Hired by the Holidays!

Look what your fellow subscribers found under the tree this year, Readers... new jobs!

Let me introduce you to six TheLadders.com subscribers who recently started new jobs they found here on the site. David, Linda, Robert, Rob, Suzanne, and Pam turned their holiday seasons bright... and we hope you will too...

David Rosenof "The challenge is to find your niche," said David Rosenof, chief operating officer and VP of Hunter Construction in Pompano Beach, Fla. "Three years ago, if you could fog a mirror, you could get a construction contract. Now it's a little bit harder."

Despite the odds, Huntington is rising to the challenge under Rosenof's leadership as a successful construction firm in a cooling economic climate. Rosenof said his job search required him to understand what was slowing his industry market and not to let fear distract him. "The thing that worked for me was patience," he said.
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Linda Schroeder Two-time winner: Three years ago Linda Schroeder found a top-earning position through TheLadders. Then her company folded. Just three weeks later, TheLadders helped her land a new job as a software sales exec.

As senior sales executive for Exact Software, Schroeder said she can assist companies struggling to stay afloat in a troubled economy. "You have to be able to go in and understand specifically what the need is of each is person within that organization," Schroeder said. "You need to be really consultative. You need to do your homework. You need to be able to show what differentiates you from other companies. And you also need to show that you are going to be a partner to them, and that you are going to be able to provide them with the support and the assistance to help them have a very successful implementation."
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Robert N. "The single greatest challenge to a person entering nursing is to try to ascertain what part of nursing you want to go into," said Robert N., a registered nurse who has worked as a consultant in the medical field for the past 20 years with experience in administration, counseling and all phases of nursing. "When people say, 'Oh, you've worked as a nurse,' that really doesn't describe what I have done, although I am a nurse. I have had my RN for decades, but I also have counseling credentials and licenses with a master's in healthcare administration. So I have gone far beyond just being a nurse."

Through his membership in UpLadder, Robert learned about and applied for a top executive position at MedicalEdge Healthcare Group Inc., based in Dallas. He was impressed by how quickly the company had expanded. "MedicalEdge started off as an imaging and X-ray facility here in Texas and then grew very quickly to several other states along the Eastern seaboard, but went from medical imaging to cancer research and cancer treatment."

When MedicalEdge invited Robert to interview, he was surprised to find himself discussing a post different from the one advertised.
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Rob Onofrietti
Rob Onofrietti never gave up on the mortgage industry.

When his position was eliminated in early 2008, Onofrietti chose to narrow his search for new employment within the mortgage industry. "I feel that the industry still has a lot to offer," the Toms River, N.J., resident said with confidence. "It is in a terrible mess right now, but I believe that within in the next year to 18 months, it is going to be a much different place to play, and I believe there is going to be a lot of opportunities there."

His persistence paid off, however, and ultimately he had not one but two job offers on the table via SalesLadder.
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Suzanne Frawley
"In difficult times, training is one of the first things that gets cut," Suzanne Frawley said. "Now many companies look at training as a cost center for their organization." After nearly four-and-a-half years as a training and development manager at Novartis Animal Health, Frawley's position was eliminated in July.

But by late September, the Columbus, Ohio, resident and HRLadder member had landed an interview for the position of learning and development manager at the local offices of German pharmaceutical giant Boehringer Ingelheim. She began work at her new company in mid-October.
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"Pam"
"I was pretty shocked and flabbergasted at being laid off," said FinanceLadder member "Pam" of the termination of her position at the beginning of this year from a top-drawer global brokerage. To complicate matters further, Pam was out on maternity leave when the axe fell.

Nevertheless, Pam refused to give up on finance. "I did think there were some positions out there, and you just have to be focused on where you are looking and not simply give up. Given that, I knew some places were hiring - even though only a few people - I continued my search."

Pam is now the assistant vice president & counsel at a large, international asset-management company in New York. A resume that truly popped was, said Pam, the X factor in her final hiring process.
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Well, congratulations one and all on making your new year a time for exciting new challenges. And for all of you, Readers, I will be rooting for you this holiday week, and throughout the new year, hoping that you, too, will find a great, new $100K+ job that you love.

Happy Holidays!

Warmest Regards,

Marc Cenedella
Founder & CEO
TheLadders.com, Inc.