New York City Job Market Update
Newsletter for LHH New York City office (Go to: http://www.esnips.com/web/LHHNYCJMC)
In This Issue
• Job Market Intel
• Career Events
• Networking Events
• JMC Job Search Tips
Also Included
• Useful Web Sites
• Media Resources
• Blue Steps
• Network of Experts
• Job Lead Sampler
• Just Thinking…
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Check out the approximately
150,000 jobs on LeadLink
and don’t forget to keep your
resume updated on Resume
Reserve. New employers
and recruiters are added and
are searching daily.
January 30, 2009
FLASH! The next “JMC Live” is Wednesday, February 4. Don’t miss
the latest info on the current NYC employment marketplace. Our
featured guest will be the NY State Department of Labor. Come out
and get all of your questions answered regarding unemployment
benefits and State resources as well as hear what’s new and on the
horizon… (Remember seating is limited so don’t forget to register)…
Job Market Intel
Herman Trend Alert: Where the Jobs Are and Will Be
January 28, 2009
Though the media in the United States is filled will news of layoffs, what is not being widely reported
is some companies are still hiring---notably Whole Foods, Boston Consulting Group,
PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Fuld and Company, Scotts LawnService, URS, and more. The company
that made it to the top of Fortune's "100 Best Places to Work" list this year, NetApp, which sells
innovative storage and data management solutions, is also hiring.
The other companies that are hiring are in a wide variety of fields. Convenience stores like 7-Eleven
which is looking for employees in operations, accounting, information systems, merchandising, and
marketing.
Do you love animals? Here is an employer for you. Banfield, the largest general veterinary practice
treating pets in the world, is currently looking for veterinarians, pet nurses, office managers, and
client service coordinators.
If you are job hunting, there are two sectors that stand out---insurance and healthcare. State Farm,
HealthMarkets, and Farmers Insurance are all looking for employees. Farmers is particularly looking
for bilingual associates, while State Farm seeks a wide range of candidates including people to work
in claims, underwriting, and systems/information technology. HealthMarkets, a nationwide health
insurance provider, is recruiting agents to sell to self-employed individuals and their families.
In the realm of healthcare, Gentiva Health Services, a provider of home care services, is looking for a
range of highly skilled employees, including nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and
other clinicians; as well as sales, management and administrative support professionals. Sutter
Health, a group of doctors, not-for-profit hospitals, and other healthcare service providers, is also
seeking a variety of people to provide bedside care, implement lifesaving technology, and take
administrative positions.
Since we value our mobile phones more highly than our laptops. (See
http://www.hermangroup.com/alert/archive_3-19-2008.html.), it will come as no shock that the sales
of cell phones and PDAs (personal digital assistants) have not diminished significantly. Verizon and
AT&T continue to hire sales people and store managers, especially those with language skills.
The only employers seeking unskilled workers right now are in the insurance and call center areas.
Our forecast is highly skilled workers will continue to enjoy opportunities, no matter how high
unemployment goes. Next week, we will cover the Green Job opportunities.
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Access both on the web at:
www.lhhcrn.com.
Other Job Market
Connection Highlights…
Career Events
Employer of the Day
“JMC Live”
Networking Groups
Recruiter Panels
Special Topic Speakers
NYS Dept of Labor
Contacts
Additionally we serve as
the local venue for
several external
professional networking
groups including TENG
(Tech Exec. Networking
Group), MENG
(Marketing Exec.
Networking Group), and
FENG (Financial Exec.
Networking Group)
Blue Steps
We have negotiated a 20%
discounted rate for LHH clients
with Blue Steps the executive
search web site owned and
operated by the AESC
(Association of Executive
Search Consultants) which is
their professional organization
made up of over 200 of the top
executive search firms. See
your consultant for details.
AESC has around 200
member search firms, with
around 4000 consultants
around the world.
Sun Might Be Setting on Bank Empires
Royal Bank of Scotland's foreign empire-building helped bring it to its knees. Will its 20 billion pounds
($29 billion) bailout from the U.K. government force a full-scale retreat?
It already appears to have started. Monday, the British bank offloaded its 4% stake in Bank of China
for 1.6 billion pounds. RBS is selling out of a key growth market with Bank of China's shares near an
all-time low. That extra capital will allow RBS to book a four billion pounds reduction in risk-weighted
assets -- tiny in the scheme of its two trillion pounds balance sheet.
But it could be a taste of things to come. Next there could be pressure to offload some of the
overseas assets it acquired with its fateful takeover of ABN Amro just as the credit bubble burst. After
all, it is now under pressure to support domestic lending from its new 57% shareholder -- the U.K.
government. Taxpayers won't necessarily be keen on their money going toward financing overseas
operations or investment banking trading operations.
Citigroup, a large recipient of U.S. government money, is another bank that might yet find itself under
pressure to offload foreign assets -- even if it is tough to find buyers as a decent price in this
environment. A sort of breakup already appears to be under way given talks to sell its Smith Barney
brokerage business.
With a new round of state bailouts increasingly likely, governments might reasonably want the cash
to be used for shoring up activities at home rather than abroad. RBS boss Stephen Hester insists the
bank will remain a major international player. Political realities may yet dictate otherwise.
Write to Simon Nixon at simon.nixon@wsj.com
Finding Medium & Smaller Firms
In this market many people are considering medium-sized and small firms. This is a resource to
identify firms that have recently received funding.
www.pwcmoneytree.com provides information on a quarterly basis on funding of companies. You
can sort by region, industry, stage of development, financing sequence, VC firm and investee
company.
I heard about this at an SIIA event (www.siia.net) which is partially sponsored by PWC. I registered
with the site to get access to this information.
Jay Colan
Senior Vice-President/Consultant
jay.colan@LHH.com
212-455-8542
JMC Job Search Tips (Simple Things pt 91…)
Conditioning…
The year 2009 is not off to the most promising start from an employment standpoint so the search
process may be more grueling than usual – more phone calls, more research, more meetings, and
yes, more rejection. That’s the reality of the job market and since it’s a given then it’s necessary to
prepare properly in case you’re in for the long haul. This means physically as well as emotionally.
It’s as critical to keep a good fitness regimen on both fronts. It’s impossible to put your best attitude
on display if your body isn’t up to it. So don’t neglect exercise, a good diet, sleep, and the requisite
rest/recharge breaks. You’ll be glad you did…
Just Thinking…
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
-- Nicholas Murray Butler
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Networking Events (free/low cost events that may interest you)

