September 2008 Online at www.thesmartcenter.biz

September 9, 10am-2pm 1201 Placer Street, Redding Smart's two annual hiring fairs are just getting bigger and better each year with hundreds of eager job seekers in attendance - more than 700 at the Spring Hiring Fair! If your business has current job openings we can help you with your hiring needs at our Fall Hiring Fair on September 9. You will get: your choice of available booths, Smart staff assistance with your job applications, Pre-screening assistance for hiring tax credits, and Free event advertising There is no fee. All we ask is some information on the people you hire through this event. View the flyer Contact Debbie at 245-1518. Sign up for Smart's Fall Hiring Fair!

Venture Island Purchase tickets View the website Join in the excitement at the Cascade Theatre as Venture Island begins with Challenge #1 on September 4 with 20 contestants. As part of the audience, you can vote for your favorite. Who stays? Who goes? Who wins $25,000 in cash and prizes? The Trading Post September 4 10 contestants will be eliminated in Challenge #1. The Snake Pit September 25 The Trading Post is tame compared with Challenge #2 - The Snake Pit. Only 7 contestants will make it to Make or Break Beach on October 16 and that narrows to 3 contestants in the grand finale - The Whole Pina Colada! - on November 6. Venture Island will be a blockbuster of an event - the first of it’s kind in Redding. You won't want to miss it!

HEALTH CARE "Employers’ health care costs are expected to increase by more than 10 percent in 2009, according to research from Aon Consulting Worldwide." Click here to read the rest of this article. Health and Wellness webcast Health and benefits expert Alexandra Jung will discuss the challenges employers face and the steps they can take to measure, improve and maintain the health of their workforce in this exclusive webcast from Workforce Management on September 16. Website Design Workshop September 3 & 4, 9-11am at Smart in Redding $50 Put your business on the Internet with the website you'll create in this workshop. You'll be amazed at how easy it is to do and at all the special features available to make your business website great. This offer includes 4 hours of hands-on training, 3 months of website hosting, and a domain name for 1 year. Increase your bottom line online. Register now on thesmartcenter.biz

Worksite Training from Smart Smart’s on-the-job training program has a new name! Contact Smart with your job order and let us help you with the recruitment process to find the employee that matches your business culture. We can assist with the costs of training the new employee by providing a training plan that is approved by you and reimbursing your company for up to 50% of the employee’s regular wages during the training period. Have you identified an employee that is ready to move up in your organization? Smart can also help with the training costs for that employee. Call Smart today to speak to one of our representatives about how our Worksite Training can assist you. Smart Business Resource Center (530) 246-7911 COMMUNICATION Emails, text messages, and the like inundate us at the office. It's "information overload" according to the following article. How can you handle it all and get your work done too? Read Staying Afloat in a Digital Flood. Source: Workforce Management