D6 BUSINESS Sunday, October 7, 2001 decatur, Illinois ON THE MOVE CONVENTIONS letailers use cau obi in hinncs for holid employees ay season 10- 11: Skyward Connection annual users conference, Holiday Inn 11- 13: Millikin Homecoming, Millikin University 12- 14: NAACP, Holiday Inn Advertise on Herald Review Online Call 421-6902 What's worrisome to many retailers is what kind of impact any U.S. military action or another terrorist attack might have on consumer spending for the rest of the year. "We are very cautious in holiday hiring," Stromberg said. "I don't think any of us can predict what can happen." DECATUR Union Planters Bank announced that Rosalind Y. Stokes of Decatur has been promoted to branch manager and Kristen Simmons of Decatur has been named assistant branch manager at the Fairview Plaza branch.
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Zion, 1L 62549 864-9100 Jay McAtee l'IHpWni9J W'lWMI nies face is they don't want to be short-staffed if holiday spending picks up, but they also can't afford to be overly bullish. "The challenge this year is getting a read on what the holiday season will be like. Will the consumer come back?" said David Gow, chief executive officer of Ashford. com, a luxury e-commerce site that plans to delay its hiring for 25 or so workers until mid-November, a month later than usual. Gow continued: "You can't wait until the last minute to bring in the team, but at the same time you want to commit as late as possible." The current climate is far different from years past, when retailers could better predict hiring needs, based on consistent consumer spending patterns.
Merchants also needed to start recruiting early and resort to unusual steps such as $500 bonuses to grab workers in a tight marketplace. Help is easier to find this year because the national unemployment rate is at 4.9 percent, compared with 3.9 percent a year ago. Merchants say they are still recruiting on college campuses, unemployment offices and on the Web, but they just don't have to work as hard. Sears Roebuck and Co. and Bloomingdale's said they probably won't need bonuses to entice potential workers.
"There is going to be an abundance of holiday workers. Retailers are not going to have pay a premium to fill the spots," said Bob Kenzer, chief executive officer of Kenzer a recruiting firm based in New York. "It's going to be the first time in a long time they will have the pick of the crop." He added that merchants will find job candidates from all industries, particularly the hospitality business hit hard by declining tourism after the attacks. DECATUR Pam Haru, a career counselor at Millikin University, has become a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Certified Practitioner. mzm EFFINGHAM Stephen Garren of Effingham joined Lake Land College as the new director of learning technology.
Schools of Cosmetology Esthetics and Nails announced the promotion of Stacy Jones to vice president of Mr. John's Inc. Also, Judy Weger has joined the management staff as the director of admissions. SPRINGFIELD Tammy Peden has been appointed home loan consultant for the Springfield office of Home Loans Inc. Peden will work with builders, real estate and prospective Tammy Peden home buyers in local communities such as Decatur, Mount Zion, Taylorville, Pana and Morrisonville.
mzm DECATUR The Mueller Co. announced the promotion of Dan Curry from controller and manufacturing manager to Decatur plant manager. ferences for members of the Teachers Retirement System. The conferences will be from 2 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.
27. Request forms must be returned to the Regional Offices by Oct. 23. Call the Regional Offices, 348-0151, for information. CHAMPAIGN Two retirement seminars scheduled The State Universities Retirement System of Illinois will hold two pre-retirement seminars.
The first will be 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17. The second will be 8 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1. Both will be held in the organization's office, 1901 Fox Drive, Champaign. There will also be a post-retirement seminar on Saturday, Nov.
3. Enrollment in this seminar is limited. Call Karen Maggio, 378-8813. BIZ certified medical review officer services at the Bonutti Clinic in Effingham. mzm DECATUR Dr.
Mario Fucinari was elected to the executive board of the Illinois Chiropractic Society for a two-year term as secretary. He has served on the state board since 1994, and has been in practice since 1987. mzm DECATUR Barb Daugh-erty is the employee of the month of October for Norrell Staffing Services. mzm DECATUR The Sports Medicine Occupational Orthopedic Clinic sent three clinicians to the McKenzie Institute seminar in Bloom-ington, Sept. 20-23.
They are Bob Hill, co-owner of the clinic, Jackie Chamberlain and Craig Deverell. mzm DECATUR Linda Sabo, a representative with The Homemaker's Idea was recognized for being in the top 40 performers in the com DECATUR Teachers retirement meeting slated Regional Superintendent of Schools Charles Shonkwiler, the Decatur School District and the Teachers Retirement System will have a meeting at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, in the Stephen Decatur Middle School library to provide information about the Teachers Retirement System benefits and to explain the retirement process. For more information, call 1-800-877-7806, Ext.
2391. CHARLESTON Conference offered on teacher retirement The Regional Offices of Education for Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie and Shelby counties will schedule telephone con DECATUR Decatur School Board President Jack ie Goetter received a Master Board Member Maintained award from the Illinois Association of School Boards on Oct. 2. The Jerry Cox Roe Skidmore Financial Consultants InvcstmentsInsuranceRetirement Plans Fee-Based Financial Planning 437 West Pershing Road Decatur, IL 62526 Tel: (217) 875-9300; Fax: (217) 875-4386 NEW YORK (AP) During last year's Christmas shopping season, a tight labor market forced retailers to offer signing bonuses and premium wages to lure prospective employees. Facing an uncertain outlook for the 2001 holiday season, many stores are being more conservative about hiring for the critical November and December period.
Retailers who usually start revving up recruiting efforts by mid-September are delaying hiring commitments until they have a better idea of the consumer mindset following last month's terrorist attacks. They're also postponing the start date for workers and relying more on regular employees. Some companies, including Bloomingdale's and Macy's West, already expect to hire fewer helpers because of the decline in business after the attacks and reduced sales forecasts for the holiday season. "We are trying to look at a crystal ball," said Richard Donaldson, a spokesman for L.L. Bean, whose hiring plans for the remaining 800 of its expected 4,500 holiday workers are sketchy.
Business has improved since the attacks, Donaldson said, but "a few days don't make for a trend." At Bloomingdale's, "the sales trends have been more volatile, and are not as predictable. We have to be very judicious and cautious," said company president Edwin Hollman. Bloomingdale's expects to bring temporary sales help on the floors in mid-November instead of early November. Hollman said the retailer believes consumers will do their holiday shopping later than usual this year. Even United Parcel Service, which hired 90,000 workers for its peak season last year, doesn't know how many workers it will need, according to Paula Fulford, a company spokeswoman.
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mzm DECATUR The Land of Lincoln chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society named its 2001-2002 chapter officers. Linda Jump of W.G. Nord-holm Insurance, Decatur, was named treasurer. Other Decatur members include Carole Holbrook of JL Hubbard; Michael Lusk, Alvin Bauer and Curtis Beam of Archer Daniels Midland Dorothy Stiles of State Farm; and Don Whitacre of Whitacre-McNa-mara Insurance. MMMMMMb 1 f.
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mzm DECATUR Chris Brown has been named Employee of the Month for September at Millikin University. Brown is secretary to the Academic Technology Department. mzm EFFINGHAM Dr. Karl Rudert, an occupational health physician, qualified as a certified medical review officer. Both he and Dr.
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