July 31, 2003 12:07 PM

Networking groups provide route back to employment
Posted by Douglas Eisenhartat 12:07 PM

From today's Boston Globe, a piece on the area's most active groups for folks in job transition, including WIND and the Westborough-based 495 Networking Support Group for high-tech workers:

"Unemployment has been a growth industry," said Brian Casey, a former software marketer at EMC who lives in Sudbury.

Casey has monitored the unfortunate trend from the front row. As marketing director for the 495 Networking Support Group, a two-year-old organization for people seeking technology jobs, he has watched the group's roster balloon to at least 1,600 members, 400 of whom are considered active.

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