We held our first-ever inspiring Career Circus on Tuesday, August 4th at Comix in New York City. More than 150 media professionals came together to get insider tips on promoting themselves and their careers. The event ended with a closing reception where guests had the opportunity to meet and greet. A special thank you goes out to our event sponsor, Demand Studios, who handed out complimentary goodies and raffled off a Kindle. To check out more photos from the day, go to our Flickr page.

At Comix on Tuesday, August 4, 2009.

Photos by Aura O'Brien.

mediabistro.com Career Circus

The audience awaits the first session.

Will Work for Money (But Happiness Desired) speaker and Punk Rock HR founder Laurie Ruettimann.

'Your Evolving Career: A Work in Progress' panel, from left: Career Circus host and Reuters Television reporter Manoush Zomorodi, consultant Jen Groover, The Frontier Project principal Scott Wayne, Ladies Who Launch NY/NJ area leader Karla Lightfoot, and Ladies Who Launch NY/NJ area leader Stella Grizont.

Speaker and The Mercury Group LLC career coach and consultant Tonia Mattu.

Speaker and Acts Of Balance Coaching president Alan Cohen.

mediabistro.com director of eduction, events, and multimedia content Carmen Scheidel welcomes everyone to the State of the Media Town Hall discussion.

State-of-the-Media Town Hall Discussion speaker and mediabistro.com job market director Bill Conneely.

'Crush It! Why Now is the Time to Cash in on your Passion' speaker and Wine Library TV host Gary Vaynerchuk.

Guests receive one-on-one career coaching sessions.

Demand Studios reaches out to the Career Circus guests.

Demand Studios reaches out to the Career Circus guests.

Demand Studios raffles off a Kindle.

A reception is held at the end of the day for everyone to meet.

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