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Why Your Career Must Include LGBT Networking
Although LinkedIn is a valuable professional networking tool, not all of us feel comfortable being out there. Glassdoor provides high-quality insights into working at specific companies, but does not share specific experiences of LGBT employees. That’s why OutOffice exists. Get more out of your career and pay off your credit card debt, starting with the free credit card 7-Step Credit Card Debt Reduction Here.
Find out more about the LGBT networking site Out Büro:
Meet LGBT Network Leader Dennis Velco from OutOffice
Dennis Velco is the founder and CEO of Out Büro, an LGBT networking site for entrepreneurs and professionals. The site allows users to network, submit resumes to a searchable database, and anonymously review companies from an LGBT perspective. It also provides a forum where companies of all sizes can engage with LGBT candidates through active recruiting.
Dennis joins us to discuss the impetus for Out Büro and describes the platform as a safe place for LGBT job seekers. He offers insight into joining a workplace employee resource group OR starting your own and addresses the common disconnect between a company’s inclusive policies and the actual treatment of LGBT employees in the workplace. Listen to Dennis’ advice on promoting diversity and inclusion year-round and learn how you can reap the benefits of being a member of the OutOffice community!
Topics covered regarding LGBT networks
The impetus for OutOffice
- The “little gay baby” of LinkedIn and Glassdoor
- Safe space for LGBT job seekers
- Forum for companies looking for talent
The features of the OutOffice site
- Network with mentors and VCs and join groups
- Communicate without restrictions
- Submit your resume to a searchable database
- Rate companies anonymously
- Users demonstrate expertise through blogging
The value of LGBT-friendly policies
- Impact on quality of life, job satisfaction
- Affects long-term earning potential
- Politics does not always reflect reality
How OutOffice differs from the HRC Corporate Equality Index
- Includes any company of any size
- Provides feedback loop from employees
Dennis’ advice on coming out at work
- Individual choice (may not feel safe)
- Join the employee resource group
- Create an informal network of colleagues
Dennis’ take on promoting inclusion in advertising all year round
- Visibility leads to awareness, awareness leads to equality
- Economic value provides insight into how marketing dollars are spent
Dennis’ insight into moving away from sex and politics
- Most repressed, usually most sexually outrageous
- Tendency to operate under an ultra-conservative government
- Leaders who mobilize the community are needed
Contact Dennis at OutOffice
LGBT Network Resources
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