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April 2006

My First Job: Ellen Garcia, executive director

April 30, 2006

Current position: Executive director, Providence ElderPlace Seattle.

My First Job: Janey Gregory, principal, Group Design Leader

April 23, 2006

Current position: Principal, Group Design Leader, MulvannyG2 Architecture, Bellevue.

Maid to order

April 16, 2006

Over her 20-year career at The Westin in downtown Seattle, Kim Williams has puffed more pillows than she can count — but her job is anything but cushy. As one of the 14,157 housecleaners serving hotel and motel guests in the greater King/Snohomish counties area, Williams is part of the team that has the often grueling task of tidying rooms for many of the nearly 8.73 million overnight guests King County sees each year. In downtown Seattle alone, this covers 9,797 nightly guest rooms.

My First Job: John Mark, general manager

April 16, 2006

Current position: General manager, Trader Vic's Bellevue Restaurant.

My First Job: John Campbell, executive vice president

April 9, 2006

Current position: Executive vice president — consulting, Baldwin Resource Group in Bellevue, a diversified professional-services firm that specializes in business consulting, risk management, commercial insurance and employee-benefits and wealth management.

What This Job Pays: dentist

April 9, 2006

The average annual pay for a dentist in the Seattle area is $120,000, with most making from about $100,000 to $144,000 a year.

Geriatrics: A "heart-warming" job

April 2, 2006

For many older Americans, finding a doctor who specializes in caring for their myriad of chronic later-life aches is as much a pain as the ailments themselves. And from the looks of it, there's no cure in sight for the anemic number of physicians who specialize in geriatrics. But that means good career opportunities for such doctors, making it another area of demand in the field of health care, which has been best-known to job seekers in recent years as a place to find work as a nurse.

My First Job: Deb Eddy, senior associate

April 2, 2006

Current position: Senior associate, PRR, a communications, marketing, public-relations, design and public-affairs consultancy, with offices in Seattle and Washington, D.C.

What This Job Pays: patrol officer

April 2, 2006

The median salary for a patrol officer in the Seattle area is $42,691, with most making from about $31,000 to $52,000.

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