NYC Senior Executive Roundtable

Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 8:30 - 11:00 AM
Where: 11 Penn Plaza
Seventh Avenue
5th Floor, Conference Room
New York City, NY

Cost: ExecuNet Members – $35.00

Guests – $40.00
Meeting Title: SENIOR EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLE
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, February 3, 2009

New York City – Making Networking Connections

Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 1:00 - 3:30 PM
Where: 11 Penn Plaza
Seventh Avenue
5th Floor, Conference Room
New York City, NY

Cost: Execunet Members – $35.00

Guests – $40.00
Meeting Title: MAKING NETWORKING CONNECTIONS
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, February 3, 2009

The "C" Network

"Surviving Corporate America"; Tuesdays, 1 p.m.; people of various professions are brought together
to debate how to break through the elements for finding work; paid pre-registration required; call for
locations and further information.
Fees: $12
100 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017
Sponsor information
The "C" Network
Contact: TheCnetwrk@aol.com, 718/263-3501
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The Network of Experts is looking for experienced professionals and subject matter experts across a
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We offer unique benefits for people who are employed full-time, retired, or in transition:
* You earn consulting fees at the hourly rate you set yourself for short assignments that occur via
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Useful Web Sites

These could prove helpful (forward others to me at rod.williams@lhh.com)

***New business networking alternatives and competition to LinkedIn:

Naymz http://www.naymz.com/ Maximize your professional opportunities by promoting your good
name in our Reputation Community.

