Word: shop
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Sure, athletes are bought and sold all the time; but it sounds ridiculous to shop a UNIX programmer or architect. Yet the timing is perfect for such a bold experiment in the burgeoning field of e-cruiting. Not only is unemployment near record lows, but Silicon Valley is also facing a severe shortage of qualified techies. There are 500,000 vacancies, a number expected to grow to a few million. In such a tight labor market, the Net may be just the tool for the growing ranks of job-hopping free agents to flex their bargaining muscle...
...that matter, just a few. That's why Joyce Schwarz, co-founder of Mayday Interactive, an ad shop based in Santa Monica, Calif., is already sold on Monster's talent market. To get her firm off the ground, she beat out a few rival bidders for a personal assistant and a web designer. "It's not like a temp firm, which may not know my needs," says Schwarz. "It's matchmaking for business...
...local bookstores won recognition for their reading programs, with Harvard Book Store taking home the award for best reading series and Grolier Poetry Book Shop winning the award for best poetry store and readings...
Grolier Poetry Book Shop--which won the awards for best poetry store and readings--has also maintained a close relationship with Harvard, and has held readings for local poets including Donald Hall '51. The readings were usually held in Adams House and the Sackler Museum for the last eight years, according to Louisa Solano, the store's owner since...
Chocolatier L.A. Burdick also earned recognition for this year's best chocolate. James Bergin, manager of the European style shop also serving teas, coffees, hot chocolate and homemade Austrian pastries, said he was not surprised by the honor...