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BROKERHUNTER.com Bulletin for January, 2009

BROKERHUNTER.com Launches BHTV.

Atlanta, GA November 3, 2008 -- BROKERHUNTER.com today announces the launch of a career educational service for Financial Services job seekers called BHTV. BHTV can be found at

http://www.brokerhunter.com/bhtv.asp; it is a source for employment related information about employers and jobs in Video format.

On BHTV, job seekers can view information from our employer sponsors pertaining to company background, benefit programs and information about specific opportunities.

"BHTV is designed to be an effective way to deliver information about Financial Services employers in a user-friendly and entertaining way through the use of video technology", according to Steve Testerman, President of BROKERHUNTER.com. "Employers can feature their firms to our very targeted audience of Financial Services job seekers; helping them brand their organization and attract more and better qualified job candidates."

About BROKERHUNTER.com:

BROKERHUNTER.com http://www.BROKERHUNTER.com

Launched in May of 2000, is the leading Financial Services Employment Internet website in the Nation. On our site you will find over 75,000 job candidates and thousands of job postings from employers around the Globe.

For information on industry employment/recruiting solutions, including sponsorship of BHTV; please contact us directly at 888-955-6795. BROKERHUNTER.com is based in suburban Atlanta, GA.

Virtual Career Fair for Financial Services - October 22, 2008

The event starts at 9am and runs until 8pm EDT on Wednesday, October 22, 2008.

Here is a link to register to attend:

http://events.unisfair.com/index.jsp?eid=305&seid=28

Attendance is free for job seekers.

Sponsors include:

• Aflac
• AIG Retirement
• Allstate
• Capital Group (American Funds)
• Charles Schwab
• Edward Jones
• Fidelity Investments
• Genworth
• International Financial Solutions
• Inverness Real Estate Investments
• Investors Capital Corporation
• PNC
• Scottrade
• State Farm
• Summit Business Media
• Synergy
• Unitrin
• U.S. Wealth Management
• Waddell & Reed

Securities Jobs Remain Surprisingly Flat (Aug. 20, 2008)

by Janet Levaux - Research Magazine

Unemployment rates make a new four -year high, as payrolls fall by over 50,000 in July.

This was a negative, but not as bad as the consensus number of 70,000 and coupled with upward revisions to May and June, some saw a glimmer of recovery in this report, says Jeff Testerman of Brokerhunter.com

Securities Industry : Payrolls were down a bit from the previous report by about 2,500 jobs, but this was against an upwardly revi sed May and June. The bottom line is that employment was relatively flat and remains at historically high levels. So far in 2008 , says Testerman, the industry has gained a little over 12,000 jobs for a growth rate hovering around 1.5%; down from previous years, but nevertheless showing surprising strength.

Insurance Industry: Employment in this sector continues to show resilience, as well. Payrolls in creased again in July, for the sixth- consecutive month. This brings employment to 2, 331,800 workers in this field with July's increase of over 5,000.

Overall: About the only thing that economists seem to agree upon , he says, is future uncertainty regarding the state of this economy.

To date, 2008 is a year with steadily declinin g employment reports month after month. The usual suspects led the decline with manufacturing, construct ion and retail. July's job performance adds to the total job loss for an eight-month period of 463,000.

Employer Information: Virtual Career Fair

Click on this link to view Virtual Career Fair information for employers.

Http://www.brokerhunter.com/basesystem/images/firmprofilelogos/VCF_email_blast.html

 

PRESS RELEASE: The BROKERHUNTER.com Virtual Career Fair for Financial Services

Atlanta, GA July 23, 2008 -- This Virtual Career Fair event will be held live on October 22, 2008 from 9AM until 8PM Eastern Daylight Time. In addition, Job Candidates can visit the fair for a period of 30-days after the event On Demand to view employer information and apply to jobs. This event is free for job candidates to attend.

Job candidates will be able to:

-Visit Employer Booths in the Exhibition Hall
-Attend Presentations in the Conference Hall from key industry notables and speakers
-Network with potential employers through chat, email and virtual business cards
-Browse the Resource Center library of valuable industry and employer information.
-What this means to potential job candidates?

-"One Stop Shopping" for career opportunities and ideas.
-View and apply to Job opportunities on the spot
-Preserve your Confidentiality while enjoying the efficiency of a Career Fair environment.
-Chat online with hiring and recruiting representatives from major employing firms.
-Learn about the unique career benefits that each type of employer can offer.
-Easily access company brochures, white papers, information, websites and job postings
-Door prizes we will be given away each hour of the live event including iPhones, iPods and GPS systems.

