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It's the 4th ProLango Career Mixer of 2010! Come Join Us!

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• Date: Monday, June 7, 2010
• Time: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
• Location: Maggiano’s Little Italy, Lincoln Center, 10455 NE 8th St, Bellevue, WA 98004
• Cost: Free
• Speaker: Ray Roberts, former NFL player - Seattle Seahawks and Detroit Lions 

Many have found employment as the result of attending these mixers. Read Diane or Dorothy's story.

Our April mixer had an outstanding 600+ registrations including 108 company representatives, 29 which were actively hiring at the event. Check out what companies attended the last mixer.

We had reporters from KOMO News, KIRO Radio, and The Seattle Times present covering the event.

Here is a video from one of our previous mixers covered by Q13 FOX News:

Special thanks to our venue sponsor:

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Dorothy's Story (from September's Mixer):

I was invited to attend the Prolango Career Mixer on Sept 21st and I signed up to go.

That evening I debated about 2-3 hours before making a decision. 

I thought, "What did I have to lose?", I could stay home any night and watch TV and I remembered in a Worksource (PNG) Professional Networking Meeting that you have to "step out of your box" and get out there and meet people.

It felt like I was in a bar looking for a date again, but even introduced myself to a few strangers. 

Right after I first arrived, I was standing at the bar waiting to a glass of water, when Debra Kay Lowell from Kelly Services introduced herself and asked what I did, I told her Configuration Management Analyst and she handed me her business card.

The next day I was able to send an email with my resume and with a phone call I was working two weeks later at contract job again.

Diane's Story (from August's Mixer):

I was at the Prolango Mixer Monday evening, Power Connecting.  I was standing near the bar and turned to face a female.  We began to talk.  A gentleman, James, came up to us and said “I’m sorry but I want to talk to you.”  Meaning the girl I was talking to.  He said he was a recruiter and was interested in Developers and noticed her name tag was labeled just that.  So I hang out as a third-wheel.  Then he asks me what I am looking for.  I tell him I’m a Marketing Professional.  He says, “Oh then you need to talk to this person.”  He points to a co-worker standing nearby.  He, Casey, comes over and we all begin to talk.  I share a little about myself and he tells me he has some positions available that would be a good fit.  We exchange business cards and I tell him I will email him in the morning (Tuesday).  I do so, he responds, provides the job descriptions, etc.  He submits me for two jobs.

In the mean time I drive down to Oregon to visit my parents and have some car work completed.  I get a call from Casey saying he received a request for a phone interview for one of the positions.  I take the interview from my parents house Wednesday afternoon.  At the end of the phone interview the hiring manager tells me she will be making a decision Friday off the phone interviews.  She will not be calling anyone in for in-person interviews.  She also said I was one of her top candidates because she liked my ideas and what I had to say.  She said she was interested in talking further and hearing more of my ideas.

Friday afternoon I get a call from Casey offering me the job.  He said, Karen, the hiring manager was very impressed with my problem solving skills in the interview and that’s what made her decision.  I haven’t met her in person yet.  I was hired sight unseen (I think this is a first).

Casey said I made his time at the Mixer worth it.