Poughkeepsie Journal (New York), October 4, 2005

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Poughkeepsie Journal (New York)

October 4, 2005 Tuesday

SECTION: BUSINESS; Pg. 6B


HEADLINE: Journal has new human resources chief

BYLINE: Craig Wolf

BODY:
Lauren Gillett of Fishkill is the Poughkeepsie Journal's human resources director.
"Lauren is a highly qualified and experienced human resources professional, and we're very lucky that this local resident will be joining the Journal team," Journal publisher Barry Rothfeld said.
Gillett said she was attracted to the job because it was an opportunity to come back home to work and because of the "name-brand recognition" of the paper, which she has known since her childhood in Fishkill.
"I love the area. I love it more now," she said.
She has held various personnel posts, most recently an 8 1/2-year stint at Cendant Mobility in Danbury, Conn., a relocation company. Prior to that she had worked at Reader's Digest and an advertising agency.
Gillett graduated from Colgate University with a degree in sociology and earned a master's degree in industrial labor relations from a joint program of Cornell University and the Baruch Graduate School of Business in New York.
Asked what issues are emerging in her field, Gillett said a big one is rising health-care costs. "It's going to continue," she said.
The Sarbanes-Oxley law on corporate responsibility is reaching into human resources, she said, prompting closer attention to labor law compliance. And there's increasing attention on business across national boundaries and on diversity.
(Craig Wolf can be reached at cwolf@poughkeepsiejournal.com)