Plaxo Pulse http://www.plaxo.com/ The easiest way to stay connected is now also the easiest way
to share just about anything. Pulse now brings you "people feeds" from all over the web:

www.worldwit.org. It's a new design, new navigation and a ton of new content. But most excitingly for
us, our site now includes something that so many of our members have asked for: a careers site!
Our careers area, WorldWIT's Hire Ground, is the first online recruiting site that reaches women 'at
the intersection of work and life' with job alerts in the daily WorldWIT email digests. Jobs are also
posted on the searchable WorldWIT's Hire Ground website
http://newyorkcity.employmentguide.com/ bills itself as a portal for entry-level or a mid-management
positions. EmploymentGuide.com has got you covered. With our FastAPP feature we have made
searching for jobs faster and easier than ever. Simply complete an application and we’ll send it to
matching employers in your area.
http://www.janplace.com/ a site for those seeking opportunities in publishing, licensing, children’s &
family media, entertainment, interactive media, and related areas
http://www.gadball.com an excellent site that provides Free Job Search - over 100,000 Active Jobs!
Free Resume Distribution, Free GadBall Discussion Forums, Free Career Email Address, Free
Personal Email Address features links to For Sale Listings and many other types of information
portals from television/movie listings to the weather. It also has an online calendaring tool, news,
games, and entertainment links.
http://www.JobsOnWallStreet.com bills itself as the leading financial services online job board
http://www.efinancialcareers.com/ bank jobs, finance jobs, recruitment in the financial markets,
accounting and investment banking
http://newyork.craigslist.org/ another site that’s pretty cool. It bills itself as the following: craigslist is
about: giving each other a break, getting the word out about everyday, real-world stuff. restoring the
human voice to the Internet, in a humane, non-commercial environment. keeping things simple,
common-sense, down-to-earth, honest, very real. providing an alternative to impersonal, big-media
sites. being inclusive, giving a voice to the disenfranchised, democratizing ... being a collection of
communities with similar spirit, not a single monolithic entity.
http://www.worklife.com/ Worklife.com provides industry specific career channels with a wealth of
information tailored to your career goals. Select a career channel to research industry information,
search jobs and build your portfolio.
www.ComputerJobs.com Recruiting Trends reports that ComputerJobs.com, an employment website
for Information Technology (IT) professionals and those who employ them, has launched a new web
site where IT professionals can discuss their careers, technology, current events, and more. The new
community called "The ComputerJobs.com Community," also offers employers resume keyword
searches, and job seekers the ability to search for high tech jobs on www.ComputerJobs.com.
http://www.teamworkonline.com/ a listing site that focuses on jobs in professional sports with teams,
offices, and connected entities (sports management, sporting goods, etc.). Here’s what they say
about themselves: 71% of the jobs posted here were filled by online candidates!
www.WomenSportsJobs.com currently has over 1,000 jobs posted in the following fields: Sports
Marketing, Sales, Advertising & Promotions, Public Relations, Sports Media, Broadcasting, Facilities,
Sports Events & Operations, Recreation, Health & Fitness, Website, Technology & Computers
http://www.job-hunt.org/ a terrific informational resource for job seekers
http://www.hightechny.com/ NY Labor Bureau site for IT employment (thanks Jay Colan)
http://www.ithotjobs.com/ bills itself as “ITHotJobs.com launched in 2001 to assist BIG 4, Top Tier,
Software 500, Fortune 1000 IT job seekers most impacted during the downturn has grown to
286,000 members and is utilized by over 9,775 IT specific recruiters.”

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http://www.jobcircle.com/ JobCircle.com currently operates in CT, DC, DE, OH, MD, NY, NJ, PA, VA,
and WV , and provides a totally regional job search experience using our unique Latitude/Longitude
functionality.

