For New York Bank Workers: Free Job-Search Help Friday!--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 31, 1995-- TO: N.Y. Media The free call-in call-in adj. Being in a format such that listeners or viewers are invited to have their telephone conversations with the host or guests on a show broadcast to other listeners: a call-in radio show. n. Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week. Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant described in the following release is specifically for New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of bank workers, as detailed in the release. It is being offered as a public service by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc., an international outplacement out·place·ment n. The process of facilitating a terminated employee's search for a new job by provision of professional services, such as counseling, paid for by the former employer. consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a . Challenger's corporate headquarters is in Chicago (at 150 South Wacker Wacker may refer to:
Challenger counselors will take calls in Chicago at the corporate headquarters office. For the past nine years, Challenger has held a free job search call-in on a national basis during the holiday season. This is the first time they have conducted a special call-in for a specific area. Since 1993, Challenger has been the only U.S. source (including government) of announced layoffs. The firm tracks layoffs announced by employers nationally on a daily basis, and reports out its findings monthly. Bank layoffs nationally are expected to escalate es·ca·late v. es·ca·lat·ed, es·ca·lat·ing, es·ca·lates v.tr. To increase, enlarge, or intensify: escalated the hostilities in the Persian Gulf. v.intr. dramatically based on a new study reported by Deloitte & Touche. The report says 90,000 bank jobs per year will disappear by 2000. From January, 1993, when Challenger began tracking announced layoffs, through August 28, 1995, 75,000 bank job cuts were announced nationally. James E. Challenger, president, is available to answer any questions today. He can be reached at 312-332-5790. -0- NEW YORK--Merger-besieged New York bank workers can get job survival advice from professional outplacement counselors free of charge Friday. Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. said its counselors will take calls from 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. EDT EDT abbr. Eastern Daylight Time EDT Eastern Daylight Time EDT n abbr (US) (= Eastern Daylight Time) → hora de verano de Nueva York EDT at 312-332-5790. The Challenger firm, which pioneered the outplacement industry in the early 1960's, said that the purpose of the call-in will be to answer questions about how to survive a merger or how to find a new job. The firm said its counselors will not ask the caller Caller may refer to one of the following:
The counselor's objective is to offer advice in response to a specific situation the caller describes. Besides the recent New York bank mergers, the forecast is that many thousands more bank jobs will disappear as banks close branches and shift their resources. The firm cited a new Deloitte & Touche study that forecast a loss of 90,000 jobs per year in banking by 2000. Challenger said there are numerous myths surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. merger survival, and cited the following: MYTH: The safest approach to merger survival is to continue to be what you have always been, and not exhibit any sudden changes in the way you function on the job. Fact: The safest way is probably the fastest way out -- of a job. Instead, become a leader, no matter what your level may be. Attend all functions and meetings as appropriate; seek out opportunities to meet the new management and help others on projects. MYTH: The start-up Start-up The earliest stage of a new business venture. of the merger presents the best opportunity to inform the acquiring company how one's former company functioned on various matters. Providing such information and direction will help smooth the transition. Fact: Clearly, the worst mistake is to assume the acquiring company wants to integrate any other methods with their own. If you sound as if you are wedded to the ways of the company that effectively no longer exists, how good an employee will you be of the new company? MYTH: My boss will tell the new owners what I have done. That will convince them to retain me. Fact: Many superiors do not know what individuals, especially a few levels below them, have done for the company. Prepare a summary of your accomplishments for the company. Meet with your superior to review your accomplishments so that he/she is prepared to sell you to new management. MYTH: The new company will provide an immediate opportunity to replace a superior you don't like by playing up to the new management. Fact: On the contrary, to survive a merger, every effort must be made to make the superior look like a hero/heroine. Help him/her determine the new firm's needs so that whatever you do will help your superior please the new management. MYTH: The period when the merger is getting underway becomes the best time to vacation since no significant decision making will take place. Fact: Cancel or defer de·fer 1 v. de·ferred, de·fer·ring, de·fers v.tr. 1. To put off; postpone. 2. To postpone the induction of (one eligible for the military draft). v.intr. any vacation plans during the start-up phase of the merger. This is the most crucial period for all personnel of the acquired company to be available, to assist in the merger if asked. A vacation brands the employee as someone more concerned with himself/herself than with the best interest of the company -- actually his/her new employer. Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc., an international outplacement consulting firm headed by James E. Challenger, president, annually conducts a free national job search call-in. Its 10th consecutive call-in will be held December 28-29. The Challenger firm is retained only by employers to provide job search counseling to discharged employees. CONTACT: Herbert H. Rozoff Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most 708-480-2780 |
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