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Bar Associations
I've been active in both the BBA and the MBA. Take it from someone who has been through a full economic cycle, you've always got to be planting seed cord. In good times you're tempted to just keep reeping, in bad times you're ready to eat the seed corn, but you've got to plant it.
I think the BBA and MBA are great forums to build a reputation and base of expertise. Chairing both a BBA and an MBA committee as a midlevel associate help build my own credibility and confidence; and there are chairs there that are open to eager and hardworking midlevels (try volunteering for writing duty on a newsletter or something first; also, if you make every meeting of a committee you are going to get drafted for something). Ultimately, they aren't the best direct marketing opportunities since there is obviously a very high ratio of hunters to prey, but when you are doing direct marketing it is very good to be able to say you chaired this or that professional committee.
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