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4A Daily News– Wednesday, June 13, 2012 Commerceenterprise business (MCT) — Tony Chiara- monte, a Drexel University law school graduate, is one of the fortunate ones. He landed a coveted clerkship with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin at the start of his third year in school. To get the job, which he will start in September, Chiara- monte sent out 200 to 300 applications. Total yield? Two return calls. "I think I hit every state," said Chiaramonte, 29, who graduated May 17. "I was not discriminat- ing against any state." Even as a robust employment market has emerged for lawyers with several years' experience, a sobering new reality awaits this year's crop of law school graduates: The mar- ket for those fresh out of Big law firms report that hiring of graduates is well down from its peak of just a few years ago, when legal work was plentiful and firms competed for first-year lawyers. This year, firms are showing a little more flexibility in hir- ing summer interns and first-year lawyers, but the change is incremental. Most important, law-firm leaders who once hoped that the hiring of young lawyers would return to its past peak now say it will likely stay down for years. The struggling econo- school has rebounded only slightly from its recession- ary lows and remains very weak. my, continuing downward pressure on rates, and insistence by clients that their matters be staffed with experienced lawyers all are playing roles. & For law school graduates, job outlook is still bleak PHILADELPHIA resumes on my desk and a number of phone calls that I have put off making," said Stephen A. Madva, managing partner of the Philadelphia firm Mont- gomery McCracken Walk- er & Rhoads LLP. In years past, the firm brought in eight or nine new graduates each fall and hosted a class of about a dozen summer interns. This year, Madva doesn't anticipate hiring any first years, and the firm has only two summer interns. Instead, it has been recruit- ing lawyers with several years' experience and established client relation- ships. "I have a stack of Jones was named the Advisory Solutions Firm of the Year by the Money Management Institute as the firm that most exemplified overall excellence and contributed to the long-term success and sus- tainability of the wealth manage- ment industry, according to Susie Mustaine, an Edward Jones finan- cial advisor in Red Bluff. The award was presented at the Institute's annual Gateway to Lead- ership Awards Dinner held recently in Chicago. The Money Manage- ment Institute is the national associ- ation for the managed investment solutions and the wealth manage- ment industry. This award recog- nizes the features and benefits of both of the firm's advisory platforms. Edward Jones Advisory Solu- tions is an asset allocation and advisory program that allows investors to select from research or custom models with an initial min- imum investment of $50,000. The models use a combination of mutu- al funds, exchange traded funds and separately managed accounts in the construction of the portfolio and allow clients to delegate asset allocation, investment selection and portfolio rebalancing to Edward Jones. This program now offers 62 fully discretionary research mod- els, in addition to custom models, which allow investors to design a model to match their unique invest- ment needs. With the program's custom models, clients retain dis- "Our clients are not willing to pay us to train (young lawyers), and the numbers in the firm now are a pretty good match to the amount of work we have," he said. Financial advisor lauded by Money Management Institute Financial services firm Edward cretion over the investment selec- tion from the list of funds available in the program. Advisory Solutions has proved popular with Edward Jones clients. The program has grown to more than $75 billion in assets under management since its introduction in August 2008. Advisory Solu- tions now ranks as the country's 4th largest mutual fund advisory pro- gram, according to MMI/Dover Research. •New Member - The Corning Chamber of Commerce welcomes Little Caesars Pizza, 965 Hwy 99W in Corning. Phone (530) 824-8800. • Free Grant Writing Working Session for Dignity Health Community Grant Applicants - 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday, June 18, at the Warde/McAuley Meeting Rooms, located in the center of St. Elizabeth Community Hospital's campus, the brown modular buildings. Presented by Amy Schutter for Dignity Health Community Grant 501©3 eli- gible applicants. Learn about the current year Dignity Health priority health needs and funding areas, Develop a collaborative and coordinated effort with your community partner(s) that addresses priority health needs, Effectively respond to the Dignity Health Letter of Intent and Request for Proposals to maximize your opportunity for grant writ- ing and project funding. • The Farmer's Market is continuing every Friday Pizza shop joins chamber evening from 6 to 8:30 p.m., in front of the library. Come and try hamburger or other sandwiches by Turri's Farm, or maybe tamales. Tables are set up for eating and listening to music. having Vacation Bible School with a theme, "Safari Trea- sure Adventure" for children from kindergarten to 6th grade from 9 a.m. to noon beginning July 9-13. The cost is free. It