Top Pharmaceutical, Biotech & Healthcare Employers Including Amgen, Merck & Pfizer To Have Major Presence At Shomex Career Expo

[Shomex via BizWire]

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2004--A quarter of the 40
employers at the Shomex Diversity Career Fair being held on May 4,
2004, at the Radisson at LAX are looking to recruit for
pharmaceutical, biotech and healthcare openings. The positions are in
a wide range of areas including allied health, biomedical equipment,
healthcare management, medical sales, nursing and pharmaceutical
sales.
"We are pleased that these industry leaders have chosen our event
to promote their job openings to the Los Angeles market, and that our
event will feature so many career opportunities in these exciting
fields," said Lewis R. Shomer, president and CEO of Shomex, the
event's producer.
"As a result of increasingly granular marketing programs we are
deploying to reach pharmaceutical, biotech and healthcare
professionals, we are seeing strong representation from these segments
of the workforce at our events in Los Angeles and other markets. These
are very high-demand areas, and we are continuously exploring new ways
to enhance our ability to drive connections between employers and job
seekers in these industries," said Cristopher Levy, vice president of
marketing with Shomex.

Employers in the Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Careers Pavilion include:

Amgen
ARAMARK Healthcare Management Services
California Community Colleges Registry
GlaxoSmithKline
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Merck
Pfizer, Inc.
U.S. Navy
WellPoint/Blue Cross of CA
Wyeth Consumer Healthcare

The event will begin with a career development seminar at 10:30
a.m. presented by Amgen. Exhibits are open from 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Admission is free. A complete list of exhibitors at the event can be
found at www.DiversityCareerExpos.com.

About Shomex

Founded in 1984, Shomex is a developer, manager and producer of
exhibitions and is the leading supplier of live recruitment solutions.
Shomex' Diversity Career Fair brand is the #1 live diversity talent
marketplace in the U.S. Shomex events are generally co-branded with
leading community and professional organizations, industry trade shows
and media companies. Shomex' current partners include BostonWorks/The
Boston Globe, Clear Channel Radio, The Denver Post/Rocky Mountain
News, IT Careers - an IDG company - Computerworld, Network World and
InfoWorld, and The Miami Herald/El Nuevo Herald. Shomex' national
portfolio of events, related media and marketing services delivers
value-rich solutions to hundreds of the nation's largest companies.
More info on Shomex is available at www.shomex.com.