Free web sites continued…

http://www.dogpile.com great search site that uses Google, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, About, Look Smart,
Overture, and FindWhat (talk about powerful!)
http://www.allretailjobs.com/ the name says it all.
http://www.nj.com/jobs/quicksearch/ links to job postings:11 NJ newspapers incl. the Star-Ledger
http://www.chiefmonster.com a Monster.com site for Senior Executives
http://www.6figurejobs.com lists executive Jobs
http://www.ceoupdate.com lists non-profit executive level jobs
http://www.execsearches.com lists non-profit executive level jobs
http://www.bigfivetalent.com lists Big Five Jobs
http://www.employment911.com/asp/index.asp claims currently over 3,000,000 jobs posted by
companies that use them and searched from over 300 major career sites along with jobs including 1-
Jobs.com, Hotjobs.com, American Jobs, Infoworks USA, America's Employers, JobBank USA,
America's Job Bank, Job Pilot USA, Bakos Group, MarketingJobs.com, Career Avenue,
Monster.com, Best Jobs USA, NationJob Network, Career Builder, Net-Temps.com, Career Mosaic,
Perot Systems, Career.com, Prohire.com, Career Magazine, Recruiters Online Network, Career
Web, Select Jobs.com, Computerjobs.com, Softwarejobs.com, Computerwork.com, The Job
Resource, Crosswalk.com, Top Echelon, Dice.com, TopStartups.com, Employment 911, US Careers
Resource Center, Headhunter.net, Westech Virtual Job Fair. (Pay services not necessary).
http://seeker.dice.com/profman/searchEngineMarketing.jsp?rel_code=100 more tech jobs
http://www.guru.com/pro/professionals.cfm?tc=20010&kw=job%20search%20web%20 site helps you
find IT, creative, business and office/admin projects all on one website!
http://www.e-careercenter.com/ & http://www.job.com/index.cfm?
us=164&AID=6944408&PID=1225587 2 sites for posting resumes and searching jobs
Fee Based Sites:
http://www.bluesteps.com Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) resume database.
LHH has a discounted rate (See your consultant)
www.theladders.com Based in New York City, TheLadders.com, Inc. is a privately held company
offering premier online job search destinations and content for the $100k+ sector of the employment
market. The company operates its primary consumer destination at www.theladders.com as well as
specialized job search Web sites for Sales, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Law,
Technology, Operations and all other $100k+ fields. For corporate and executive recruiters,
TheLadders.com operates TheLadders for Recruiters, enabling them to easily post and manage job
openings.
http://www.executivesonly.com lists executive jobs
http://www.netshare.com lists executive jobs
http://www.execunet.com lists executive jobs
http://www.executive.computerjobs.com lists executive technical jobs
http://www.vicepresidentjobs.com a resume posting site
Entrepreneurial Sites:
http://www.startupzone.com employment
http://www.topstartups.com employment
http://www.garage.com lists tech ventures and employment
http://www.fastcompany.com online version of magazine
http://www.vfinance.com funding for entrepreneurs
http://www.vcbuzz.com venture capital info

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Non-Profit Sites:
http://www.philanthropy.com non-profit info and employment
http://www.nonprofits.org/ non-profit info
http://www.chronicle.com higher education info and employment
http://www.guidestar.org/ national database of non profits
Executive Job Listings in the Not-for-Profit Sector Advertised openings:
http://www.ceoupdate.com lists non-profit executive level jobs
http://www.execsearches.com lists non-profit executive level jobs
www.fdncenter.org/pnd/jobs
www.idealist.org
Search firm listed openings:
www.howe-lewis.com
www.drgnyc.com
www.pogsearch.com
www.imsearch.com
www.auerbach-assc.com
www.slesingermanagement.com
www.explorecompany.com

