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SUMMARY:Women in Business Networking Luncheon-Aug '23
DESCRIPTION:Engagement Through Networking\n\n\n\nSpeed Network with other Women in Business in the Texas City-La Marque community. Enjoy a delicious catered lunch\, networking and door prizes. Boost your business network and make new friends!\n\n\n\nAt this luncheon\, we will hear about engagement through networking.\n\n\n\nReminder - bring a door prize to give away to promote your business!\n\n\n\nFeatured Speaker:\n\n\n\nRenee Ethridge\n\nExecutive Account Manager - Territory Development\, Meador Staffing\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Background:\n\nRenee is a business-to-business outside sales expert with over 38 years of staffing and human resources experience. She joined the Meador Staffing team in the late 1980s and quickly demonstrated her strong negotiating  and selling skills\, as well as the ability to service contracts among many platforms from local business owners to medium and large accounts and consumers. Among Renee's fortes include negotiating talent with major organizations in the area of trades\, warehouse/logistics\, engineering/technical\, accounting\, IT\, human resources\, and administrative professionals\, selling full-service lines in regards to temporary\, temp-to-hire\, contract\, and direct hire candidates. As Account Manager for Meador Staffing Clear Lake\, Renee oversees contract negotiations related to industrial and skilled trade staffing sales within the industry specifics of manufacturing\, petrochemical and refinery\, oil and gas\, warehouse\, and logistics. Her strong relationships with both small to large corporations throughout Texas and the U.S. as well as her hands-on experience give her the empathy and understanding needed to sell the Meador platform.\n\n\n\nRenee enjoys using her interpersonal and customer service skills to maximize sales in a highly competitive market. Consulting\, negotiating\, and closing to quickly build client support and trust drives her passion. Her human resources experience allows her to strategically partner with her clients\, having a clear understanding of the day-to-day challenges they experience.\n\n\n\nOrganizations in the community she services also benefit from Renee's talents and passions: Renee serves in the following organizations: Texas Bay Area SHRM Board of Directors\, VP\, Marketing and Sponsorship Chair\; Ambassador and Women In Leadership Advisory team member for Texas City/La Marque Chamber of Commerce\; Veteran's Cares Transitional Workforce Committee Member\; Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership Small Business Committee Member and Economic Development Member\; and Economic Development Port Region Business Development Member.\n\n\n\nRenee's strengths as a communicator and a business seeker result in top-notch new business sales and have helped her excel in each position she has held in her staffing career: staffing consultant\, professional direct hire recruiter\, branch manager\, sales manager\, and account manager.\n\n\n\nIf you would like to connect with Renee\, visit her LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/reneeethridge.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="color:#cc6666\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\; font-family: Raleway\, sans-serif\; font-size: 20px\;">Engagement Through Networking</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:16px\;">Speed Network with other Women in Business in the Texas City-La Marque community.&nbsp\;Enjoy a delicious catered lunch\, networking and door prizes. Boost your business network and make new friends!<br />\n<br />\nAt this luncheon\, we will hear about engagement through networking.</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#cc6666\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><em><strong><span style="font-size:16px\;">Reminder - bring a door prize to give away to promote your business!</span></strong></em><br />\n<br />\n<strong><span style="font-size:16px\;">Featured Speaker:<br />\n<br />\nRenee Ethridge</span></strong></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;">Executive Account Manager - Territory Development\, <em>Meador Staffing</em><br />\n<img alt="" height="280" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/2983/Image/Renee.jpg" style="width: 200px\; height: 280px\;" width="200" /></span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#cc6666\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong>Speaker Background:</strong></span></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-size:16px\;">Renee is a business-to-business outside sales expert with over 38 years of staffing and human resources experience. She joined the Meador Staffing team in the late 1980s and quickly demonstrated her strong negotiating&nbsp\; and selling&nbsp\;skills\, as well as the ability to service contracts among many platforms from local business owners to medium and large accounts and consumers. Among Renee&rsquo\;s fortes include negotiating talent with major organizations in the area of trades\, warehouse/logistics\, engineering/technical\, accounting\, IT\, human resources\, and administrative professionals\, selling full-service lines in regards to temporary\, temp-to-hire\, contract\, and direct hire candidates. As Account Manager for Meador Staffing Clear Lake\, Renee oversees contract negotiations related to industrial and skilled trade staffing sales within the industry specifics of manufacturing\, petrochemical and refinery\, oil and gas\, warehouse\, and logistics. Her strong relationships with both small to large corporations throughout Texas and the U.S. as well as her hands-on experience give her the empathy and understanding needed to sell the Meador platform.<br />\n<br />\nRenee enjoys using her interpersonal and customer service skills to maximize sales in a highly competitive market. Consulting\, negotiating\, and closing to quickly build client support and trust drives her passion. Her human resources experience allows her to strategically partner with her clients\, having a clear understanding of the day-to-day challenges they experience.<br />\n<br />\nOrganizations in the community she services also benefit from Renee&rsquo\;s talents and passions: Renee serves in the following organizations: Texas Bay Area SHRM Board of Directors\, VP\, Marketing and Sponsorship Chair\; Ambassador and Women In Leadership Advisory team member for Texas City/La Marque Chamber of Commerce\; Veteran&rsquo\;s Cares Transitional Workforce Committee Member\; Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership Small Business Committee Member and Economic Development Member\; and Economic Development Port Region Business Development Member.<br />\n<br />\nRenee&rsquo\;s strengths as a communicator and a business seeker result in top-notch new business sales and have helped her excel in each position she has held in her staffing career: staffing consultant\, professional direct hire recruiter\, branch manager\, sales manager\, and account manager.<br />\n<br />\nIf you would like to connect with Renee\, visit her LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/renee-ethridge-35b72615/">www.linkedin.com/in/reneeethridge</a>.</span>
LOCATION:Texas City-La Marque Chamber Conference Room 9702 E.F. Lowry Expressway Texas City\, Texas 77591
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URL:https://business.tclmchamber.com/events/details/women-in-business-networking-luncheon-aug-23-4272
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