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There was a Working Not Working networking event here in Chicago a couple of days ago and an informal survey confirmed what I had already guessed: no one there had ever got any work through them.

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Relationships. Knowing people in agencies or who run their own businesses > LinkedIn, Upwork, etc

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Yeah I’d say who you know - I know a ton of people that book freelance all the time and their book is not good at all - they know the right ppl.

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WnW - might as well put your resume in a bottle and chuck it in the fucking ocean. BOOM! NUF SAID!

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^ Besides peeps, Facebook has ad networking pages for NY and CHI. Also WorkingNotWorking. Also check out Glassdoor, Remote

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CD2 were you at WNW Chicago? I was out there. Good showing. I met people who got work through it. I've used it to find people. And I've met a bunch of great people through their events. But it's stronger on the coasts and in London. Feel like they're just starting to build their Chicago presence though.

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