Media Resources
Provided by Jay Colan and the generous, spirited people participating in the NY Media and Entertainment
networking group. Please update by sending additional resources/corrections to rod.williams@lhh.com &
jay.colan@lhh.com
television/print/music/interactive/digital/telecom/advertising
 http://www.mediabistro.com/ -- Media Bistro: media industry networking and informational site.
Includes, news, advice, events listings, job boards, and discussion groups.
 http://www.iwantmedia.com/– daily round up of media and industry news; extensive links to
other, related publications and sites.
 http://www.poynter.org/medianews– Jim Romenesko’s media news: news, trends, extensive
links to other news and media related sites.
 http://www.mediachannel.org/ -- Media Channel: global media news, issue guides,
educational aides.
 http://www.mediaweek.com/ -- Media Week: online media news magazine.
 http://www.insidemedia.com/
 http://www.media.guardian.co.uk/ -- The Guardian online specialized media site.
 http://www.eweek.com/– eWeek online version: media and new media news and resources
 http://www.media-news.com/– Media news site, segmented by industry.
 http://www.internews.org/– Internews: promoting free and open media on a global scale.
 http://www.broadbandweek.com/– Broadband Week online version.
 http://www.telecomcareers.net/– TelecomCareers.net: career resources, etc.
 http://www.catv.org/-- CATV Cyberlab: news, resources for cable, broadband, and new media;
extensive list of links.
 http://www.cabletoday.com/index.html– Bigpipe.com: cable news, resources, extensive links.
 http://www.emonline.com/index.html– Electronic Media online version.
 http://www.dmnews.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi– DM News: online direct marketing news.
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  http://www.headlinespot.com/-- comprehensive news site: news, extensive links
 http://www.tvinsite.com/broadcastingcable/index.asp?layout=webzine– Broadcasting Cable
online: news for broadcast and cable industries.
 http://www.cableworld.com/– Cableworld online version: cable and broadband news
 http://www.minonline.com/index.html—Min magazine: media business resources
 www.paidcontent.org focus on "the economics of content"
 http://www.212nyc.org/ - interactive focus
 www.mediapost.com
 www.inanet.com for designers and art directors
 www.cynopsis.com - daily briefing for broadcasting and cable, with job postings for NY and LA
 Digital Music News (site/publication?)
 www.nyctechwire.com
 Inside Radio (site/publication?)
 www.adage.com Advertising Age site
 http://www.poynter.org/ - Web Tips – tracks U.S. TV
 www.entertainmentcareers.net
 www.rightmedia.com
 www.venturewire.com – v.c. focus?
 www.variety.com Variety - entertainment focus –including job links
 This Week in Technology
 British Academy of Film and Television Artists
 http://www.digitalmusic2006.com/ - digital music forum
 www.worldscreen.com Int’l News on programming /content that inevitably includes notes on
many NY companies
 www.lightreading.com technology news with many notes on content deployments
 www.digitalmedia.com – conference listings are searchable to obtain contact info for speakers
 Multi-Channel News – publication?/site?
 www.fierce.com – mobile media including wireless, IPTV and mobile media
 BillBoard – music publication
 www.journalismjobs.com

associations:
 http://www.catm.com/-- Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing: library,
research, job bank, etc.
 http://www.ncta.com/index.cfm– National Cable & Telecommunications Association: industry
news, legislative information, career resources, etc.
 http://www.cthra.com/indopps.html– Cable and Telecommunications Human Resources
Association: job opportunities and career related links
 http://www.aaaa.org/news/related_assoc.html– American Association of Advertising Agencies:
related industry links.
 http://www.nynma.org/– New York New Media Association:
 http://www.cabletvadbureau.com/– Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau: news, research, links,
career information.
 http://www.ctpaa.org/– Cable Television Public Affairs Association
 http://www.wict.org/main.cfm– Women in Cable & Telecommunications: resources and links
dedicated to improving the standing of women in the cable industry.
 http://www.interactivehq.org/ -- Association for Interactive Marketing: research, education,
events, networking.
 www.americanbusinessmedia.com – association of business media companies
 www.namme.org – National Association of Minority Media Executives
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  Magazine Publishers Association (MPA)
 Online Publishers Association (ironically I don’t have the URL)