will be a fun-filled week of Bible lessons, games, crafts, missionary story, music and snacks. Child Evangelism Fellowship® Missionaries will be teach- ing. For more information call 824-2091. • The Corning Healthcare District supported by North- • Harvest Christian Center, 1006 Sixth Ave. Corning, is ern Valley Catholic Social Service is sponsoring a Person Planning Seminar from 1:30-4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 19, at the Corning Family Resource Center, 1488 South Street in Corning. In addition, Edward Jones offers a dual contract separately managed account program with more than $2 billion in assets under manage- ment. Mustaine's office is at 2130 Main St., Ste. B in Red Bluff and can be reached at (530) 527-4729. moved to a new location — 418 Pine St. Business moves to new location downtown Sissy's Decor has Owners Rosalia Rente- ria, Roxanna Renteria and Araceli Gutierrez have been in business for a year as of March and are look- ing forward to a new adventure in downtown Red Bluff. Sissy's Decor, which offers event decoration and rental, health, beauty and fashion products, nat- ural floral arrangements, linens, napkins and chair covers, is open Monday, Thursday and Friday between 1 and 5 p.m., and Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The business has also just joined the Branding can make critical End of Life decisions and choices for yourself, because if you don't, someone else will. Come hear what you can do now to prepare for your future needs. There will be time for questions and answers and refreshments will be served. Featured speakers will be Tatiana Fassieus, program This seminar will provide important information so you on Facebook for special offers and information. Project for Tehama Coun- ty. The owners are excited to what ideas and plans it will bring to the commu- nity. Follow Sissy's Decor For the sixth year out of the past eight, financial-services firm Edward Jones, which has two locations in Red Bluff and one in Corning, ranks highest in investor satisfaction with full service bro- kerage firms, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Full Service Investor Satisfaction Study. investor satisfaction with full ser- vice investment firms based on seven factors: investment advisor, investment performance, account information, account offerings, commissions and fees, website and problem resolution. The study measures overall Investment firm ranks highest in satisfaction ship." offices in the communities where its clients — long-term individual investors — live and work. This practice, which enables its branch teams to provide personalized service to all clients, has helped the firm attain the highest score in the Investment Advisor category of the study. "We are gratified that our Edward Jones places its branch clients find it convenient to work with us on their long-term finan- cial goals," Edward Jones Man- aging Partner Jim Weddle said. "We enjoy working one-on-one with our clients and believe that builds a collaborative relation- The firm also received high marks in the Account Information category, an important factor in the study. The firm's overall score climbed 15 points over last year, highest among the 14 largest firms rated as well as 28 points above the industry average. Edward Jones offices in This column is prepared and submitted by the Corning Chamber of Commerce. ComScore study says Facebook ads effective much Facebook is worth, a study from Internet research firm comScore suggests that marketing on the world's most populous online social network can help increase sales. The report released Tuesday found that people who NEW YORK (AP) — As investors question just how Tehama County include: Lisa K Rodriguez, 1401 Solano St., Corning, (530) 824-4290; Susie Mustaine, 2130 Main St., Ste. B, Red Bluff, (530) 527-4729 and Tyler Smail, at 733 Washington St., Red Bluff, (530) 529-3627. were fans of Starbucks and Target, or friends of those fans, were more likely to buy something than those who were not fans. People become fans by hitting a ''like'' button for a brand's Facebook page and receiving updates about that brand mixed in with content shared by their friends. In the case of Starbucks Corp., those exposed to the company's message on Facebook were 38 percent more likely than the typical Facebook user to make a purchase in the four weeks that followed. Target Corp. saw a 21 percent lift in the same time frame. manager, Heal Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Pro- gram will speak on Long Term Care, Ruth Rowen, RNC, BSN, St. Elizabeth Community Hospital will cover Advance Directives, Kristin Hoskins, GC-C St. Elizabeth Community Hospital will speak on Hospice, and Steve Cor- topassi and Jeffery Lane, Family Service will cover Plan- ning Ahead for All the Right Reason- Funeral & Cemetery. This is a free seminar but an RSVP is requested. For more information or to RSVP call 824-7670 or 528-7949. • Jehovah Rapha, (God Who Heals) dinner meeting is at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 21. The group meets the third Thursday of each month at the Cozy Diner Banquet Room, Red Bluff. This month the guest speaker is Linda Gonzales and special music by Pastor J.R. Gonzales. You are invited to come and be refreshed, receive hope and healing too. 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