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Jobs, Get Your Jobs Here
Top-of-mind for all recent, and some not-sorecent, graduates is the current job market. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics projects no change in overall wage and salary employment for the food manufacturing sector —compared with 11% growth for the entire economy — so job seekers need all the help they can get. The IFT Career Fair provides face-time with dozens of companies and organizations seeking the specialized knowledge that these job seekers have from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 11, in the New Orleans Morial Convention Center. Entry is free for job seekers who are registered for the IFT Annual Meeting.

led by experts in their fields of food science and technology. Program tracks include Food Safety and Defense; Food, Health and Nutrition; Food Processing and Packaging;

Sustainability; Food Microbiology; and Public Policy, Food Laws and Regulations. Offered from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 12; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

See us at IFT booth #4237

on Monday, June 13; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14, the Food Expo brings together more than 935 ingredients, equipment, processing and packaging suppliers. Visitors can find similar products and services under one roof in the specialty and trend pavilions including Food Safety and Quality, Healthy Food Ingredients, Organic Food Ingredients, Sustainability, New Products and Consumer Insights presented by Mintel, and Taste the Trend presented by Innova. The Special Events Pavilion will allow visitors to gain in-depth knowledge of specific topics. “Delicious Snack Food Opportunities: Leveraging the Dietary Guidelines,” presented by the United Soybean Board from 2 to 2:45 p.m. on Sunday, June 12, will address how to improve the healthfulness of food products to fulfill the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans’ challenge for consumers to eat nutrient-dense foods lower in solid fats, added sugar and sodium. Mintel will present “The Future for Natural Flavors and Colors” from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 14, looking at how companies are responding to consumer demand for natural colors and flavors with new and reformulated products. Attendees can also purchase tickets for technical field trips to local companies, including Zapp’s Potato Chips on Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for $25. As a special bonus, IFT offers two free webcasts to registrants to the 2011 Annual Meeting Scientific Program. They can choose two offerings from “Current Food Industry Hiring Trends for Students and Professionals”, “Testing Standards for the Efficacy of Functional Food Ingredients”, or “Conjugated Linoleic Acid from Discovery to GRAS, a 20-Year Journey” for their free webcasts. For more information and to register, visit www.ift.org/ift11 or call (312) 782-8424. — Lucy Sutton

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