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STRICTLY BUSINESS/ The Charlotte Post Thursday, December 11, 1997 i Jobs plentiful for busy holiday season Continued from page 8A NQrfleet said that the store’s busi ness has picked up with Christmas closing in. “It’s a lot busier now,” he said. “We’ve hired one new person in the last two weeks.” Johnson C. Smith University senior Bryan Fergerson has cashed in on the holiday job rush, but for a different reason. “I took this job (at Victoria’s Secret) for gas money,” he said. Like MitcheU, Fergerson said finding work was relatively easy. Many retailers are still hiring or expect to do more hiring for the 1997 Christmas season. Gazoods assistant manager, Melissa Beaver said, “Christmas gets extra busy and (we) will have a lot of new people on staff.” So for all of the high school and college students looking to make an extra buck, head out to the nearest mall and fill out an apph- cation. Because, just like Uncle Sam, the retailers want you. Cjjarlotte iSeiusipaper Subscribe Today BUSINESS BRIEFS Dr. Mary Elizabeth Gaffney has opened a family medicine practice, Gaffney Health Services, at 8825, Suite 106, East W.T. Harris Blvd., near Albemarle Road. Gaffney graduated from Spelman College in Atlanta, Meharry Medical College in Nashville and Michigan State University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine. Her res idency in family medicine was at Henry Ford Hospital Medical Center, Detroit. The New York City native obtained her North Carolina and South Carolina licenses in 1996. She is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Osteopathic Association, the National Medical Association House of Delegates and the National Association of the Coalition of Women Physicians. * Black Enterprise magazine publisher Earl Graves will be thle speaker at N.C. Central Uhiversity's commencement exprcises Wednesday. He had originally been sched uled to address the May 10 exercises, but postponed his appearance. (Graves is president and CEO of Earl G. Graves Ltd., the par ent corporation of Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., which publishes Black Enterprise mkgazine. He is also chairman and chief executive officer of Pepsi-Cola of Washington, D.C., L.P., the largest minority- controlled Pepsi-Cola franchise in the United States. (Graves is also a general part ner of Egoli Beverages, L.P., the Pepsi-Cola franchise bottler in South Africa. Klnloch The Commencement exercises begin at 9 a.m. Dec. 17 at McLendon-McDougald Gymnasium. • WSOC news producer L a V o n d a Kinloch and WSOC promo tional news editor Dave Ferebee have received Emmy nomi nations in the 12th annual M i d s 0 u t h Emmy Award competition. nominations are among nine received by the station, which has the top-rated news cast in the Charlotte market. Ki n 1 o c h’s nomination was for Newscast for an Eyewitness News at 11 show. Ferebee’s nomination is for Editor/Non-news, for a promo tional news series. The Midsouth Emmy Awards will be presented Jan. 17 at Opryland Hotel in Nashville. The Midsouth region currently comprises all of Tennessee, North Carolina (except Asheville), and parts of Alabama and Kentucky. • A four-part series of job search seminars will be spon sored in January at the Public Library Main Branch, 310 N. Tryon St. Topics will cover job matching, using library resources and Internet job searches. Seminars will be from 7-8:30 p.m. Jan. 8, 15, 22 and 29. Titles in order are: “How the Library Can Help with Your Job Search,” “Conducting a Successful Job Search,” “Moving from Stress to Balance,” and “How to Use the Internet to Find a Job.” No pre-registration is required. For more information about the seminars call 336-2074. Also, there will be free resume assistance by library automation support coordina tor Gregg Byrum each Thursday in January from 7-9 p.m. in the Library ’Training Room. Class is limited to nine people each evening. Pre-regis ter by calling 336-6228. 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A. Traditionally African Americans are more conservative than their white counterparts when it comes to aggressively and openly relying on a “service” to meet significant others. It can be a dehcate and touchy subject because the wrong wording can depict your service as the answer to a “cry for help.” Big egos will shim such help. You want to rep resent yourself as a sophisticated, upscale, option for busy profes sionals. Using buzz words like those above will subliminally draw a discerning patronage. Send marketing and public relations questions to: Regina Lynch-Hudson, The Write Publicist, do Regina’s PRemedies, 6129 Queen Anne Court, Norcross, GA 30093; or call (770) 717-7020. 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