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
“JMC Live” – 11/6/2006
12:30 – 1:30PM
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Check out the approximately
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Reserve. New employers
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October 9, 2006
Job Market Intel
LOWER GAS PRICES HELP SEPTEMBER RETAIL SALES
BY DAVID JONES
October 05, 2006
New York area retailers reported strong results in September, as a late back-to-school surge and
lower gas prices boosted mall shopping.
New York area retailers reported surprisingly strong results in September, as a late back-to-school
surge and lower gas prices helped consumers hit the malls in search of new fall merchandise.
Analysts said that the back-to-school shopping season started later than usual, as more and more
teens wait for last minute bargains before they make their fall purchases
“The department stores had a monster month,” said Ken Perkins an analyst at Swampscott, Mass.-
based Retail Metrics.
The following list includes results from retail chains based in the New York area.
Children’s Place Retail Stores Inc. said same-store sales rose 20%, beating Wall Street estimates
of 14.6%.
Saks Inc. said same-store sales rose 10%, led by contemporary wear, outerwear and evening
dresses. Wall Street analysts expected sales of 3.8%.
United Retail Group Inc., parent of plus-sized women’ s apparel maker Avenue, said same-store
sales rose 9%.
Aeropostale Inc. said same-store sales rose 8.5% as the casual-wear chain reported higher
margins.
Federated Department Stores Inc., the parent of Macy’s and Bloomingdales, said same-store sales
rose 6.2%, beating Wall Street estimates of 5.5%.
AnnTaylor Stores Corp. said same-store sales rose 5.8%, led by suits, pants dresses and shoes.
Results beat Wall Street estimates of 3.9%.
Cache Inc. said same-store sales rose 4% on higher sales of dresses, skinny leg pants and tunics.
Results beat analysts estimates of 3.3%.
New York & Co. said same-store sales rose 2.3% as it reported significant margin increases from a
year ago. Results fell short of Wall Street estimates of 3.3%.
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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.
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From ExecuNet
Executive Recruiters Add Professional Staff To Keep Pace With Corporate Hiring
The challenge for the majority of executive search firms these days is as much about fulfilling
their own hiring needs as it is about satisfying their corporate clients' robust demand for executive
leadership talent. That reality was borne out in ExecuNet's most recent Search Firm Hiring Index, a
benchmark indicator that shows 63 percent of executive search firms are poised to add professional
staff over the next few months. It also hints that corporate executive staffing units may also be
growing to keep pace with the demands of client line managers at divisional and corporate levels.
Execution is always a priority for executive-level recruiters, but given the market demand for
management leadership, it appears that increasing capacity for more search assignments will
continue to be a priority for the foreseeable future.
Companies Boosting Work-Life Balance Benefits To Retain Top Talent
More than half of private and public companies have increased their employee benefits for recruiting
and retention purposes over the last six months, according to a recent nationwide survey of
recruiters, HR professionals and corporate hiring managers.
But unlike the flashy perks and glitzy giveaways some offered during the economic boom several
years ago, companies are now more focused on adding benefits that support their employees' sense
of work-life balance.
"In the late 1990s, it was commonplace to hear about companies with recruiting campaigns that
included extreme employee perks such as company cars…huge sign-on bonuses and chef-prepared
lunches," says Heather Galler, CEO of JobKite.com. "That ship has sailed."
The JobKite survey revealed that 56 percent of the 263 responding companies have made some
significant enhancements to the employee benefits they are offering for retention or recruiting
purposes, with most geared toward improving the quality of employees' work and home lives.
"As they shift their benefits to reinforce the work-life balance, companies are really making a smart
move," Galler says. "By focusing on making their employees happier and more balanced, companies
only stand to gain through increased loyalty, productivity and retention."
Career Events
EXECUTIVE DIVERSITY CAREER FAIR
Held Oct. 12, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Embassy Suites, address below; the Executive Diversity Career
Fair provides a unique setting for job seekers from diverse backgrounds to meet with top companies
seeking senior-level talent; companies recruiting at the fair are strongly committed to seeking
executive, managerial and professional women, disabled and minority candidates, including recent
graduates from M.B.A. programs; however, all candidate are welcome; registration not required;
bring copies of your resume.
Fees: free
102 North End Avenue, New York, New York
Sponsor information
CareerJournal and The Wall Street Journal
Web site: http://www.CareerJournal.com
Women for Hire Career Expo
New York City
October 17, 2006
10a.m. to 3p.m.
Manhattan Center
311 West 34th Street
(Between 8th and 9th Avenues)
New York, NY 10001
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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 preregistration 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

JMC Job Search Tips (Simple Things pt 40…)

Online Job Search…
According to a newly formed organization called the International Association of
Employment Web Sites, there are currently over 40,000 job boards and career related
sites. They are a touting themselves as a type of trade group that is currently made up of
over 500 companies, professional groups, newspapers, broadcast media, colleges, etc.
On their web site, you can get an idea of the current or prevailing thought process of online
hiring professionals as well as helpful hints for using the Internet in job search. Also there
are new federal guidelines for companies of 50 employees or more regarding standardizing
their applicant definitions in order to assist the government in tracking diversity in hiring
practices particularly as related to the applicant pool. The bottom line is that companies
are now required to assure the government that their definition of an applicant is consistent
across all online sources whether a candidate comes in via their own web site or a job
board. Thus the rules are tightening for companies and job seekers as job and applicant
procedural definitions must be explicitly clear and job seekers must follow them to the
letter…

Useful Web Sites

Here are a few free online locations that could prove helpful (if you know of other new or
unique sites forward them to me at rod.williams@lhh.com)
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,
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Free web sites continued…
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.”
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.
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 for 11 New Jersey newspapers incl. the
statewide 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. Offers some pay services but quite
effective without them.
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

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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

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

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Media Resources
Please update by sending additional resources/corrections to jay.colan@LHH.com news and
trends:
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.
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
television/print/music/interactive/digital/telecom/advertising (cont’d)
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

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 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
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
Provided by Ben Baumes, Jay Colan and the generous, spirited people who participated in the NY Media and
Entertainment networking group in January and February of 2005.

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