Career Expos to Feature More Than 150 Recruiters From 55 Leading Employers, Including Compuware, DaimlerChrysler, Fleet Boston Financial, Kraft Foods, Lockheed Martin, Merck & Toyota Motors.Business Editors/Calendar Editors/City Desks PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2003 Shomex, a national event producer and leader in live recruitment solutions, announced today a preliminary list of companies that will be participating in its Diversity Career Fair, www.shomex.com/diversity, on July 29, 2003 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center The Pennsylvania Convention Center is a multi-use public facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which is designed to accommodate conventions, exhibitions, conferences and other events. and at the BDPA (Black Data Processing Associates, Greenbelt, MD, www.bdpa.org) A membership organization founded in 1975 by Earl A. Pace Jr. and David Wimberly. It is the largest national professional organization representing minorities in the information industry with more than 55 chapters. National Conference Career Expo, www.shomex.com/bdpa, on August 15-16, 2003 at the Philadelphia Marriott. The Diversity Career Fair is a broad-based recruiting event which brings together employers and professionals from a wide range of communities, industries and fields. The BDPA National Conference Career Expo is designed specifically to connect IT professionals with employers from a wide cross section of industries looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. IT talent. "Considering today's still struggling economy, we are very pleased that so many leading companies have chosen to participate in these events. We look forward to exposing many great career opportunities to professionals in the Philadelphia area. The strong corporate participation reflects the strength of the live recruiting medium in connecting employers and talent," said Lewis R. Shomer, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Shomex. "Several new partnerships with major media outlets have enabled us to greatly expand our promotion for these events in the Philadelphia market, and throughout the entire region from New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. to Washington D.C., as well as increase targeting of high demand talent segments. Based on the substantial event promotion, our relationships with the NAACP NAACP in full National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Oldest and largest U.S. civil rights organization. It was founded in 1909 to secure political, educational, social, and economic equality for African Americans; W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Region II and other organizations, and the number of major companies that will be exhibiting, we are expecting a huge audience of professionals to attend these events," said Cristopher Levy, vice president of marketing with Shomex. Companies that will be exhibiting at the Diversity Career Fair on July 29 include: American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. Financial Advisors, ARAMARK Correctional, ARAMARK FSS FSS Federal Supply Service (US General Services Administration) FSS Flight Service Station FSS Family Self-Sufficiency FSS Fixed Satellite Service FSS Forensic Science Service (Great Britain) , ARAMARK Healthcare Support, Bed Bath & Beyond, Clear Channel Worldwide, Clement Publishing Group, Comcast, DaimlerChrysler Services, Eli Lilly Eli Lilly can refer to:
Employers at the Diversity Career Fair are looking to recruit for a wide range of positions including accounting, customer service, engineering, information technology, healthcare, pharmaceutical, retail and sales. The event will begin with a career development seminar at 10:30 a.m. presented by Jennifer Krasnisky of Kraft Foods. Exhibits are open from 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Admission is free. Companies that will be exhibiting at the BDPA National Conference Career Expo on August 15 & 16 include: Abbott Laboratories, Allstate Insurance, Advanced Reasoning Systems, AstraZeneca, Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. , Cardinal Health, Computer Associates, Compuware Corporation, Dell Computer, Deloitte Consulting, Fleet Boston Financial, GlaxoSmithKline, Hewitt Associates, Household International, Iowa Human Resource Recruitment Consortium, The Limited, Mayo Clinic, McDonalds Corporation, Merck & Company, Performigence Corporation, Principal Financial Group, Progressive Insurance, Sears Roebuck & Co., Siebel Systems, Siemens Business Services, The Vanguard Group, Thomson West, Toyota Motors, Unisys, Verizon Wireless and Wachovia. Employers at the BDPA National Conference Career Expo are specifically looking to recruit IT professionals. Exhibits are open on Friday, August 15 from 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, August 16 from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Admission to the career expo is free and registration is not required. In addition to the career expo, the BDPA National Conference will also feature over 30 professional development workshops. For more information or to register for the Conference, please call 800-727-BDPA or visit www.bdpa.org/conference.cfm Headquartered in Santa Monica, CA, Shomex has been producing expos and conferences since 1984 and has built its Diversity Career Fair into the largest diversity recruiting event in the nation, generating over 100,000 attendees annually. Shomex produces co-branded events and is engaged in partnerships with a wide range of leading professional/community organizations, industry trade shows and media companies including Aviation Week, The Boston Globe, The Boston Globe, The Daily newspaper published in Boston, one of the more influential newspapers in the U.S. Founded in 1872, it was purchased in 1877 by Charles H. Taylor. Charlotte Observer, The Denver Post/Rocky Mountain News, IT Careers (Computerworld, Network World and InfoWorld) and The Miami Herald/el Nuevo Herald. Shomex' national portfolio of events, publications and web sites delivers value-rich solutions to hundreds of the nation's largest companies. For more information on Shomex, please visit www.shomex.com or contact Shomex at 1-800-562-7469. |
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