Telecommunications giant AT&T has announced it will be hiring for sales jobs in Washington, D.C.
AT&T will host a job fair this week in Arlington, Va., aimed at filling more than 100 open positions throughout the D.C. metro area.

These positions, which include retail sales and sales management, are a result of the continued expansion of AT&T’s growing wireless segment. (more…)

Hilton Pittsburgh is continuing to hire for hotel jobs in Pennsylvania.

has continued its aggressive hiring efforts with several new additions to its sales force. The new team members include Senior Sales Managers Mike Claravall and Shelley Wood; and Marketing Manager Derek Scalzott.

“With the completion of our $30 million Phase One restoration, our growing sales force is essential to accommodate the pent up demand for all of the luxuries that Hilton Pittsburgh now offers,” said Tony Aslanian, Director of Sales and Marketing. “Our expanded sales and service team is dedicated to providing outstanding service for company meetings, special events, conventions and business travelers.”

Mike Claravall

A hotelier for nearly 20 years, Claravall is a Certified Hospitality Supervisor of the American Hotel and Motel Association and a member of the Society of Government Meeting Planners. Mike earned the Sales Person of the Year award in his most recent position at the venerable Seelbach Hilton in Louisville, Kentucky. Claravall earned his Hospitality Management Degree in the Philippines.

Shelley Wood

Wood is a familiar face within Pittsburgh’s convention and tourism community because she previously served as Senior Sales Manager at Hilton Pittsburgh for more than 14 years. A graduate of The Pennsylvania State University, Wood is a board member of Meeting Professionals International.

Derek Scalzott

Scalzott has previous guest services and special events management experience with SMG at Mellon Arena and Pittsburgh Public Theater. A Pittsburgh native, Scalzott is a graduate of California University of Pennsylvania.

“We are enthusiastic to enhance our sales team with these talented industry sales professionals. They will be genuine assets to Hilton Pittsburgh’s expanded sales and marketing efforts,” Aslanian said.

About Hilton Pittsburgh

Under the venerable Hilton flag for 50+ years, Hilton Pittsburgh is the city’s largest and most recognizable hotel. Adjacent to Point State Park, the property is conveniently located near Heinz Field, PNC Park, the Cultural District, and the Convention Center.

Hilton Pittsburgh recently renovated all 712-guest rooms to provide greater comfort, style and convenience for business and pleasure travelers. Each of those beautifully appointed accommodations features flat panel HDTV, Hilton’s Serenity Collection Bed and Bath amenities, and world renowned Lavazza® in-room coffee – all along with breathtaking views of the city’s skyscape or Three Rivers.

Hilton Pittsburgh currently features 40,000 square feet of flexible function space, including Pittsburgh’s largest hotel ballroom and a state-of-the-art Conference Center. The property employs almost 500 local residents and welcomes hundreds of conventions and special events each year.

Kona Grill has announced they are opening a new restaurant in Baltimore and are currently seeking people for service industry jobs in Maryland.

The restaurant, which is Asian-American fusion complete with sushi, is needing about 120 people to hire in the next six weeks. Open jobs include servers, bartenders, hostesses, line and prep cooks, service assistants, and sushi chefs.

The restaurant is based in Scottsdale, AZ. This is its first Maryland location, at 1 E. Pratt St. across from the Inner Harbor. They will be opening Oct. 4, tentatively.

The chefs and management positions have already been spoken for, so the remainder of the positions are all hourly.

Kona has set up shop in meeting room B at the Spring Hill Suites hotel at 120 E. Redwood St. downtown.

Those interested can come by the office to apply, anytime between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. any day but Sunday. Or if you can’t make it in, call 410-244-8994 or visit konagrill.com

New recruiting practices will be in place once school officials begin hiring for teaching jobs in Pennsylvania.

As Allentown School District prepares for the start of another challenging school year, identified as Corrective Action II for the second year in a row, principals, academic officers and administrators have been working with new superintendent, Gerald L. Zahorchak, D.Ed., to significantly change the recruiting and hiring practices for a more objective, efficient and optimal selection process.

“There is a new three-part process for recruitment being developed,” says Dr. Zahorchak, “and it is designed to attract the brightest teacher prospects in a systematic manner that will create an inventory of qualified candidates. It is our intention to find the top seven candidates for every one opening, leaving no stone unturned in the process.”

Over the past few weeks, Allentown School District has been planning tenaciously, strategically identifying the ways to meet the human resource needs of the institution without major reductions to the work force, in response to the need to make up for over a $2 million budget shortfall. The District has not lost any positions while planning for this upcoming school year. “We are continuing to build resource models out five years with scenarios that reveal our vulnerabilities so that we can plan for them,” says Zahorchak. “We cannot afford to go backwards, especially since our district, according to the costing out study, still has miles to go to achieve adequate funding.”

The goal of the new recruiting program is to collect an inventory of qualified teachers in order to call them up as opportunities arise. “The Allentown School District Board of Directors has authorized me to put in the necessary upgrades and build a responsive system so that top-flight instruction is provided on a more consistent basis,” he says.

“Increasing the effectiveness of our recruiting process will enable us to put more talented teachers in our classrooms,” says Jeff Glazier, president, ASD Board of Directors. “It is an important step in increasing student achievement.”

“When looking at the educational success of children, there are few factors more critical than that of a highly effective, competent teacher,” says Sheridan Elementary Principal Michele Ryan, whose school has moved from 42/35% mathematics/reading proficiency in 2005 to 85/66% mathematics/reading proficiency in 2009. “Truly, teaching matters and makes a difference in the lives of our students. This process will provide our district the opportunity to place before our children, ‘the best of the best.’ The students in the Allentown School District deserve nothing less than excellence.”

An active recruitment process will support the selection process to attract more qualified minority candidates in order to generate a larger pool of diverse educational professionals who are certified. Such efforts require a district such as Allentown to reach outside the region, and this may include major metropolitan areas and stretch perhaps to distant states. Additionally, there are new residency certification programs pending that will create more flexible hiring practices of professionals who have had successful careers and want to enter into the public education field. Allentown School District is an advocate for these vast resource opportunities at the teaching level.