Participants should come prepared to make their 30-second elevator speech. An elevator speech tells who you are, what you’ve done, what you want to do, and how you can be a valuable asset -- in 30 seconds.

It's called an elevator speech (or elevator pitch) because it should be something you can explain in a short (fast!) elevator ride. It should make the listener want to hear more of what you have to say.

The elevator speech has been called the "Swiss army knife of job-search tools." Research shows that, on average, senior executives are bombarded with 140,000 messages a month. So...what will you say if you've got 30 seconds to make your pitch? What makes your message stand out from the other 139,999?

Our goal with Monday at Seven has been (and continues to be) to provide a resource and meeting center for Job Seekers and Networkers by opening our doors every Monday from 7 to 9 a.m. Happily, we're helping many in the community achieve their goals, too.

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