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Newsletter for LHH New York City office (Go to: http://www.esnips.com/web/LHHNYCJMC) October 22, 2007
In This Issue
• Job Market Intel Don’t forget “JMC Live” happens the 1st Wednesday of
• Career Events
each month and features a real time interactive update on
the current state of the NYC employment marketplace.
• Networking Events
Join us on Wednesday, November 7 at 10:30AM in the
• JMC Job Search Tips
Park Avenue Conference room. Don’t forget to register…
Also Included Job Market Intel
• Useful Web Sites
• Media Resources From Recruiting Trends
ExecuNet's exclusive Recruiter Confidence Index (RCI), a leading indicator for executive
CRN SpotLight recruitment activity, rebounded in September as companies continued to compete aggressively for
top candidates in an increasingly tight management talent market.
Check out the approximately The ExecuNet survey of 125 executive recruiters found 60 percent are confident or very confident
150,000 jobs on LeadLink the executive employment market will improve during the next six months — up from 55 percent
and don’t forget to keep your the previous month.
resume updated on Resume
Reserve. New employers "Based on the amount of pent-up demand in the market, predictions of strong executive-level job
growth through the first quarter of 2008 are well within reach," says ExecuNet president Mark
and recruiters are added and Anderson. "Given the current shortage of top talent, companies are well aware of the consequences
are searching daily. of putting their hiring plans on hold — and very few are willing to take that risk."
Access both on the web at: United States Faces Talent War Challenge From United Kingdom, China
In one of our recent editions, ExecuNet's RecruitSmart Today explored the movement of financial
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www.lhhcrn.com. capital — and key financial services talent — from Wall Street to London, which has seen its
identity as a truly global financial center continuing to expand in recent years.
Blue Steps Now along comes a report that suggests the United States will maintain its position as the world's
leading country for nurturing and developing talent over the next five years, but face big
competition from the United Kingdom and China in the recruitment of leadership talent.
We have negotiated a 20%
discounted rate for LHH clients "Until now, companies may have sensed which countries attracted and developed talent most
with Blue Steps the executive effectively, but objective data to support their impressions was simply unavailable," says Kevin
search web site owned and Kelly, CEO of Heidrick & Struggles, which released the findings of its Global Talent Index survey in
cooperation with the Economist Intelligence Unit. "If talent is the oil of our future," Kelly contends,
operated by the AESC
"we need to pinpoint the hot spots, identify the reserves, and know how fast the pipelines can get
(Association of Executive up and running."
Search Consultants) which is
their professional organization Overall, the survey confirms that talent follows where money leads. After the United States and the
United Kingdom, the next best countries for attracting and developing talent are the relatively
made up of over 200 of the top
small but open economies of Canada, the Netherlands and Sweden. Its findings also suggest that
executive search firms. See Russia and Brazil simply won't be able to match the talent attraction of employment in other
your consultant for details. emerging economies, such as those of India and China.
AESC has around 200
member search firms, with The Index measures each country's potential for producing talent and the conditions necessary to
realize this potential. Seven separate measures were used in assessing each country:
around 4000 consultants demographics, quality of compulsory education systems, quality of universities and business
around the world. schools, quality of the environment to nurture talent, mobility and relative openness of the labor
market, trends in foreign direct investment and proclivity to attract talent.
Career Events
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Networking Events (free / low cost events that may interest you)
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"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
Entrepreneurial Sites:
http://www.startupzone.com employment
http://www.topstartups.com employment
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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
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.
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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
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.
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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 Jay Colan and the generous, spirited people who participated in the NY Media and Entertainment
networking group in January and February of 2007.
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