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Between the Lines
In the best of times U.S. 1 has always had smart readers
taking advantage of its free classified ads for Jobs Wanted. People
under-employed, trailing spouses, those new to the work force, or
those simply between jobs for whatever reason have found the Jobs
Wanted section a good way (a very good way since the ads are free)
to test the market and their place in it.
And now, not surprisingly in the wake of the era in which dot.coms
have been replaced by dot.gones, we are beginning to see relatively
fewer Help Wanted ads and relatively more Jobs Wanted ads. In the
first issue after Labor Day last year we had two Jobs Wanted ads in
the paper. In this issue, starting on page 62, there are 10.
We are also hearing from some grateful jobseekers. The following ad
ran in our paper in the August 22 and 29 issues:
Former Stay-at-Home Mom: MBA in marketing, BA in math,is looking to re-enter the full-time work force. Intelligent,motivatedand hard working. Willing to start at the bottom for the rightopportunity.Knowledge of Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Typing-60 wpm. Entry levelis okay. Job satisfaction is more important than salary.Last week we received a cancellation request: “Thank youfor running this ad in your Jobs Wanted section. You do not need torun it anymore. I received a job offer from a company in Princetonthrough the ad and accepted it. Thank you very much for thisservice.”If we at U.S. 1 seem empathetic to the plight of the jobless,no matter how temporary that status may be, it’s because we are —we all have been there ourselves at one time or another. Until a yearago or so U.S. 1’s Kathy Spring was part of that dot.com world. But,as she explained in a first-person article in the August 8 issue,the dot.com company came to a predictable end. And her feelings tooka somewhat unpredictable turn — no matter how expected the jobloss was, it still hurt.The letter below comes from the sponsors of the re-employment programthat triggered Kathy Spring’s story:Top Of PageTo the Editor:ON BEHALF OF JEWISH Family & Children’s Service, I would like to thankyou for Kathleen McGinn Spring’s article about my pet program, ProjectReEmployment, in your August 8 issue. Your article depicted theexperiencesthat many of my participants have expressed during my time ascoordinatorof Project ReEmployment. In fact, several of my current participantshave enrolled in the program as a result of your article.I cannot express how touched I was to find out that you found myexperienceswith displaced workers to mirror your personal experiences. It iscomforting to know that you were able to find employment after suchtrying times, and I am certain that your words inspired many readers,including those enrolled in Project ReEmployment.Rachel Weitzenkorn LSWProject ReEmployment, Jewish Family & Children’sServiceOut of work? Check out U.S. 1’s free Jobs Wanted ads.Detailson how to place the ad appear on page 62 of this issue.Previous StoryCorrections or additions?This page is published by PrincetonInfo.com— the web site for U.S. 1 Newspaper in Princeton, New Jersey.
