meetingsandmixers.com/events/calendar/index.php (manually select Los Angeles, Orange Country, San Diego, or the region you're interested in) includes many chamber of commerce meetings, and business networking organizations like BNI, Le Tip, TEAM, etc. If this isn't a policy of theirs, ASK during your severance/layoff discussions. This is a sister list to SoCal Networking Event Organizations and focuses on any other Job Search or Business Networking opportunities. Please let me know if know of others to add, or if you have any feedback. Professional Associations,

meetingsandmixers.com/events/calendar/index.php (manually select Los Angeles, Orange Country, San Diego, or the region you're interested in) includes many chamber of commerce meetings, and business networking organizations like BNI, Le Tip, TEAM, etc. If this isn't a policy of theirs, ASK during your severance/layoff discussions. This is a sister list to SoCal Networking Event Organizations and focuses on any other Job Search or Business Networking opportunities. Please let me know if know of others to add, or if you have any feedback. Professional Associations,

But, in running it now for the second half of January, the keyword that popped to the top was: Layoffs And this is definitely a sign of the times. When I drill down on that term, you can see why with posts like: Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Lops A Third Of Company THQ Lays Off 100 Employees, Closes San Diego Office Citrix Cuts 10 Percent; Santa Barbara Hit And it's also interesting to see what geographies are being associated with "Layoffs" more often than others: Layoffs Woodland Hills Layoffs San Diego Layoffs Santa Monica Layoffs Los Angeles I guess