Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Front Page, Yahoo! Media, and Yahoo! Talent Acquisition all will be on site to recruit talent for positions in Sunnyvale and Santa Monica, Calif., and Washington, D.C., including:

• Yahoo! News: a Chief Editor to drive a new analysis/politics section, a Managing Editor for multimedia and a Social Media Editor to track trends in Twitter and Facebook,
• Yahoo!: Senior Programmers, generalists as well as people with Personal Finance, Tech and Entertainment expertise, a Senior Producer for partner portals, and Search Trend editors to surface popular searches on the front page.
• And many, many more.

At the USA TODAY booth, visit with Gannett, USA TODAY and USATODAY.com recruiters to find out more about openings, such as a Senior Web Designer/User Experience Architect who will be part of the Innovation team that is building some of the most high-profile and cutting-edge products in the company.

Recruiters will meet for drop-in interviews with job-seekers, who will also benefit from resume critiques and work evaluation with multimedia/online journalist Mark Luckie of 10,000Words.net.

The Career Summit & Job Fair schedule — $25 for members, $50 for non-members — offers a full day’s immersion into learning, networking and job-hunting. It is also the unofficial kick-off to ONA’s 2009 Annual Conference, which follows over the next two days.

The day starts with a Career Summit focusing on career reinvention, featuring:

• Krista Canfield, Career Expert, LinkedIn
• Chris Gaither, Google Global Communications and Public Affairs
• Neil Chase, Vice President of Author Services, Federated Media
• Susan Mernit, Knight Challenge Fund winner
• Bruce Koon, News Director, KQED-FM, Public Media for Northern California
• Kim Moy, Director, Front Page Editorial Programming at Yahoo!
• Dean Takahashi, lead writer, VentureBeat
• Mara Covell, Executive Recruiter and Managing Director, Howard-Sloan-Koller

To register for the Career Summit & Job Fair, visit ONAConference.org/register.

Cheers,
Jane McDonnell
Executive Director

ONA09 offers more. A lot more.

The ONA09 Career Summit & Job Fair now includes practical career-development sessions to help journalists of all career stages chart their digital future, as well as more space for more recruiters to connect with the most tech-savvy journalists in the industry.

When:
Thursday, October 1
8:30 a.m.: Registration opens
9:30 a.m.: Career Summit sessions begin
1:30 p.m.: Job Fair opens
4 p.m.: Career Summit & Job Fair closes
Complete schedule

Registration:
Attendees: $25 ONA members, $50 non-members
Recruiters: $250 per table (two recruiters)
To register, visit ONAConference/register

Attendees
Discover new opportunities, learn how to navigate the evolving job market and find out the latest skills that are in high demand. A morning of Career Summit sessions with career coaches, consultants and industry professionals is followed by an afternoon Job Fair, including interviews with recruiters, resume and multimedia critiques and career coaching.

For more information, visit our Welcome Attendees page.

Recruiters
Expose your company to the best and the brightest in online journalism, and meet one on one with digital media and tech professionals who have the skills and the smarts to succeed in your company. Register for the Job Fair and you can continue recruiting through the conference with a discounted ONA09 registration of $350 (a $49 savings over the ONA member rate). We’ll also list your company and logo on the ONA09 Web site, so attendees know you’ll be there.

For more information, visit our Welcome Recruiters page and our Recruiter FAQ.

Have a question or comment? E-mail ONA09jobfair@journalists.org.

Newbie and seasoned vet alike:  Learn how to parlay your journalism skills into new jobs or careers and which digital skills are must-haves. Discover how to find opportunities and navigate the job market, and meet one-on-one with recruiters from major media companies.

Hear from pros and employers on such topics as:

• creative thinking and practical assessment of your career and job path
• how others made the transition and have lived to talk about it
• where the jobs are for digital journalists
• the skills a wide range of cutting-edge companies want and need

Attendees: Registration for the Career Summit & Job Fair — $25 for ONA members, $50 for non-members — is now open. For more information, visit our Welcome Attendees page.

Recruiters: Meet one on one with digital media and tech professionals who have the skills and the smarts to succeed in your company — all gathered for a full day of career development hosted by the world’s largest organization of online journalists. For more information, visit the Recruiter FAQ.

You won’t want to miss this, so mark your calendar for Thursday, Oct. 1.