The breakfasts, the lunches and the dinners, the endless speeches and the private seminars, the industry forums and the business commissions: all have represented a ruthless determination to achieve that.

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CES, CTIA and Mobile World Congress (Barcelona), plus noisy Games shows in Japan, continue as top global tech industry forums for candidates, where stealth recruiters listen intently to forum speakers, and pounce on them like lions seeking wildebeest prey on the way back to their corporate booths.

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You can even get great advice about what kind of bike and parts you need, if you keep up with the industry blogs and online user discussion forums.

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Yet she will not go to business forums, and rejects meetings with ambassadors hoping to promote industry ties.

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