Gearing Up for Another Day in SF

Today was a calm day, as the weekend was busy with fun stuff and tomorrow is a day in the city. So, I figured I would take some time to enjoy the nice weather and prep for a busy day tomorrow. I also decided to walk to pick up my daughter from school, spending a nice 15 minutes with her on the way home, rather than just 2 minutes in the car.

I made a couple of calls in the morning, speaking with 2 new recruiters.
1) The first seems like it might be promising, although I was passed around a couple of times to find the right person. I started with a contact in Phoenix (from a WF colleague who is in Chandler, AZ), who sent me to another PHX contact. PHX#2 sent me on to a contact for their SF office, but she focuses on health care - not my area of expertise. However, after a conversation and 2 email exchanges, she is putting me in touch with the SF contact who handles the FinSvcs sector. Now...it's just a matter of the 2 of us connecting, which will hopefully be tomorrow.
2) The second was not a good fit, as the company is a consulting company but does not have a practice in SF. Hey, maybe I could open one for them - ha ha. However, and this is very cool, the person I spoke with is going to call around to his resources in the SF area and pass my resume around. Very cool, as I'm never met this person before, but he is a good friend/colleague of a friend/colleague or mine. Networking...that's what it's all about, right?

I also confirmed my 2 coffee meetings tomorrow, as well as signed up for a networking event in the evening. This event sounds interesting, it's called ECO Tuesday. The tag line on their home page reads: The Sustainable Business Leaders Networking Forum
This should be an interesting event on a couple of fronts:
1) There are a lot of people now taking GREEN seriously, so I'm hoping for a good representation of companies - the more companies present, the better the opportunity to network, right?
2) There is a lot of interesting stuff going on in this space, so the conversations should be just as interesting, right?
3) And finally, since ECO/GREEN is a different bent than my previous career path, maybe this will be an opportunity for me to explore something new, right?
Check back Wednesday for a recap on this event.


Cool site of the day: ECO TUESDAY