The Bloody Search for a Job

With the recession dipping into double digits, Stanford Blood Center is giving donors another reason to spare a pint: a job.

Through a "Giving Blood Works" promotion, donors who give blood at one of three locations in Palo Alto and Mountain View from Thursday to Sept. 13 will have the opportunity to attend a career counseling and networking event on Sept. 13.

The career event will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the center’s location at 3373 Hillview Ave. in Palo Alto, and will feature career experts Lisa Stotlar and Ellen Schulman. Titled “Reduce your job-search time significantly, leveraging a high-touch networking approach in the high-tech valley,” the workshop will make participants privy to the latest networking techniques.

The networking event will include recruiters from 4Info.com, Option 1 Staffing, Tibco and Stanford Blood Center, who will discuss job opportunities and collect resumes. Stotlar and Schulman will offer free 30-minute resume critiques in their office a few days later.

"Giving Blood Works will be a valuable experience at this particular time, because so many unemployed people have been out of work for years," said blood center marketing manager, John Williams, in a press release.

For more information or to schedule an appointment online for the hourlong process, call 888-723-7831 or visit bloodcenter.stanford.edu. Donors should be in good health and free of cold or flu symptoms.