Young Professionals Organizations

kddani · #1 11-14-2003, 04:52 PM

I'm putting this in here because it spans a variety of the other chit-chat subforums

If any of you have a young professionals organization in your area, I REALLY recommend joining it or at least looking into it. I just joined the Pittsburgh Young Professionals PYP 2 weeks ago or so, and went to my first event last night (a happy hour). Not only is it a great way to network, it's also a great way to meet members of the opposite sex

They do so many different events- professional, social, philanthropic it reminds me a lot of greek life.

But seriously, if you have something like this in your city, it's really worth checking out.

#2 11-14-2003, 05:20 PM

There's something like this in Milwaukee, but I'm not sure what is considered a "Professional". I'm in the workforce, but I'm a secretary... I don't know that I'd call that a professional.

What is the make-up of your group? Is it all mostly doctors, lawyers, bankers, etc? Or is it wider-ranging?

OrigamiTulip · #3 11-14-2003, 05:20 PM

Is this a national organization?

kddani · #4 11-14-2003, 05:28 PM

It's not a national organization.... I think a lot of cities have something similar.

Anyone can join.... you don't have to be a doctor or lawyer or anything like that. There's a lot of various businessy people. It seems like everyone's welcome.

texas*princess · #5 11-14-2003, 06:09 PM

great suggestion kddani! Young professional orgs. offer a LOT to people including *numerous* amounts of networking opportunities.... also, many of these orgs. offer a huge amount of scholarship opportunities!

good stuff!

mu_agd · #6 11-14-2003, 06:19 PM

Boston has a large one. i recently joined, although i haven't gone to any of their events yet. They have quite a few every month, i've noticed though.

pinkyphimu · #7 11-14-2003, 09:45 PM

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Originally posted by mu_agd
Boston has a large one. i recently joined, although i haven't gone to any of their events yet. They have quite a few every month, i've noticed though.

do they have a web site? i would be interested in knowing more about them.

mu_agd · #8 11-14-2003, 10:17 PM

Boston Young Professionals Association

MeLikey · #9 11-15-2003, 12:18 AM

I should look into one... one of my friends belongs to one, I think. She went to their New Years Eve event last year, and I was going to go but opted to go to another party instead. But they had a great time.