TheLadders.com Helps Executive Job Seekers Learn How to Stand Out From the Crowd

Virtual Event to Provide Qualified, Talented Professionals with Unique Job Search Insight and Information

TheLadders.com, the worldís online service for $100,000 jobs, today announced further details of its innovative signature event, SeekWeek 2006, being held Monday, January 9, through Friday, January 13. A rare opportunity for senior level job seekers to hear how top recruiters and experts view the marketplace, SeekWeek 2006 is a rich source of practical information about online recruiting, best practices, research and perspectives.

Designed to provide executives with valuable knowledge and information to help them manage their job search more effectively, SeekWeek 2006 was developed in response to the quarterly executive employment outlook survey recently conducted by TheLadders.com. Survey data garnered from this study indicates that a significant majority of the workforce believes they are unlikely to achieve their professional goals at their current place of employment. From November 10-14, 2005, TheLadders.com surveyed a total of 1,322 professionals and found that 64% of respondents felt it was not very or not at all likely that they would reach their career goals at their current company. However, an average of 66% of workforce professionals expressed extreme confidence that they could fulfill their career objectives with another employer.

Marc Cenedella, CEO of TheLadders.com, commented, ìHistorically, with the new year comes the search for a new job. As evidenced by our survey data, the majority of $100k job seekers think a new employer will better fulfill their career aspirations. We designed SeekWeek to help them better navigate todayís job search and achieve their goals.î

Practical job search-related information will be offered each day during SeekWeek 2006 through one-hour Webinars beginning each day at noon EST. SeekWeek 2006 kicks off on Monday, January 9, with the ìRecruiters Speak!î Webinar session. Top recruiters from top firms will take part in a panel discussion, addressing the ups-and-downs of recruiting for $100k talent. Featuring Sarah George, senior vice president of Recruiting and Business Strategy at Wachovia, Emily Lerner, human resources manager at Zagat Survey, and Kent Burns, partner, MRINETWORK, this Webinar will explore the ins-and-outs of recruiting today from three distinct vantage points.

Tuesdayís Webinar session, ìManaging Your Many Faces,î will offer details on personal branding and how job seekers should present themselves. This session will also focus on the ways job seekers can best utilize the tools available today, including resumes, blogs and more. Top personal branding consultants and resume writers, Kristen Dixson, founding partner of Brandego LLC, William Arruda, president of Reach Communications Consulting, Inc. and Deb Dib, president of Executive Power Group, are the featured experts for day 2 of SeekWeek.

Sharing their expertise at Wednesdayís Webinar, ìJob Search 2006: Best Practices,î are Tony Lee, publisher of CareerJournal.com and CollegeJournal.com, Samer Hamedeh, founder and CEO of Vault.com and Mike Metzger, CEO of Payscale.com. This informative presentation will provide Webinar attendees with tactics and other best practices for job search management in the new millennium. Authors, analysts and other industry experts will also discuss the elements of todayís job search.

Presenting on day four is Heather Hamilton, staffing programs manager at Microsoft Corporation, industry expert Kevin Marasco, vice president of Marketing at Recruitmax, and Dwaine Maltais, vice president, e-recruiting Solutions, Bernard Hodes Group. Hamilton, Marasco and Maltais will explore the impact of the online environment on the job search, as well as future evolutions and ways job seekers can effectively navigate the online world.

Appropriately, the final SeekWeek 2006 Webinar session will offer thoughts and perspectives on career fulfillment, management and networking for continued career success in the future. John Hotard, Fordham Universityís Career Planning and Placement director, Keith Mullin, CEO of Mullin and Associates Lincolnshire International, and Jan Margolis, managing director of Applied Research Corporation, an HR consulting firm that delivers comprehensive alignment & assimilation, assessment, coaching, and talent & career management services, will share their expertise during their presentation, ìYouíve Gotten Your Dream Job, Now What?î

To register for SeekWeek 2006 or to download the five Webinars on-demand after the live presentations, visit: