to White House deputy press secretary Josh  Earnest, "the President will sign the Jobs Act.  You will recall this is b …

Official Filipino American Network (FAN) website -- http://www.FAN-Chicago.org/ We invite you to meet, find, have fun with, help out, educate, learn from and network with other Filipino American's in the Chicagoland area! We are not your parent's organization. We are a mix of professional, entrepreurial, not-for-profit, 1st+ generation, expat, Mestizos who believe in unity and want to do our community good! (http://www.FAN-Chicago.org/) To accomplish this mission, we have launched several initia …

Hello everyone! My name is Don Hyun Kiolbassa, and I a gold medalist for the United States Chinese Martial Arts Team (World Games 2008, Beijing China). For my day job I work as an attorney/CPA, and I noticed that many of my peers and co-workers just do not take care of themselves, so I started this new networking group where I feature different professionals in the health and wellness field. I am looking for people who would like to make a lifestyle change. There is no charge to attend, so i …

WE are a great group of single women that are near or over the age of 40. AGE DOES NOT MATTER. SIZE and COLOR does not matter.  Rich, poor or in between-doesn't matter.   Friendship matters MOST! Women are powerful.  Men may rule the world but how did the rulers get here....A WOMAN! This group started out as SINGLE women but we have had many requests lately of married women that would like to join.  All of us have great girlfriends that are married so we are not going to leave them out!  Many ma …

Welcome to Connecters Networking! We are a group of FUN people that incorporate business networking with social networking! Our networking events are not your "run of the mill" sit down and listen to a spiel about someone's business. We put the networkers in a social atmosphere that creates a face to face meeting and everyone gets to know everyone as friends AND networkers! Why not be productive and have fun at the same time! We have a monthly electronic newsletter publication with great info …

Software development professionals in downtown Chicago who made Microsoft .NET their tool of choice.  The core purpose of this group is to strengthen the Chicago .NET community through knowledge sharing and networking.  Meetup topics focus on the Microsoft stack, attempting to balance basic concepts with advanced concepts.  Once in a while, we'll branch out into OpenSource technologies.   Note to recruiters and job seekers: there is a Job Board forum in the Discussions tab of this website.

WE are a great group of  women that are near or over the age of 50.   AGE DOES NOT MATTER. SIZE and COLOR does not matter.  Rich, poor or in between-doesn't matter.   Friendship matters MOST!   Women are powerful.  Men may rule the world but how did the rulers get here....A WOMAN!   This group started out as SINGLE women but we have had many requests lately of married women that would like to join.  All of us have great girlfriends that are married so we are not going to leave them out!  Many ma …

This group will meet to learn about the new crowd funding laws passed in the recent JOBS act and help prepare small businesses and entrepreneurs for raising capital through selling equity in their businesses using approved intermediaries. A couple of great articles to learn more about crowd funding, the JOBS act and more can be read here http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/223290 http://www.fridayfirm.com/news/449-alert040612

Support 100% Paid Internships The Paid Internship Meetup Group was inspired by a movie short made by an Iowa college student. "Is Your Dream Unpaid Internship Illegal" asks college students to examine if their dream unpaid internship is illegal. The mission of Paid Internships Meetup Group is to rally interns together and educate them about unpaid internships that are illegal. Additionally, Paid Internships Meetup Group will connect, engage and share resources to each and every member on how t …

  My Vision for Management Professionals Club is to offer opportunities to its members to socialize, coach, mentor and learn from each other. Main focus of this meetup is to discuss different management topics, share our experiences, as well as to socialize with other professionals. We will talk about topics as general as business or project management to as specific as contract management, risk management, team building and every thing in between and of course other related topics that interest …

B.I.G. is a support, education and networking group for smart women (and let's face it -we're all smart!)   Mission -- To create an environment where women empower each other toward their personal and professional goals and dreams. We currently host meetings in nearly 60 local communities throughout the country and we're expanding rapidly. We're also available to all women on-line via our http://www.believeinspiregrow.com website.   What is B.I.G? B.I.G. is a community based support group that p …

Angry Black Women Poem By L. Aaron As much as I hate to say it and add fuel to the flames that singes away at the souls of a race of beautiful women. I must confess that I am an angry black woman. She and I are one in the same and yet one of many. I accept this title with acknowledgement and realization that it does not define me and the essence of my being. It is not the single most relevant characteristic of who I am as a woman of African decent. It is however an identifying emotion of my lif …