Ace that Interview with Aquent

The newest partner on the Get Canned team is Aquent, the talent agency for marketing and design professionals. Every agent is focused on a single marketing or design discipline ensuring both talent and clients a dedicated resource that speaks their language and specializes in their area of expertise.

Aquent helps individuals and organizations increase their marketing potential through flexible staffing solutions and customized consulting services.

We are thrilled to have Aquent on board as they will participate in Get Canned's Elevation Lounge where guests can receive tips and advice about interviewing, regardless of industry background.

For more information about Aquent, please visit www.aquent.com

No Guests Will Go Home Empty Handed

Whole Foods has agreed to support Get Canned by donating A Better Bag TM, which we will use as gift bags and fill with various goodies from event sponsors. As we get closer to the event date, we will post a complete listing of the contents of the gift bags. Here's more bag information from Whole Foods:

Form following function or vice versa, these reusable bags are perfect for shopping or as gift bags for the holidays and look great!

Top 10 reasons to Bag the Wrap and use "A Better Bag" instead

1. Americans throw away 25% more trash between Thanksgiving and New Year's.
2. A Better Bag is made of 80% post-consumer recycled PET bottles, saving them from going into the trash.
3. In the U.S. alone, about 100 billion plastic bags are thrown away each year (and only 0.6 % of them are recycled).
4. Extra waste during the holidays amounts to 25 million tons of garbage.
5. Using A Better Bag can save millions of single-use bags (and wrapping paper!) from going to the landfill.
6. It's a great-looking, cool, eco-friendly way to wrap gifts.
7. A Better Bag can be used and re-used thousands of times.
8. Whole Foods Market and recording artist Sheryl Crow teamed up to create a custom design for A Better Bag to benefit the Natural Resources Defense Council.
9. If every family wrapped just 3 presents in re-used materials, it would save enough paper to cover 45,000 football fields.
10. Double the giving: It's actually a gift that holds another gift which gives and gives again, and says you care even more!