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Show HfMMf IT "TT IT Wednesday, October 22, 1997 The Park Record A-23 Job Fair draws 300 "MM HIV Continued from A-21 cants for last year's event. lvo separate areas were used for the Job Fair. One was a place for applicants to register, fill out their applications and get them copied. They went upstairs to a different dif-ferent room where employers were at tables arranged around the perimeter. Permanent and seasonal, part-time part-time and full-time positions were available this year, according to a list of employers provided at the event. Applicants could talk with representatives repre-sentatives of AMPCO System Parking, who were looking for parking enforcement workers or to DirecTell, which had openings available for a sales manager, graphic artist, UNIX system administrator, Web programmer and receptionistoffice manager. All three resorts were represented, repre-sented, as was the Utah Winter Sports Park. All were gearing up for the coming winter recreation season, emphasizing seasonal part-time part-time and full-time positions. The corner of the room where The Canyons' booth was located was very busy during the Job Fair. Personnel Director Judy Geiger reported that she had about 40 applications on file in the first two hours, with "another 10 who have expressed interest and may be back." Geiger said she had about 300 positions to fill, many of them in lift operations and food service, both part-time and full-time. Other employers weren't doing as well in attracting the interest of potential employees. AMPCO representative Gareth Jones said that four people had given him applications for work in parking enforcement. "Not a very good position in which to meet people under the friendliest of terms," he joked. Dan's Foods' representative Randy Bradshaw was present at the event, along with Cheri Orr, manager of the Ruby's Deli and Catering operation which is located locat-ed in the Snow Creek Plaza store. They were seeking full- and part-time part-time employees for deli, bakery, cashier, bagging and chef's duties. "It's difficult to keep an operation opera-tion fully-staffed in this employment employ-ment picture, especially when you're running a 24-hour-a-day store," Bradshaw said. He said that his store usually seeks employees throughout the year, advertising with "help wanted" signs in the store, working with the Department of Workforce Services, and placing classified newspaper ads. "Job fairs in general are tough," Bradshaw said. "Someone can drop off an application with you, and go with another employer later. I think we'll have four or five people come to work for us, out of the 15 or 20 applications and interviews inter-views we processed." Lynda Baber, representing Schlotzsky's Deli in the Summit Watch area of Main Street, had received only two applications in the first two hours of the Job Fair's BRUCE LEWIS PARK RECORD About 150 job-seekers met with potential employers in the first two hours of the annual Job Fair, sponsored by the Park City ChamberBureau on Friday and Saturday. This year marked the first time the event has been held on two days. operation. She was seeking to fill positions for a baker, product preparation, sandwich preparation, pizza maker and customer service. "It looked like the ski areas did the best overall" in filling their openings, Bradley said, adding that some employers who didnt find many people the first day were busier on Saturday. The change to a two-day format came about as a result of a series of discussions last summer between the ChamberBureau and employers employ-ers who use the event to help staff their needs. "Employers told us they felt we might be missing a number of potential employees by limiting the event to Saturday-only," said Bradley, "so we expanded it to two days." Also explored but discarded discard-ed was the possibility of job fairs in the Salt Lake Valley. "Many employers believed that a person who would want a Park City job would be willing to drive up Parley's Canyon for the Job Fair," Bradley said. "They were skeptical about retaining employees employ-ees through a winter of driving up the canyon if they weren't willing to drive up to apply for a job in the first place." Bradshaw's reaction was typical of many employers who participated. "You get to talk with a lot of people. Some of them work out, some don't," he said. "But if you find one or two 'stars' in the process, then the time invested is well worth it for us. Chip Shots: bits and bytes on short topics Continued from A-21 tion market by freely helping schools with give-aways and deep discounts on computers and software. soft-ware. Capture the kids they thought and they'll stay loyal when they grow up. It hasn't worked out that way. When college kids graduated, they found that all but a few niches nich-es in the business world run on PC's and Windows. Art and publishing pub-lishing are a couple of the holdouts, hold-outs, and there are a number of advertising agencies which now use Macs in the backshop but use PC's for their accounting and management work. Apple's going to have to work hard to keep from losing even more market share. AMD's K-6 worries. Advanced Micro Devices, which is producing and selling a "chip which eats the lunch of Intel's Pentium on power-per-buck comparisons com-parisons has just one problem. AMD can't turn them out fast enough. Or rather, it can't get the reject rate down far enough to reliably meet manufacturer's orders. PC makers, pressured by consumers con-sumers to get the prices down, went after AMD's K-6 big-time. Offering Pentium-equal performance perfor-mance at a lower price, the K-6 was a winner. Unfortunately, AMD couldn't . keep up with the demand, and deliveries were shorted. PC makers couldn't depend on getting all the K-6's they needed for their production lines, so they returned to sure-thing Intel's Pentium. More expensive, but at least they could get the chips. AMD reported a disappointing disappoint-ing third quarter in sales and profits recently. Thought you'd want to know why. Looking for the good buys. There are some unlikely places to look for good buys on computer peripherals these days. If you know what you're looking look-ing for, and have enough expertise exper-tise to look for it on your own, you can find some surprisingly good deals at Sam's Club, Costco and similar "warehouse-type" stores. You're on your own when shopping at these stores; don't expect any level of expert assis-J tance from the salescjerks. And " don't expect consistency of stocking, stock-ing, either. 1 suspect that many of the wholesale purchases these stores make are model close-outs, which occur when a manufacturer manufactur-er gets rid of the last model's stock before putting the newer-better-faster model into the supply sup-ply channels. So what you will often find is this-year's-model printer, scanner, fax or whatever in stock on a one-time deal. Don't expect to go back next week and find the same make and model. From what I've seen, don't ever expect to find it there again. And expect to deal with the manufacturer on warranty claims these stores don't handle returns on any but outright defective or missing-parts purchases. But when you do find a printer, print-er, scanner, fax or whatever that meets your needs, chances are that you will get a good price. Craig Reece, CRS WHAT WOULD MAMA THINK? There's no doubt about itthe kitchen is one of the most important rooms in the whole house for many prospective buyers. Smart sellers will take a close look at how they can make their kitchen a real asset when it is time to sell. , Your kitchen doesn't ngfid to be state-of-the-art to be attractive. , ;(4 "The first step toward enhancing your kitchen's appeal is a thorough cleaning. This includes the walls, cabinets (inside and out), floors, and appliances. Keep the counter tops as clear as possible of small ' -' f appliances and gadgets. Consider low-cost improvements which can make a big difference, such as a coat of point, fresh wallpaper, or new floor covering. Be sure to keep the kitchen sparkling when the house is being shown. This means no dirty dishes in the sink or moldy cucumbers in the refrigerator. This extra effort will pay great dividendsl ' For rock solid advice on buying or selling real estate, call Craig Reece at 801-647-8017 or toll free at 1-800-553-4666. Craig has been a full time Park City resident since 1 973 and a full-time real estate agent since 1978. (801) 647-8017 (801) 649-7171 (800) 553-4666 Prudential Coleman Real Estate Saddleview Office Park 2200 Park Avenue, Bldg B Park City , UT 84060 (8001 553-4666 (801) 649-7171 The Prudential and are registered service marks ot The Prudential Insurance Company ol America. Equal housing opportunity. Each company independently owned and operated. 1 . 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