Steve Testerman president of BROKERHUNTER.com said, "We are pleased to announce that our second Virtual Career Fair will be held on October 22, 2008. Due to the great success of our first event in June we are excited to be able to offer this type of exciting online event to help our candidates and employers connect in a very productive and meaningful way. The success of this format has proven that the time has come for the use of advanced Virtual technology in a way that helps connect Financial Services job seekers with potential employers."

"Virtual Career Events offer nearly all the benefits, without most of the really big hassles, of a physical event. For example, job candidates can visit multiple employer booths at the event and interact, if they choose, through instant messaging and chat. They can even apply to jobs online. All of this is available online and live through the convenience of the user's personal computer. This makes for a highly efficient and productive process for job candidate and employer alike," Testerman said.

"As with our last event, we expect to have thousands of job candidates attending booths staffed and sponsored by many of the leading Financial Services employers in the industry"

-Job candidates can pre-register for the Virtual Career Fair at http://events.unisfair.com/index.jsp?eid=305&seid=28
-Employers can view a demo at http://www.brokerhunter.com/virtualdemo

About BROKERHUNTER.com:
BROKERHUNTER.com,(http://www.BROKERHUNTER.com) launched in May of 2000, is the leading Financial Services Employment Internet website in the Nation. There are nearly 70,000 candidates and thousands of job postings from employers across the Nation on our site. For information on industry employment/recruiting issues and trends please contact us directly at 888-955-6795. BROKERHUNTER.com is based in suburban Atlanta, GA.

About Summit Business Media:
Summit Business Media was formed in November 2006 by Wind Point Partners' acquisition of two leading b2b information companies, Highline Media and Pfingsten Publishing, Summit Business Media creates leading insurance services information anchored by the premier magazine titles in the business, the National Underwriter Property/Casualty and Life/Health weeklies. Summit also publishes American Agent & Broker, Life Insurance Selling and four other insurance focused-titles. Summit also has a premier position in the financial services industry via Wealth Manager, Credit Union Times, Research and Futures magazines; the reference tools TaxFacts and Fire, Casualty and Surety Bulletins, along with 150 other books and electronic products. Summit offers more than 200 live events (trade shows, conferences, seminars and webinars), data and continuing education. It is also the leading data provider of financial and market information on insurance companies in the country. Summit Business Media employs nearly 500 people in 15 offices throughout the United States. Additional information about Summit is available at http://www.summitbusinessmedia.com. Additional information about Highline Media is available at http://highlinemedia.com.

Virtual Career Fair LIVE Day Update

BROKERHUNTER completed the Virtual Career Fair live day on June 11, 2008 and it was a resounding success, by all measures.

Our Sponsor/Employers were universally delighted with the results as typlified by this comment:

"We were very pleased with the results of the BrokerHunter Virtual Career Fair and take great pride in saying we participated in such a cutting-edge event. We felt the response and traffic generated to our booth was exceptional. We anticipate these types of virtual events will gain momentum and acceptance in the industry and could easily become the norm in the future. For that, we are looking forward to the next one in the Fall."

Dan O’Neil

U.S. Wealth Management, LLC.

Director of New Business Development

Boston, MA

Our Job Seekers also, have highly rated the experience; with over 80% saying they would attend similar events in the future.  In order to accomodate this demand, we are planning another event in the Fall and 3 more are slated for 2009.

Virtual Career Fair Update

This event is just a week away and we already have nearly 3,500 job candidates registered to attend the first-ever Financial Services Virtual Career Fair on June 11.

There are 16 Financial Services Employers sponsoring the event: Plantinum Sponsors: AIG Retirement, Allstate, Edward Jones; Gold Sponsors: Investors Capital, Inverness Real Estate Investments, Synergy Investment Group, USAA, US Bank, U.S. Wealth Management; and booth sponsors: Colonial Bank, David Lerner and Associates, Householder Group, MetLife Resources, Money Concepts, Sovereign Bank and Vanguard.

Anyone in the Financial Services industry is invited to attend.  Here is a link to the registration page: http://events.unisfair.com/index.jsp?eid=261&seid=27 .

May - Monthly BROKERHUNTER.com Bulletin is online

You can view the May edition of the BROKERHUNTER Bulletin at the following URL:

http://www.brokerhunter.com/basesystem/images/firmprofilelogos/monthly.html

As seen at ResearchMag.com

Check out the Research Magazine website and the May issue of Research, which is in the mail ... to see Virtual Career Fair Advertising.

So far, nearly 2,000 job candidates have registered for this event - and with over 45 days to go - we expect a huge turnout!

We welcome comments from those who have attended other Virtual Career Fairs.  Let us know what you liked and what you didn't like - so we can make this premier online Fair for the Financial Services Industry a huge, successful event.