SITE- How Attending a Site Conference Impacted My Career

HOW SITE IMPACTED MY CAREER:

When I returned from abroad in September of 1999 I had a really hard time finding my place in the world. I had a degree, international experience and the knowledge of how to plan large scale corporate meetings (thanks to my boss Ray Green) but I couldn't find a job. I was suffering from culture shock and had zero contacts in the US. My dad gave me a copy of Incentive Magazine. The page that I accidentally turned to had an announcement about a SITE convention taking place a month later in Las Vegas. I was thrilled thinking I could go there and make a connection and land a job. I came away with more than I could wish for - 3 solid connections: USMotivation, ADI Meetings and Incentives and the third was a meeting planner based in Switzerland that needed someone to conduct their US site-inspections. I started freelancing and by January I was booked for the next 12 months! Sometimes you just have to "leap and the net will appear." - Unknown