Chi Town!

It's been seven years since I was at a Recruiting Conference.  Seven years as a result of joining a Franchise of MRI Network that promised I would attend (not) and four years of my own firm without a network (I thought).

As it turns out, I could join Top Echelon!  A fabulous network of hundreds of recruiters who have a bi annual conference.  Fall is Chicago, spring is someplace warm.

There are about four offices who do exactly what I do.  I got calls from two of them immediately after joining the network.  And then there are the ones who are "close" to my industry, discipline and geography.  Good to know.  Lots of basic training, desk level training, and the value of metrics.  In short, much of what I know and love.

My motto is "one golden nugget of info makes the conference worthwhile".  I got several.

And then there was Chicago!  We went to Portillo's, Harry Carey's, and to Greek Islands.   Splurged on a show at Second City called "A Clown Car Called Desire",  and visited the Art Institute of Chiago.  First time ever there!  As a child, we always did Marshall Fields, the Shedd Aquarium and the Museum of Science and Industry.  This was a great trip:)

Got the metro pass for the week and went into the city twice, was great to take the "L".  The only regret was not going all the way out to Oak Park/Berwyn to see grandma's old house, which we were able to see get sold a couple of years ago.  And I missed connecting with cousins as well.   Next year, I will know to connect earlier and see the McDaniels:)

As always, we ate well:)