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EXPERT ALERTS
- Recruiting: How to Find a Needle in a Haystack
- Trade With China Is Soaring -- But Beware the Pitfalls
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- Online Content Analyst - Camarillo, Calif.
- Visual Journalist - Birmingham, Ala.
- City Hall Reporter - Detroit
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- Grammar Hammer: Julia Child's Recipe for Parallel Structure
- A Tribute to Helen Gurley Brown
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EXPERT ALERTS
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Recruiting: How to Find a Needle in a Haystack
Kim First
President and CEO
The Agency Worldwide
"As a recruiter in the life sciences field, I am often called upon to find a scientist with credentials so specific that only three people in the world might fit my client's specifications. Specialty recruiters have asked me how this is done. In specialty fields, the best candidates are often not looking for work. The keys to success are knowing and building relationships with clients and candidates over the years."
First is based in Los Angeles and is available for media interviews.
News Contact: Richard Berman, gobermanpr@gmail.com or +1-914-572-2707
Trade With China Is Soaring -- But Beware the Pitfalls
Rosemary Coates
China Trade Consultant
"In addition to supply chain consulting, I am an expert witness for cases involving Chinese manufactured goods such as machinery, apparel, toys, drywall and glass. When dealing with Chinese vendors, nothing can be taken for granted. Product specifications, terms and expectations need to be clearly discussed and then memorialized in writing. Even when you are dealing with an importer of Chinese goods in the U.S., be sure to specify exactly what you want from the Chinese manufacturer. Don’t leave anything to chance or you just might end up in court. And even when you are very careful about the contract, the points of view of the import buyer and the Chinese manufacturer are very different. Westerners view the contract as the end point to the negotiations, while Chinese view it as just the start of the project, subject to interpretation. These different points of view can result in ugly disappointment, or worse."
Coates is available for media interviews. She is the author of "42 Rules for Sourcing and Manufacturing in China." Coates is based in San Francisco Bay Area.
News Contact: Richard Berman, gobermanpr@gmail.com or +1-914-572-2707
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- Senior Editor - NYC
- Online Content Analyst - Camarillo, Calif.
- Visual Journalist - Birmingham, Ala.
- City Hall Reporter - Detroit
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- TOOL SPOTLIGHT: TWEETCHARTS.COM: ProfNet Editor Jason Hahn reviews a free tool that allows you to call up charts with data about hashtags, words/phrases, usernames or URLS on Twitter: goo.gl/yrby6
- #CONNECTCHAT RECAP: JOB HUNTING 101: ProfNet Editor Evelyn Tipacti interviewed Steve Gosset, manager of media relations at ACLU, on how to interview for a job and transition from journalism to media relations: goo.gl/0ET66
- GRAMMAR HAMMER: JULIA CHILD'S RECIPE FOR PARALLEL STRUCTURE: ProfNet Editor Grace Lavigne reviews the rules for parallel structure: goo.gl/cA4UL
- A TRIBUTE TO HELEN GURLEY BROWN: ProfNet Editor Evelyn Tipacti describes how Cosmopolitan impacted her life, in honor of the legendary magazine editor: goo.gl/PqTnx
