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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CRN SpotLight
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.
August 28, 2008
FLASH!! The next “JMC Live” is Wednesday - Sept 3
with our re-scheduled guest Michael Page Int’l, a global
recruiting firm. Hear the latest news on the NYC
Employment Market and the scoop on the search field…
Our Green Initiative focus on opportunities in the green
sector will take place in 2 parts: Gaia Human Capital will
be here on Thursday – Sept 11 at 1P to introduce the
concept and help in preparing to understand the market.
The Career Event featuring more hiring managers from the
green economy will be on Thursday – Sept 18 at 10A.
Both events will be in the Park Ave Conf Room. Mark your
calendars & don’t forget to register…
Job Market Intel
Where The Big Jobs Are
Demand for high-level talent is surprisingly robust, especially for senior managers
who are willing to move.
By Anne Fisher, senior writer
(Fortune) -- Despite the slump at lowlier levels of the job market, there's currently a war for senior
management talent. In fact, 70% of executive recruiters surveyed by networking organization
ExecuNet (www.execunet.com), say there's a shortage of people who can step in and run things.
Where is the most job growth for senior-level positions now?
The South and Southeast are No. 1, while the West placed second, according to the 2008 Executive
Job Market Intelligence Report, a detailed research study from ExecuNet. In third place is the
Southwest, notably Texas; followed by the Midwest; while the Northeast and New England are in fifth
place. That's a slight change from 2006 results, when the top 2 regions were the same, but the Mid-
Atlantic came in third, followed by the New York City metropolitan area and the Southwest.
"Businesses are expanding in the South and Southeast partly because of lower costs," says Mark
Anderson, ExecuNet's president and chief economist. "And the really strong, growing industries right
now doing the most hiring, are high tech, health care, pharmaceuticals, and energy. So the regional
shifts represent where those industries tend to be concentrated."
Still, "there are a lot of executive-level general management and operations jobs available just about
everywhere - even in Midwestern manufacturing, in spite of what the auto industry's troubles might
lead you to suppose," Anderson adds.
Recent postings on ExecuNet's site offer a couple of examples: a VP of quality control position at a
capital-equipment manufacturer in Wisconsin that pays up to $150,000 with a bonus of $20,000 or
more, plus profit-sharing; and a VP of sales job with an electrical equipment maker in Indiana that
pays up to $200,000 annually with a 30% bonus and stock options.
Demand for talent exists even in the otherwise troubled financial-services industry, which has hung
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Access both on the web at:
www.lhhcrn.com.
Other Job Market
Connection Highlights…
Job Fairs
Employer of the Day
“JMC Live”
Entertainment & Media
Networking Group
Recruiter Panels
Special Topic Speakers
Additionally we serve as
the 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.
out high-level help-wanted signs for people with turnaround skills and expertise in risk management.
Companies doing the most executive hiring aren't necessarily the biggest, the ExecuNet study found.
Employers with revenues between $51 million and $200 million are expanding their senior-level
management teams by almost 30% this year, for instance. By contrast, companies with sales of $1
billion or more plan to hire only 12% more executives.
In every region and at companies of all sizes, executives who bring engineering expertise will be in
most demand of all.
"Companies are placing a greater emphasis on research and development, as well as operating
efficiency," Anderson observes. "Engineers have become a scarce resource." That's good news, by
ExecuNet's lights. Says the report: "[Engineers] are at the epicenter of innovation, stimulating growth
and forming the underpinning of a robust economy." Which may eventually mean more jobs for the
rest of us.
In this market, fewer than one-third (32%) of managers earning $100,000 a year or more believed
relocation was necessary for advancement, according to the study. That's down from 46% who
believed that in 2006.
One reason is that "the computer and phone technology we have now enables people to do business
from just about anywhere," says Anderson. "So companies are rapidly moving toward more mobile
workers, remote workers, telecommuters - whatever you want to call them - even at the very senior
levels, where executives will often try out a job from a distance before relocating, or even instead of
relocating at all."
Another factor: In a world of decreasing loyalty, companies are less eager to reimburse executives for
the cost of moving. "Organizations don't want to go to the expense if an executive is only likely to
stay with the company for three years or less," observes ExecuNet vice president Lauryn Franzoni.
"On the other side, executives are reluctant to uproot their families and working spouse for a transfer
that doesn't have a clear reward at the other end. If they think the industry or company could contract
and the job they've been offered could be eliminated, the risk is too great."
Executives in other countries, by the way, have no such qualms. More than 80% of senior managers
ExecuNet surveyed in Europe, Asia, and Latin America are willing to pull up stakes, even to relocate
across national boundaries.
"A staggering 40% of these rest-of-the-world executives say that the proliferation of online job boards
led them to actively explore opportunities abroad," Anderson says. That compares to just 7% of U.S.
senior managers who say the same.
ExecuNet Exclusive: Healthcare, Energy To Drive Most Growth In Exec Hiring
Demographics are expected to drive the pace of executive management hiring through the end of
2008, as recruiters believe demand for health
services and energy will push the most growth
in six-figure hiring.
That's according to ExecuNet's exclusive July
Recruiter Confidence Poll, which also
registered significant recruiter optimism about
projected corporate management hiring in the
life sciences (pharma, biotech, medical),
technology and business services sectors of
the U.S. economy.
The accompanying chart graphs projected
executive hiring through December, including
data for markets that expect little to no
change in executive-level hiring during that
time.
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Career Events
WWD FASHION CAREER EXPO
The Apparel World's Premier Hiring Event
Presented by: 24 Seven
September 10th - 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Metropolitan Pavilion - 125 West 18th Street - New York
Here’s the link:
http://www.fashioncareers.com/Events/Default.asp?EventID=7

