Contacts:
Carrie A. Morrison
Marketing Director

Bernie Fussenegger
bfussenegger@careerbarn.com
www.careerbarn.com

LOUISVILLE, KY (February 4, 2002) – Louisville-focused www.careerbarn.com, which offers job seekers and employers time-sensitive and targeted services, just announced expansion of its resources through an alliance with LaBaugh and Associates.

Careerbarn.com was launched in June 2000, and has expanded steadily with the site's traffic increases. The site currently offers features like 48 career/job fields, a career articles section and national market news, two income calculators, a "Job of the Week," "Employer of the Month," message board, and links to other Louisville sites.

Bernie Fussenegger, President of Careerbarn.com, said the new alliance between his site  and LaBaugh and Associates will allow Careerbarn.com to provide job seekers access to more face-to-face human resources, in addition to its electronic tools.

Through links to a "Career Navigator" from the homepage and job category pages, visitors will be able to access multiple career counseling services provided by LaBaugh and Associates, including:

• Resume Preparation - Powerful, market-driven, resumes' written by Ph.D.s and human-resources professionals.
• Career Focus - Assessment of an individual's strengths, skills and personal
  preferences resulting in a portrait of the next, ideal, job.
• Negotiating Skills - Helping the job seeker to earn the highest potential salary without losing the offer.
• Videotaped Practice Interview - A critique of the interview strengths and weaknesses to ensure the best performance
• Networking Skills - Learning to tap into the "hidden" job market.
• Ad Response - Answering ads so that yours stands out from the others.
• Finding Recruiters - Identify and work with recruiters and temp agencies who focus on your given field.
• Researching the Internet  - Personal instruction on finding job opportunities on the Web and 28 pages of relevant job search sites.
• Time Management - Setting and achieving goals, manage contact lists, and budget time (three months' supply of Franklin time management forms are provided).
• Ongoing Counseling - Full support from the counseling staff until the job seeker lands a new position.
• Unlimited Materials - Job seekers may receive resumes', letterhead, envelopes, and business cards until they are placed.
• Resource Center - Providing access to 250 books on job searching.                                    

Through the new "Career Navigator" link, available in early February, Dr. Thomas LaBaugh, President of LaBaugh and Associates, said his agency will be able to provide Careerbarn.com visitors with personal career transition (outplacement) counseling, executive coaching, and team building services from offices in Louisville.

Dr. Thomas LaBaugh has a breadth of experience in career counseling and has served as a professional speaker, consultant, a dean of admissions, a college vice president, and a marketing instructor.  He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Kenyon College, an MBA from Central Michigan University, and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University.

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