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We invite you to take an hour to invest in yourself with McCann Partners on Thursday, April 20th at 12 p.m. CST as we explore new dimensions and ways of thinking about leadership and culture. Join us for a transformative, thought-provoking webinar: Leading with Awareness: Experience A New Way of Being. Spring is the perfectRead more

Join ARA , ClearEdge Marketing, and McCann Partners, in welcoming The Lady Leaders Book Club, a group of experienced authors and industry leaders — from CEOs to Presidents to Founders and Co-Founders — as they bring their book to life. Together We Rise recounts the uplifting true stories of 15 passionate and unstoppable lady leaders. Their chapters are filledRead more

McCann Partners welcomes Asha Aravindakshan author of Skills: The Common Denominator for a lunch hour of inspired conversation on Thursday, July 21 at noon CST. Register today! Asha is a corporate executive, startup advisor, and career strategist. Early in her career, she learned the importance of identifying and articulating her own transferable skills to landRead more

McCann Partners presents a special Poker Power virtual lesson on Tuesday, May 10 at noon CST. Register today! We are excited to partner with Poker Power, an organization that knows there is a strong connection between women’s success, money ownership, and the game of poker. They teach women how to play Texas Hold’em, to compete and succeedRead more

McCann Partners welcomes Christine Stone, author of The Parent Track, for a lunch hour of inspired conversation on Wednesday, April 20 at noon CST. Register today! After raising four children while moving up in the competitive world of technology, Christine, Groupon’s Global Head Product, Engineering Operations, Strategy, and TPMO, compiled an authentic, funny, and realistic resource toRead more

Built to create meaningful connections and mindful solutions, McCann Partners started as a dream to unite intention with action and integrity in IT recruitment. Now, being ten years strong, I am overwhelmed with honor and humbled to work alongside an invaluable team committed to supporting this dream and its ideals –– in and out ofRead more

Leave it to the amazing team at 1871 to bring a wholly new spin to an all-too-familiar career topic: mentoring. Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of joining the “Making Mentorship Meaningful” panel at 1871’s online Career360 Summit alongside Kellie Fitzgerald of Google; Corey Flournoy of Groupon; and moderator Bill Watkins of Pinterest. As someoneRead more

Building upon ARA’s June 2020 “Allyship in Action” Webinar, the organization is producing a five-part series, “Allyship, Advocacy and Taking Action,” in partnership with three visionary organizations: i.c.stars, Chicago Tech Academy and Black Women in Science and Engineering (BWISE). This continuing series is designed to help ARA members learn how to become better allies to marginalizedRead more

ARA is committed to supporting its community through COVID-19 and beyond by bringing everyone together, and providing educational and timely content. Tune into the first event in its new virtual series, “Inspiration to THRIVE, not just SURVIVE,” on Thursday, May 21 at 12 p.m. CT. The topic will be Mom Hacks While Working from Home featuringRead more

CHICAGO – February 18, 2020 –McCann Partners, an IT recruitment firm specializing in contract, contract-to-hire, project, direct-hire, and executive search solutions, has chosen Jane Hamner for its newly created Chief Growth Officer position, effective immediately. Hamner will be responsible for growing the company’s recruitment service lines and expanding its executive search offering. She will alsoRead more

On Wednesday, August 27, I was honored to be a part of an OCC Women’s Leadership panel featuring OCC’s Dana Earles, FVP, Treasurer, and Sheila Saegh Henretta, FVP, Deputy General Counsel, along with myself and Julia Bristow Briggs, Principle and Consultant of Smart to the Top. It was the third of a four-part panel seriesRead more

September 26, 2019 ARA Chicago is once again a supporter and partner of ChiWITCon, the Chicago Women in Technology Conference.Read more

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