New York, NY Career Fair – Career Builder

Date:
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Location:
Metropolitan Pavilion North and South Pavilions
125 West 18th Street (Chelsea)
New York, NY 10011
Time:
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
info@metropolitanevents.com

Networking Events (free/low cost events that may interest you)

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

JMC Job Search Tips (Simple Things pt 82…)

Follow-up…
This may be the simplest title that “Simple Things” has ever had. That being said this is probably not
what you’re thinking the title implies. This is about responding to so-called dead end leads. In other
words, what do you do when a potential networking contact seems to fizzle out or appear
uninterested in helping you? Of course, that’s never happened to any of us but just in case… There
are many variables that could impact the level of receptivity we receive when making an outreach
and much of it has the possibility of causing a relatively negative outcome. We caught a person at a
busy or inappropriate time, we didn’t or were unable establish a rapport with the individual, or
sometimes we find people who are just plain difficult. So do we give up? In this job market, are you
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kidding? No, this is the time to take a step back and simply evaluate what could have made this
follow-up fall flat, and then adjust our technique and try again. As the old saying goes, “Timing is
everything!” So why would we give up on our opportunity to hit the career jackpot with only one
chance to connect? You’re absolutely right, we don’t…

Just Thinking…
The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.
-- Vauvenargues

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.
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
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 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
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
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 "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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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,
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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.”
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

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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

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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Job Lead Sampler (For many more check LeadLink)
Sr. Manager-Director of HR, Northern NJ, Healthcare Company, $55
- $65K
Software Architect, National Financial Partners
Operations Specialist, Dewey & LeBouef, $70K Director of
Research, Newark, NJ, Research & Applications Grp, McCooe &
Assoc.
Director, Asphalt Technology Lab, Ennis,TX, McCooe & Assoc.
Associate Director, Biomedical Mktg & Licensing, New Brunswick,
NJ,Tech Transfer Ofc., McCooe & Assoc.
Manager GMP & Quality Training, Blood Processing Lab, McCooe &
Assoc.
Lead Counter Salesperson, Construction Materials Supply Co.,
McCooe & Assoc.
Ass't. Controller-External Reporting, Mylan
VP Sales & Marketing, Union, NJ, O.Berk Company
ETF Trader, Trading Co., $125. - $175K
Director of Marketing-Telecom, Stamford, CT, Frontier
Communications
Product Manager,Internet-Based Svcs, Stamford, CT, Frontier
Communications
Local Census Office Manager-NY, US Census Bureau, $30. -
$30.75/Hr
Ass't Manager Administration-NY, US Census Bureau, $22.25-$23/Hr
Ass't Manager Recruiting-NY, US Census Bureau, $22.25 - $23/Hr
Ass't Manager Field Operations-NY, US Census Bureau, $25.50 -
$26.25 /Hr
Ass't Manager Quality Assurance-NY, US Census Bureau, $22.25 -
$23/ Hr
Ass't Manager Technology-NY, US Census Bureau, $22.25 - $23. Per
Hr