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Friends and Neighbors,

Many thanks for your support of the Jewish Community Council of West Rogers Park and commitment to creating a vibrant business community, attracting commerce, and encouraging an increase of businesses and merchants in West Rogers Park.
Every year around this week, our emails start to be filled with “Black Friday” deals and promotions for the annual “Small Business Saturday” – just a reminder to visit and support our WRP business community. Get to know the local merchants and support the businesses in your neighborhood.

Our next Devon merchants meeting is scheduled to take place on December 1st at noon.

Wishing you, your family, and our local business community a wonderful weekend and a ShabbatShalom.

Best Regards,

 

Shalom Klein

Networking Tip: It's Not Your Father's Networking

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We all know people who have cultivated relationships with others, learned key information as a result, landed new business, landed their dream job without mounting any obvious search, etc. Those are the networkers to be emulated. This much has not changed. However, in several ways, networking techniques have changed (e.g., the pay-it-forward approach, building a personal brand along with an employer’s brand, use of on-line tools, integration of internal and external networking, widely varied events, and shifting the focus of networking activities throughout a career).