| q&a with jennifer folsom |
| by Julie Kang |
| Saturday, August 22, 2009 03:07 PM |
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If you read the last 2 blogs, you know that Jennifer Folsom, your next friend, is a very successful working mom. Jennifer took time out her hectic schedule to share some of her endless wisdom on various topics including work/life balance and networking.
Q. How did you manage to give birth and raise twins while you were in business school?
Q. What advice do you have for job seekers?
A. Here's the big 3: having too much to drink at a networking event,... sticking to grab-n-go business card exchange without a compelling connection and forgetting the follow-up component. Stick to 1 glass of wine, exchange cards only after you've made a connection with someone, and FOLLOW UP! Written note, coffee date on the calendar and quarterly check in.
Q. When did you become comfortable with networking?
Q. How does a staffing firm survive during this though economic climate? A. You have to show that you provide them value, and even cost savings, every single day. I often say to potential clients, "hey, you need to hire someone, check with me first, we're likely cheaper than putting a posting on Monster.com and we'll do all the screening for you."
Q. What’s the best part of your job?
Q. Which actress would play you?
Q. What word would your husband use to describe you?
A. Intense
Q. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
A. I hope to be working in my new home office, a converted shed much like Ina Gartner's barn, and that Momentum Resources is successful in 2-3 other markets with Directors in several industry sectors. I'll also be a mother of 3 teenage boys, pulling her hair out between sports schedules, constant grocery runs to fill an empty fridge and the thought that my two oldest will soon be leaving the nest. I hope that I'll look back and realize that I made all the right career moves to spend as much time as I could with them while they're with me.
A. I joined a soccer team! I'm playing on an Over 30 Women’s soccer team in DC (go Smash!) and I love that it's 100% about me. It's a whole new crowd of people to meet and get to know, it's physically daunting (2 45 minute halves, often with little or no subs) and it's helped me to carve out Saturday mornings as my own. We go to brunch afterwards, and I have time to run a solo errand or two and maybe even get a pedicure. The older boys got to see me play my last game of the spring season and I scored. Nothing was better than hearing "Go Mom!" from the bleachers.
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