Millennial Jobs Summit Event to Show Young Professionals How to Find or Create Their Next Jobs

    WASHINGTON, DC, April 29, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Generation-Next Inc. announces its first event dedicated to connecting young millennial professionals with the tools and resources they need to find and build their careers, or create their own opportunity through entrepreneurship.

On Saturday, May 2nd over 400 anticipated attendees will convene at the National Press Club for the Millennial Jobs Summit. This event will feature a hiring and startup expo that will allow attendees to connect to recruiters and entrepreneurs alike. Attendees will be able to engage with companies such as Bloomberg LP, Comcast, General Assembly and more. Also in attendance will be growing startups like RadPad, Cove, and PreneurHub that will showcase their businesses to the millennial audience.

Also, there will be a series of panels, including a Career Development Workshop teaching new-age job search skills and career development techniques, a Women in Tech Panel featuring a diverse panel of leading women in various technical fields, and an Entrepreneurial Development Panel featuring founders of some of DC's fastest growing startups teaching aspiring entrepreneurs how to make the jump into starting their own business.

"The tagline of the event 'If we don't find it, we will create it' speaks to this millennial generation's fortitude to make their own way whether it be by building their professional careers or by innovating brand new businesses or even industries" says Brandon McCollough, Founder of Generation-Next. "Millennial unemployment is still trending higher than the overall national average, so you are seeing a lot of young professionals furthering their professional development or making the leap into entrepreneurship."

The Millennial Jobs Summit will occur on May 2nd at the National Press Club located at 529 14th St. NW DC. The event runs from 10:00am - 3:00pm EST.

Generation-Next
Generation-Next is a social enterprise dedicated to building and developing millennial leaders to economically empower urban communities. It is changing the way of the traditional non-profit and social impact structure through its mantra of collective impact - Organizing leaders and supporters across sectors to accomplish specific goals. Its headquartered in the Dupont district of Washington D.C. For more information visit http://www.gennextmovement.org

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