Business Briefs

Six Flags Great Adventure is hiring more than 4,000 seasonal employees for the 2007 season from high school students to senior citizens. The park offers a wide variety of positions and paid internships to candidates interested in pursuing careers in occupations such as marketing, accounting, criminal justice, theater arts, human resources, hospitality and business management, horticulture and zoology. The park offers team members many benefits including flexible hours, competitive wages, reward and recognition programs, parties scholarships, free park admission, free incentives from area businesses and more.

Six Flags’ employment center accepts applications Monday through Friday from 1-6 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications are accepted online at sixflagsjobs.com. Details: (732) 928-2000, ext. 2635.

Young Professionals, Forty and Under, a committee of the Lakewood Chamber and a support group for professionals and college graduates in Ocean, Monmouth, and Middlesex counties, will hold its monthly meeting at 507 Main Bar and Grill, 507 Main Street, Belmar, on Wednesday, March 28, 6-8:30 p.m. In his talk, “Moving Up the Entrepreneurial Ladder,” Ed Kozemchak of ActionCOACH Business Coaching in Spring Lake, will suggest actions young professionals could take to move from one level to the next in their careers, and the steps entrepreneurs might expect to take over the course of their professional careers. The cost is $10 at the door and includes unlimited pizza, a cash bar, and networking opportunities. To register, call Michelle at CareOne at Jackson, (201) 421-9148; or e-mail her at [email protected].

Advanced Wellness, a chiropractic, physical therapy and pain management center, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary.

Throughout the years, Advanced Wellness has expanded its core chiropractic practice to include a broad range of physical therapy and pain-management services. Advanced Wellness has recently relocated to a new state-of-the-art facility at 17 N. Main St., Marlboro, with the capabilities to offer additional services. Advanced Wellness employs a full staff of chiropractors, physical therapists and pain management specialists. For more information, call (732) 431-2155 or visit www.advanced-wellness.net.

The Health Awareness Center at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, now offers the weight management program, Shapedown, for overweight children and their families. Group classes begin March 6 and will meet weekly for 10 weeks on Tuesdays from 6:15-7:45 p.m. at CentraState’s Health Awareness Center, 65 Gibson Place, Freehold Township.

Shapedown is a nationally recognized weight management program for children ages 6-8 and 9-12 and their families. The program helps young people change their food and exercise habits, improve their self-esteem and manage body weight. Shapedown encourages a gradual, safe weight loss or the maintenance of weight as the child grows. The cost is $399 per child and parents. There is a $75 fee for each additional child participating in the program.

Registration is required and space is limited. For more information and to register for the program, call (732) 308-0570.

Salon Cémone, 352 Route 9 (Towne Pointe Shopping Center), Manalapan, is offering a complimentary “Becoming A Beauty Expert” (BABE) lesson for teens and preteens, March 27 from 6:15-8 p.m. BABE is a beauty course that teaches young ladies the proper care of hair, nails and skin. The BABE class ends with a professional hair consultation and/or styling with a BABE instructor. Diplomas and special promotions will be awarded to all BABE graduates. To reserve a space, call (732) 536-0009.