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Executive recruiter to offer career tips

Jerry Gleeson — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:09:03 +0000

Kimberly Bishop, an executive recruiter and career management expert, will speak on finding a job, recession-proofing your career, and transitioning to a new industry on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Doral Arrowwood in Rye Brook. Admission is free.
BusinessWeek named Bishop to its list of World’s Top Recruiters. She has been featured on CNBC, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Crain’s, and Money Magazine.

Young professionals to network on Tuesday

Jerry Gleeson — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:28:01 +0000

The Westchester County Association will host a networking reception for young professionals on Tuesday, July 28 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Elements Bar at 161 Mamaroneck Ave. in White Plains.
Other sponsoring groups include the Young CPA/Westchester chapter of the New York State Society of CPAs and the New Lawyers Section of the Westchester County Bar Association. For more information, contact Julia Salem at the Westchester County Association at (914) 948-6740.

Coaching sales staff is topic of program

Jerry Gleeson — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:43:36 +0000

“Coach Your Sales People Into Sales Champions” is the topic of the Westchester County Association’s Lunch & Learn program on Thursday, June 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Mapleton Room at Good Counsel, 52 North Broadway, White Plains.
Keith Rosen, president of Profit Builders and an award-winning columnist and author and an executive sales coach with more than 20 years experience, will speak, along with members of the Westchester County Association.

For more information, contact Julia Salem at the Westchester County Association at (914) 948-6740.

Iona College to host intellectual property conference

Jerry Gleeson — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:52:24 +0000

Broad questions involving intellectual property rights will be explored at a two-day conference sponsored by Iona College in New Rochelle next week.
The Conference on Intellectual Property takes place Friday and Saturday, June 12-13. Keynote speakers are Joy Garnett, an artist who appropriates news and documentary photographs from newspapers, the Internet and other media and re-invents them as paintings, and Laura M. Quilter, an attorney and researcher in technology and information law and policy.
About 30 scholars from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America are expected to attend. The conference is being organized by Amy D. Stackhouse, associate professor of English at the college.
Fees are $125 per person with academic affiliation and $165 per person with non- academic affiliation. For more information or to register, visit www.iona.edu/cip.

Fabrication Enterprises renews lease, expands in Elmsford

Jerry Gleeson — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:21:39 +0000

Mack-Cali Realty Corp. said that Fabrication Enterprises Inc. had signed a six-year lease renewal for 21,000 square feet of space at the Cross Westchester Executive Park in Elmsford, and was expanding into an additional 16,000 feet.
The company makes and distributes products for physical therapy, rehabilitation, home health and sports medicine. It also renewed a lease for 21,000 square feet at a third location at the office park for six years.

Westchester Medical Group to consolidate at new HQ, add staff

Jerry Gleeson — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:19:25 +0000

The Westchester Medical Group said it will consolidate administrative offices at 32,000 square feet of space at 2700 Westchester Ave. in Purchase by the end of September. It will add 40 to 50 more employees at the site over the next 18 months.
Chief Financial Officer Clark Yoder said the group was moving administrative offices out of the third floor of 210 Westchester Ave. in Harrison, to accommodate more clinical practice there.
The new offices also will draw staff from two other offices in central Westchester. The medical group will consolidate billing, human resources, general finance, and a call center at the new site. The group employs 510 people plus 143 doctors, Yoder said. About 150 to 160 people work in administration.
CB Richard Ellis represented the medical group in the lease, which will run at least 10 years. The building, owned by Normandy Realty Partners, would be about one-third vacant once the medical group moves in.
In early 2010, Westchester Medical Group expects to open a $7 million surgical center in Rye.

Workplace stress seminar is cancelled

Jerry Gleeson — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:08:07 +0000

A program scheduled for Wednesday, June 3, at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Westchester Division in White Plains on stress management in the workplace has been cancelled due to lack of registrants, the Business Council of Westchester said.

Rockland Business Association plans “green” workshop

Jerry Gleeson — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:14:12 +0000

The Rockland Business Association will hold its second annual Green Council Seminar on Wednesday, June 3, from 8 a.m. to noon at Rockland Community College in Suffern. The program will focus on making businesses more profitable through the adoption of “green” principles.

The association will unveil a Web-based toolkit that will help businesses become more sustainable. Melissa Everett, executive director of Sustainable Hudson Valley, will speak on “Green Jobs in a Green Community: Connecting the Dots.”
A panel discussion will feature George Hoehmann from Camp Venture Inc., John Lorenzo from Instrumentation Laboratory, Arthur Barikyan from Orange & Rockland Utilities, and Ed Gray from Rockland BOCES.
Vendors will demonstrate green technology products and services, and Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef will speak. For more information, call the RBA office at 845-735-2100. Admission is $20 for members and $35 for non-members.

Bidding for government contracts is topic of workshop

Jerry Gleeson — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:48:26 +0000

Rockland Economic Development Corp. will hold a free program on how small businesses can obtain contracts with the Hudson Valley Municipal Purchasing Group.
The program starts at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 11 at the Ellipse Room of the Technology Center of Rockland Community College at 145 College Road in Suffern. The program will discuss the local procurement process, what local governments buy, the laws governing the process, and the purchasing group itself and its on-line bidder notification system.
Representatives from Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, Putnam, and Westchester counties and representatives from the cities of Yonkers and Poughkeepsie will be present to speak with local business owners. To learn more, contact Pauline Drakopoulos at 845-735-7040 or paulined@redc.org.

New spa opens in Hartsdale

Jerry Gleeson — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:41:22 +0000

Rachele Rose Day Spa has opened at 110 S. Central Ave., Hartsdale. The business is run by sisters Rachele Nicoletti and Rosa Calabrese.