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CPG Revolution wants your news and views! Submit personnel changes, company news, article ideas and letters to editor@cpgjoblist.com. We will incorporate them in future issues of our monthly newsletter. Exciting Changes Are Coming To CPGjobs!
 This month, I am really pleased to let you know about some exciting changes coming to CPGjobs.
CPGjobs is LinkedIn™!
Effective immediately, the CPGjobs job site, CPGjoblist will be LinkedIn enabled. Now, when candidates view your posted positions online, they are provided with a live link directly to your corporate profile on LinkedIn. Additionally, all candidates with a LinkedIn profile will be able to instantly view their LinkedIn connections to your personnel with LinkedIn profiles. This site enhancement augments your employment branding and professional networking efforts, and improves the overall user experience on CPGjoblist.
Automated Payments
Within the next 30 days, CPGjobs will enable online credit card payments directly on CPGjobs. We will notify you once this enhancement is complete. You will then be able to purchase packages, pay for and post your own jobs using a credit card. The CPGjobs website will keep track of your account status, which you can check at any time that’s convenient for you. Positions you post to the site will be immediately published to the CPGjoblist job board. You’ll find this new job purchase service simple and easy to use. Of course, if you do require personal assistance, we are always here for you!
Expanded Services Through New Partnerships
Over the last several months, we’ve been aggressively pursuing agreements with high-quality business and technology partners that will help us improve the level of service we provide to our valued clients. I am pleased to announce our recently-inked agreement with Lee McDuffey, president and CEO of Diversity Search, Inc., an industry leading provider of diversity focused recruiting, and consulting and training services. We will be providing more details on this partnership to you in the next few weeks and will keep you posted as new partners come on board in the coming months.
CPGjobs Network Access™ Package Debuts
In January, we introduced CPGjobs Network Access, a value-packed bundle of candidate sourcing and networking tools that puts the power of the CPGjobs network in your hands. This package includes outbound email campaigns, employment branding opportunities, unlimited job posting and People Search™ functionality, which gives you direct access to candidates and their professional networks. CPGjobs Network Access packages are custom-built with your business needs in mind. Give us a call and we’ll build a package for you!
Improved Communications
We know you’re busy. That’s why we’re currently reviewing our client communications with an eye towards clarity and efficiency. In the next few weeks you’ll see some notable changes to our newsletter, and email blasts that will significantly change in both format and content. We think you’ll agree that this new approach will provide you with the valuable information you need without cluttering your inbox.
We are all experiencing the challenges of the present economic crisis and a rapidly changing employment landscape. I value your continuing relationship with CPGjobs and look forward to serving you with improved and enhanced service levels throughout 2009.
As always, I welcome your comments and feedback and can be reached at michael.carrillo@cpgjobs.com, or by phone at 626-802-5787.
Michael Carrillo
President and Founder
CPGjobs
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WELCOME ABOARD! CPGjobs welcomes its newest clients: Alva Amco, Bacardi USA, Foster's Wine Estates America, Hansens Beverage Company, Havi Global Solutions, Munchkin, Inc., Nucal Foods, Playworld Systems, Rayovac/Remington (a division of Spectrum Brands), and Yum Brands. For the complete roster of more than 100 leading CPG companies represented by CPGjobs visit our website.
YOU’RE HIRED! Congratulations to the following CPGjobs clients and their new executives: Debbie Reidy hired by Garcoa Labs; Patrick Snyder joined Stella D'Oro; Tanja Schank hired by Rainbow Light Nutritional Systems; Jessica Vite hired by Coca Cola Enterprises; and Galen Horton hired by Con Agra Foods. If you’re looking for a candidate -- or a job -- contact CPGjobs at 626-535-0143.
RETAIL TRENDS: The U.S. recession has shifted the food industry's focus from premium products to value, a trend that will continue into 2009, according to analysts interviewed by Forbes magazine. “For the past two years, grocers have been promoting organic and gourmet food offerings, which changed from the industry's prior focus on low-carb and other special diet products,” according to the magazine. Grocery marketing efforts will concentrate on value and affordability, which means there will be “an increase in coupons, special discounts and value displays.” Inflation in commodities and other costs remain relatively high, though lower than this summer. One analyst predicted that the food industry would use consumer incentives, such as "buy one, get one free," over across-the-board price cuts in 2009....Rising costs and declining spending is are not stopping Procter & Gamble from planning long-range expansion plans, Chief Operating Officer Bob McDonald told the Cincinnati Business Journal. “Rather than reacting to change, we need to create change -- we need to lead change,” said McDonald. “What we’re busy doing is training P&G managers to identify the opportunities.”
ALL A TWITTER: Businesses are turning to Twitter, the free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates, ClickZ reports. Companies using the social messaging tool, including Whole Foods, Dunkin' Donuts, Home Depot and Ford Motor Co.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: For the Hobby Industry Show, January 25-28 in Anaheim, Calif.; IFDA Partners Executive Forum, January 25-28 in Amelia Island, Fla.; the European Fine Food Trade Fair, January 26-28, 2009 in Maastricht, Netherlands; North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers, February 5-7 in Orlando; GMA Food Claims & Litigation Conference, Feb. 24-26 in Rancho Mirage, Calif.; and the International Home and Housewares Show, March 22-24 in Chicago. For more events see CPGjobs online Calendar.
ON THE MOVE: Coca-Cola Co. CEO Muhtar Kent will assume the additional role of chairman, replacing Neville Isdell, who will not run for re-election.... Pilgrim's Pride Corp., president and CEO Clint Rivers and chief operating officer Robert Wright have resigned as the company reorganizes under Chapter 11. Don Jackson, previously president of Foster Farms' poultry division, will take over as president and chief executive, subject to bankruptcy-court approval....Schwan Food Chairman Alfred Schwan has announced that he will retire Dec. 31 after serving the company for 45 years...Former Hershey executive Sylvia Emberger will become corporate nutritionist for Giant Food Stores. Send your company news to editor@CPGjoblist.com
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