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Why attend a ITintheD.org Pink Slip Party?
This is the perfect place to network with colleagues, meet recruiters, learn about new opportunities, brush up on your interviewing skills in a relaxed, social environment and have some fun. Plus, they work. More than 350 people have founds jobs through our events, many stemming from connections made at the Pink Slip Parties.
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Why is it called a “Pink Slip Party”?
Tradition, more than anything else. It was a standard that developed in many companies that “separation notices” (gotta love euphimisms…) were printed on pink slips of paper. Hence, “getting a pink slip”.
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What is a Pink Slip Party?
It’s a tradition that has evolved from 1910, when hundreds of unemployed workers gathered to commiserate being laid off, factories closing and the country being in a state of flux. Sound a little familiar? Recently, with the meltdown on Wall Street, the crisis in the auto industry, as well as foreclosures running rampant as more…
