HCC to sponsor job fair March 28
In cooperation with the Howard County Chamber of Commerce, Howard Community College will sponsor its Spring Job/Career Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 28 in the college's Burrill Galleria.
Representatives of companies and government agencies will discuss job opportunities, accept applications and schedule interviews.
Job-seekers can take their resumes for review by the college's career counselors and will be able to gain access the HCC Jobs Online database to find job postings.
Admission is free.
Information: 410-772-4840, or www.howardcc.edu/career.
BlackSand CEO to be at luncheon
Kellyann Davis, chief executive officer of BlackSand Research, will headline the Business Women's Network of Howard County luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. March 19 at That's Amore restaurant, 10400 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia.
The theme of the luncheon is "Competitive Intelligence, the Second Oldest Profession."
Davis will explain what competitive intelligence is and discuss how to find and use it.
Davis has more than 15 years' experience in market research and holds a patent for developing a system that measures confidence levels for intelligence provided to companies. In early 2006, Davis started BlackSand Research, a market research company. In May last year, she was hired to direct research for the snow-sports industry.
Information and registration: www.bwn-hoco.org, or 410-740-0126.
Stores recognized for energy efficiency
Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. LLC, which includes Giant Food stores in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and the District of Columbia, and Stop & Shop stores in New England, New York and New Jersey, has been recognized as an Energy Star Leader by the Environmental Protection Agency for its efforts to improve energy efficiency.
Stop & Shop and Giant have a rating of 90 out of 100 across a portfolio of 552 buildings, using an EPA method of tracking building energy use.
Winners of the designation are recognized for improving energy performance of their portfolio by 10 percent or more. Stop & Shop has received recognition for its portfolio's performance in the top 25 percent of energy efficiency nationwide, based on the average of the buildings in the portfolio.
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