J vs to develop training programs and to recruit skilled employees. JVS' "Detroit's Work Place" division works with area employers and train- ing institutions to recruit and screen applicants for a wide variety of jobs, such as basic and advanced technolo- gists, pharmaceutical and surgical technicians, manufacturing person- nel, home health aides and food service workers. Jvs' Silver believes there are many avenues a job seeker can explore to land the perfect job. Not surprisingly, she strongly recommends the 'Net. "The Internet is just like using a news- paper, only you can research a compa- ny at the same time." However, Silver adds that network- ing and cold-calling are the r'vo most effective methods of findina a job. She notes that "80 percent of job b seekers find employment in one of these two ways. L_J Author of Irrational Exuberance to Speak on April 20 Robert J. Shiller, Professor of Economics at Yale University, will present the annual Levin Lecture on April 20, sponsored by the Economics Department at Wayne State University. Shiner's book, Irrational Exuberance (Princeton University Press, 2000) was a New York Times Nonfiction Bestseller last year. The book is an analysis of the stock market boom since 1982 and a caution that a stock market that is overvalued by historical standards in inherently precarious. Among Shiller's recommendations is an urgent plea to immediately end what he argues are perilous schemes to privatize social security in favor of plans to reform it. He also argues that private pension plans that encourage many people to put their entire retirement funds in the stock market should be modified. Shiller will speak on, "Risk, Invention, and the Future." The lecture, which is open to the public, will be held from 3:00p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge adjacent to the McGregor Memorial Conference Center on the Wayne State University campus. The Levin Lecture is given each year in honor of Samuel Levin, the first Chairman of the Economic Department. Please RSVP by April 13, (313) 577-3347. Scene Happenings For college age through thirty-some- thing. April 16 Monday, 8:30 p.m. YAD comedy event at Second City, Detroit, featuring Rob Schneider from Saturday Night Live." Wayne State University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Cost: $25 per person plus a minimum gift of $36 to Federation's 2001 Annual Campaign. Preglow at 6.30 p.m. Josh Cohen, (248) 203-1471 or jcohen@jfmd.org April 17 Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Information meeting on YAD's Summer Israel Adventure, at Border's, 14 Mile and Orchard Lake roads, Farmington Hills. Alaine Waldshan, (248) 203-1486 or waldshan@jfmd.org Happy April 24 Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. YAD roaming bar night at the Post Bar Woodward, 22828 Woodward Ave., Ferndale. Rebecca Rosen, (248) 203- 1492 or rosen@jfmd.org from the Mortgage Experts at Countrywide Home Loans To have your programs listed, contact Kara Weiner at the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, (248) 203-1499, or kweiner@jfmd.org or Alan Hitsky at the Jewish News, (248) 354-6060 or ahit- sky@thejewishnews.com Beth Grossman Regional Vice President Novi • ShelbyTwp. • Clarkston • Detroit • Southfield Woodhaven • Ann Arbor • Lansing •••■•■•••1111,■ it www.cou ntr ,( Regional Office (800) 64 I -2384 Equal Housing Lender © I 996 Countrywide Funding Corporation.Trade/service marks are the property of Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. RBA 960111-296. 4/6 2001 97