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Networking for Gold

How your network can help you get noticed and get hired:

Are you sending out resume after resume but have not gotten any responses? Are you stuck in a dead-end job and don’t know how to get the job you long for? A robust network can help you build meaningful connections, leading to hidden job opportunities, valuable mentorship, and career advancement. In this seminar, Chris Gay shares practical tips and real-world success stories that will empower you to confidently navigate the job market and land your dream job.

About our speaker
Chris Gay is a native Austinite with over 40 years of experience in small to medium size businesses. He was CEO of Roto-Rooter Plumbing Company with 150 employees in two states.

After successfully handling the sale and transition of Roto-Rooter to the parent company, he worked as a manager in the consumer division at Apple Computer, as a Chief Operating Officer for an alternative energy company, and owned a financial research company.

Chris is currently President and CEO of FocalPoint Business Coaching of Austin. As a certified business trainer, Chris works with his clients to improve efficiencies, sales, and teams; his clients consistently exceed 20% EBITDA growth yearly. With 300 coaches worldwide, FocalPoint is a leader in business coaching with exclusive access to content written by best-selling author and business authority Brian Tracy.

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