Geneva Cross Offers Prescription for Unemployed Executives

IRVINE, CA-September 30, 2002--If anxiety were fuel, Dale McGruter could have powered a small country. Like many out-of-work executives, McGruter shuffled through a myriad of Internet job posting boards for six long months searching for the right job.

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Geneva Cross Offers Prescription for Unemployed Executives

IRVINE, CA-September 30, 2002--If anxiety were fuel, Dale McGruter could have powered a small country. Like many out-of-work executives, McGruter shuffled through a myriad of Internet job posting boards for six long months searching for the right job.

Actually, said McGruter, after the third month, I went from trying to find the right job to trying to find any job."

Like many in similar situations, McGruters company felt the aftershock of September 11th and had to downsize a sales force of 65 to 15. With so few salespeople, there was just no reason to keep a $100,000 sales manager around," McGruter admitted with a shrug. The problem for me wasnt that I couldnt get in front of company decision makers. Id find what I thought was a great job lead on the Internet, only to hit the wall as far as getting to a live person who could tell me if the job was filled or if I had a chance to interview for it."

He compares job shopping on the Internet to one particular old Twilight Zone episode that dealt with the ramifications of being the last person left on the face of the earth. You just get this feeling that you are all alone and no matter how desperate things become, you are still alone and there is no way to get help," he concluded.

And then one day, Dales luck changed. I was looking at a vice president of sales position on the Internet and noticed something odd. Instead of a blind e-mail address, there was actually a name and a phone number attached for a company called Geneva Cross. I called them, talked with a human being, asked questions about the job and then scheduled an appointment the following day. I met with Paul Black (Geneva Cross Executive Vice President) who showed me job specifications and talked to me about their job search system. I was impressed from the start. I mean, Geneva Cross has a multitude of job positions they are trying to fill for recruiters and companies. But more impressive to me was that they trained me and taught me things about following-up on job leads and interviewing that Id never heard. They created a new resume for me and prepared me in the span of about two weeks to apply for that job and others."

Mr. McGruter wound up interviewing for the vice president of sales position and received the offer. I tell everyone I know that if you are out of work and you are hanging around the house all day trying to score a decent job lead over the Internet, do yourself a favor and stop it. You can go insane with this feeling that you are accomplishing something, but nothing ever seems to happen.

The people a Geneva Cross have about 1,100 actual jobs on their www.genevacross.net website. I know that isnt even in the ballpark with the millions of jobs on the monster" boards, but at least you have a warm body to talk to -- someone who can tell you if you qualify and how to apply for it. To me, Geneva Cross service is priceless."

Geneva Cross corporate headquarters is 19100 Von Karman, Tenth Floor, Irvine California, 92612. You can visit their website at www.genevacross.net or reach them by phone at 949-440-2020. Contact: Dana C.

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