Workplace & Careers III/Labor Day 2007 Feature Releases.

NEW YORK -- The following releases focus on the topic Workplace & Careers III/Labor Day

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NEW YORK--New Research Reveals 85% of Women Agree Going Overseas Accelerated Their Careers (08/21/07, 04:35) SOURCE: Perry Yeatman

NORFOLK, Va.-The New American Workforce: Older Workers (08/21/07, 04:35) SOURCE: Avanti Savoia

AVAILABLE EXPERTS

The following knowledgeable industry leaders and scholars from Business Wire's ExpertSource database are available to discuss topics relating to Workplace & Careers III/Labor Day:

Jo Bennett, partner at Battalia Winston International, a leading executive search firm, has over 20 years of experience in the executive search arena. Since joining BWI in 1990, Jo has become an expert in conducting senior level executive search assignments for a broad cross-section of areas including professional services, financial services, human resources, industrial & consumer products, and not-for-profit. Jo is an established expert that has appeared in major consumer, business and trade publications. Since 1985, Jo has been active with the International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruiters where she has served on the board for many years. Some of the topics Jo enjoys discussing include:

* The aging of the American workforce and the opportunities and accessibility of the C-Suite

* Recruitment McCarthyism

* Women returning to the workforce after raising children

* Job hunting and resume tips

* The executive-level job interview, what to expect?

* Recruiting top professionals into a family business

* The ins and outs of board recruitment

* Psychometric testing of executive job candidates...what to expect from the candidates perspective and the pros/cons from the company perspective

* How businesses can properly balance risk avoidance and talent acquisition

* From organizational development to making the best impressions to land the job.

PR Contact: Cortney Rhoads, 212-221-4612 [e-mail]

Mark Reynolds is chief executive officer and president of Ben-e-lect, a leading third party administrator (TPA) that provides administrative and claims services to small- and medium-sized employers throughout California and Colorado. The company is recognized as an innovator of employer driven health plan models, delivering consistent, innovative solutions and services to agents/brokers so they can offer quality benefits solutions to their clients. Since acquiring Ben-e-lect in 1996, Mr. Reynolds set out to position the company as a leader in the employee benefits market. He created the concept of "shared funding" for employers, enhanced the company's benefits and administration system, and introduced new programs as well as an online quoting system. Under Mr. Reynold's leadership, the company has experienced unprecedented growth. Ben-e-lect's product portfolio has increased to eight insurance carriers and 18 plans, covering over 3,000 groups, and its operations have expanded to eight regional sales offices in two states. A Registered Health Underwriter (RHU) and licensed Third Party Administrator (TPA), Mr. Reynolds' involvement in the health benefits industry spans over two decades. His expertise includes extensive experience in the planning, development, marketing, and management of employee benefits and managed cost programs. He served as senior vice president of Quorum Insurance Administrators, a full-service TPA with clients throughout the western United States, until he facilitated the sale of Quorum to Dunn & Bradstreet Corporation in 1993. Mr. Reynolds is sought for his expertise and has authored articles for industry trade publications including California Broker. He has conducted continuing education courses for nearly all California Association of Health Underwriters (CAHU) chapters throughout the state and various National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) chapters. He has also presented at conferences and meetings of various trade groups including the Pacific Water Quality Association and Asphalt Paving Association as well as Employee Benefit News seminars and local chambers of commerce. For years, he has played an active leadership role in the industry. He was a founding member of the Inland Empire Association of Health Underwriters and past president of the Health Care Administrators Association (HCAA). Currently, he is a member of CAHU, the National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU), and the Society of Professional Benefit Administrators (SPBA).

PR Contact: Linda O'Hanlon, 818-386-1916 [e-mail]

Sondra Solovay, J.D., of Workplace Answers, Inc., is one of the nation's leading researchers on weight-based legal issues. She serves as adjunct Professor of Law at New College of California, the country's oldest public-interest law school. Ms. Solovay has provided training for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors as well as the San Francisco Human Rights Commissioners and their staffs, and was the first attorney to successfully resolve a complaint under San Francisco's 'height/weight' discrimination law. At Workplace Answers, Sondra heads up the team of researchers, writers and designers who create innovative and interactive compliance training courses for Unlawful Harassment Prevention, Diversity programs, Workforce Management and Ethics & Financial Compliance. Ms. Solovay graduated from Brown University with Honors; her law degree is from the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California Berkeley.

Her first book, Tipping the Scales of Justice, was published in 2000.

http://www.amazon.com/Tipping-Scales-Justice-Fighting- Discrimination/dp/1573927643 (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)

Sondra is co-editing the upcoming anthology, The Fat Studies Reader, to be published by the University of California Press in early 2008. She has written for a wide variety of publications including the Harvard Business Review. Ms. Solovay has been honored with several awards for her legal work and advocacy and was recently profiled by San Francisco Attorney Magazine. She is frequently quoted as a commentator on weight bias and the legal system by media outlets including CNN's Burden of Proof, the New York Times, Good Morning America, Canada A.M., as well as other local and national programs.

PR Contact: Gary Fusco, 415-814-6050 [e-mail]

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