Boston, MA - City Resources, Biz Networking for Women
Contacts - Movers & Shakers - Networking Contact or join these groups before your stay to mazimize your access to powerful networks.
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
Linkedin.com - LinkedIn is an online network of more than 13 million experienced professionals from around the world, representing 150 industries. When you join, you create a profile that summarizes your professional accomplishments. Your profile helps you find and be found by former colleagues, clients, and partners. You can add more connections by inviting trusted contacts to join LinkedIn and connect to you. Highly recommended.
Largest Industries
Among the largest employers in Boston are its colleges and universities. Apart from Education, other important employers are the high-tech industries including computer hardware and software companies as well as biotechnology companies.
Other important industries include Tourism, financial services, especially mutual funds and insurance and printing and publishing. These companies create great opportunities for people in industrial as well as service sectors.
Other minor activities also include Fishing and Commercial shipping. The Port of Boston is a major seaport along the United States' east coast, and is also the oldest continuously-operated industrial and fishing ports in the Western Hemisphere.
Magazines
City Guides
TV
WCVB (ABC) | WBZ (CBS) | WHDH (NBC) | WGBH (PBS) | WSBK (UPN) | WB56 (WB)
Radio
WBZ news radio | WRKO | WBUR | WGBH (PBS) | WBNW
Business Resources
Elance - Outsourced freelancers for any type of work
Fedex-Kinkos - for any type of doc production, shipping
American Exress - for flight reservations, hotels, automatic flight insurance
Leisure