There are two types of skills that employers are looking for: soft skills and hard skills. Soft skills are interpersonal; they’re qualities a person has learned overtime through their experiences and often have naturally. Hard skills are proficiencies that can be learned through education and training and often have physical representations, like certifications or degrees, […]
Category: Networking
Interview with Kent Lewis
Changing or progressing your career and working through your job search can be discouraging. You may be seeking guidance from career coaches on YouTube, asking friends or former colleagues for support, or setting up calls with mentors. It’s a rough road, we understand. You may be recollecting on your entire career-life, dating back to your […]
Meet September’s Speaker: Cleon Cox
After the long summer break, we are so excited to start off our workshops season with a pdxMindShare veteran, Cleon Cox! From janitor to stockbroker, trucking company owner to co-founder of the National College Association, Cleon Cox III has invested his time, energy, and expertise as the facilitator of the Job Finders Support Group, Portland, […]
pdxMindShare | Portland’s Premier Career Community
Are you interested in learning more about pdxMindShare? Media 272 has created this exceptional video explaining what pdxMindShare is and all this organization has to offer the Portland community. In this video, you will hear from Kent Lewis, pdxMindShare’s Founder, about how this organization got started and his vision and passion for helping business professionals […]
Meet May’s Speaker, Ashley Roda
We are so excited to introduce you all to Ashley Roda, our May speaker! Ashley founded Iconic Designs where she is a persona stylist, specializing in upleveling personal brands and style. Ashley will be joining us to discuss the 3 C’s of Personal Branding: Consistency, Cohesion, & Charisma. After she wraps up her presentation, attendees will have […]
MindShare’s April Presentation with Kate Grenadier
Thank you to everyone who attended April’s pdxMindShare event. As always, we had another great speaker and lots of networking with Portland professionals. This month, first-time speaker Kate Grenadier, 0wner of Pivot Point, talked with us about Effective Communications and how to learn active listening skills (basics and practice), how to harness the benefits of powerful […]
Jenny’s Presentation from March’s MindShare Event
It was so nice to have Jenny Foss join us once again at MindShare and present. As a job search strategist, recruiter, resume writer, and the voice behind the popular career blog JobJenny.com, she returns each year with a powerful presentation to help attendees learn some new tricks to help them secure a job they […]
February’s MindShare Presentation from Kent Lewis on Building Your Online Brand
On February 15th, we held our second pdxMindShare event of the year and MindShare Founder and Anvil Media CEO and Founder Kent Lewis presented a workshop on building an online presence using multiple social media platforms. He discussed the best platforms to use, how frequently to use them, how to gain followers, and most importantly, […]
TEDx Speaker Coach Amy Wolff’s January 2017 Presentation
It seemed like ages since we gathered for a pdxMindShare Career-Focused Workshop & Networking Event due to break from the holidays. Despite the icy and slushy roads, we had a great turnout at Circa 33 where we had first-time speaker Amy Wolff, TEDx Speaker Coach, present on improving your speaking skills. From defining your goals, […]
It’s a Wrap! What a Great 2016, pdxMindShare!
What a year it’s been! From losing our long-time venue and friends at Trader Vic’s and trying out some new locations like Ecliptic and Touché before landing at the Lucky Lab on Quimby, to the excellent people I get to see each month, I couldn’t be more touched with the MindShare group. Each month, our […]
