Business Briefly
Published 9:00 pm Saturday, September 22, 2001
Cynthia Orr, a success coach and mental health counselor, will be the featured speaker at the annual Business Women’s Networking Breakfast from 7 to 9:30 a.m. Oct. 25 at the Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, 3105 Pine St., Everett. The event, which will also feature a trade and job fair, is sponsored by Pathways for Women YWCA and the Greater Port Gardner Bay Business &Professional Women. It’s a chance for working women and women seeking work to make local connections. Cost is $15, with display space an additional $15. Call 425-258-2766, extension 153, for information or to register.
Choosing a retirement plan for your business is the topic of a fall workshop offered by Eric Cumley of Edward Jones Investments. It will be held from 9:30 until noon on Saturday at Everett Community College. Cost is $39 a person, $49 per couple. Call 425-388-9214 for information or for required preregistration.
Strategies for serious stock investors is a workshop offered from 7 to 9:30 p.m. on four consecutive Tuesdays beginning Oct. 2 at Everett Community College. It will cover rules for choosing stocks, how to conduct research and how to build a portfolio. Cost is $39. Call 425-388-9214 for required preregistration.
The Boeing Management Association is also offering the serious stock investors class from 3:30 until 6 p.m. on four consecutive Thursdays beginning Oct. 4 at EvCC. Cost is $20. Call Fred Cryzan, event coordinator, at 425-342-2814 for information.
The Everett office of the state Department of Revenue plans a free outreach workshop from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 10 at the Everett Public Library, 2702 Hoyt Ave. Staff members will hand out a free workbook and explain the state’s excise tax system and answer questions about how businesses can collect and report the taxes. To register or get more information call 425-356-2911.
The Northwest Human Resources Management Association is offering a seminar on employment law from 8 a.m. until noon Oct. 11 at the Holiday Inn at 128th Street and I-5 in south Everett. Cost is $70 for members, $80 for others and includes breakfast and materials. The seminar will focus on employee privacy rights, preventing workplace violence and training law. Call Mary Ludden at 425-486-9057 for more information.
Matt Nystrom his been promoted to director of group sales and information systems for the Everett AquaSox baseball team. He will oversee development of the team’s Website and sales for group outings, picnics and fund-raisers.
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