Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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ADVERTISING ON THE INTERNET This "is almost a requirement" for anyone seeking computer-literate employees, says Ken Dean, staffing manager for an Ericsson Inc. telecommunications facility in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park. Not only students but also many current workers who wonder whether they might find a better job elsewhere regularly surf the Web on their PCs to see what is available...
PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES They are not looking only at salary and benefits either, as the Minnesota High Technology Council, with more than 600 corporate members, realizes. The council has put up billboards along California highways. One pictures a lush forest and proclaims: "In Silicon Valley this is a park. In Minnesota, it's a yard." Those driving by are invited to click onto a Web page where they can find information on Minnesota real estate costs and school systems, and on how much more a given salary will buy in Minnesota than in California...
...foundation with those of for-profit companies pitching their wares is unfair and shortsighted. We work with writers and producers who want to entertain and educate at the same time--surely a plus for everyone. VICKY RIDEOUT, Director Entertainment Media & Public Health Program Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Menlo Park, Calif...
GARDEN STOP What do roads and the Missouri Botanical Garden have in common? The answer from Education member Rep. Bill Clay: a new park-ride and bus facility...
...Viagra," he says, "is a quality-of-life issue, just the way improving Central Park is a quality-of-life issue. 'Why not give to something more worthy like AIDS or cancer?' I was asked," he says. "This doesn't wipe out our other giving, which we continue to take seriously. It's just as worthy and might be overlooked...