theory and scholarship:

 http://www.ctheory.com/– CTheory: current scholarship on cultural, media, and critical theory
 http://www.theory.org.uk/– media and social/cultural theory focusing on pop culture
 http://www.utexas.edu/coc/journalism/SOURCE/j363/keywords.html– quick resources to major
leaders in mass communication studies
 www.release1.0.com – Esther Dyson publication on v.c. and new technologies
 Edventures – same on Ester Dyson

other resources:
 http://www.hbscny.org/upcoming_events.htm - Harvard Business School Club of Greater NY –
Look for the Media Guru breakfasts
 Media Staffing Professionals - Chicago based with jobs throughout the country
 "The Soul of the New Consumer" - book on thinking for marketers and product developers
 www.current.org – resource on NPR?
 www.voice123 – voiceovers
 One World? – cable advertising?
 Promo magazine and Events Marketer for event marketing people

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Job Lead Sampler (For many more check LeadLink)

Sr Director HR, Int'l. Rescue Committee, $100-115K
Executive Director, NYC Workforce Investment Board, $80 - 90K
Meeting/Event Planner, Church Pension Group
Manager Labor Relations, NYC Hospital
Sr HR Manager, Northern NJ, Gatti & Associates, $125-140K + 15%
Bonus
Chief Financial Officer, Phoenix, AZ, Marix Servicing LLC
VP Product Marketing & CRM, KGB
CTO Product Mgmt/Marketing, Huntington Group, $200K + Bonus
Director Evaluations, Interactive Data
Senior Evaluator, Interactive Data
Director, Project Mgmt, Interactive Data
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, Interactive Data
Custom Website Sales, Register. COM
Web Developer, Register. COM
Sr Director HR, Int'l. Rescue Committee, $100-115K
Executive Director, NYC Workforce Investment Board, $80 - 90K
Meeting/Event Planner, Church Pension Group
Manager Labor Relations, NYC Hospital
Sr HR Manager, Northern NJ, Gatti & Associates, $125-140K + 15%
Bonus
Chief Financial Officer, Phoenix, AZ, Marix Servicing LLC
VP Product Marketing & CRM, KGB
CTO Product Mgmt/Marketing, Huntington Group, $200K + Bonus
Director Evaluations, Interactive Data
Senior Evaluator, Interactive Data

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Director, Project Mgmt, Interactive Data
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, Interactive Data
Custom Website Sales, Register. COM
Web Developer, Register. COM
Sr Director HR, Int'l. Rescue Committee, $100-115K
Executive Director, NYC Workforce Investment Board, $80 - 90K
Meeting/Event Planner, Church Pension Group
Manager Labor Relations, NYC Hospital
Sr HR Manager, Northern NJ, Gatti & Associates, $125-140K + 15%
Bonus
Chief Financial Officer, Phoenix, AZ, Marix Servicing LLC
VP Product Marketing & CRM, KGB
CTO Product Mgmt/Marketing, Huntington Group, $200K + Bonus
Director Evaluations, Interactive Data
Senior Evaluator, Interactive Data
Director, Project Mgmt, Interactive Data
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, Interactive Data
Custom Website Sales, Register. COM
Web Developer, Register. COM
Media Business Developer, Malvern, PA, Content Business
Development
Business Analyst-Energy Experience, Nassau County, Eric Roberts
Assoc, Inc
Compliance Officer-Global Ops, Global Securities Firm
Various Positions, Ops-Middle Office, Jersey City and/or NYC, Global
Securities Firm
C+ Developer, SQL Server Experience, Investment Bank Securities
Firm
Deputy Executive Director, Brooklyn, NY, Korn/Ferry, Int'l.