NOW HIRING- Dead or Alive

In the world of Halloween, TONS of people are getting geared up early! Haunted Houses and Scare Shows across the country and around the world are hiring. Halloween is something people are always going to look forward to.

Kings Island Amusement Park in Ohio is hiring for all levels of jobs as scarers. Looks like its more of an audition and they are being held now until the beginning of September.

In the UK, Zombies are getting paid a hefty amount to act at the London Bridge Experience. The competition was very intense, with over 200 applications and two spots. This attraction goes on all year and is very popular to London tourists.

We are also hiring here at BuyCostumes. Our Corporate Headquarters near Milwaukee, WI will be hiring at least 1,000 Seasonal workers to cover high volume in the Distribution Center and Call Center. Check us out at http://www.buyseasons.com/.

What about your own Zombie and Haunted houses? BuyCostumes has tons of really gory, spooky, or scary props and costumes!

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Sexy Costumes From the Past!

BuyCostumes has some great new costumes for the upcoming season and it's never too early to start planning out your ensemble. I browsed though many of our new costumes and realized that a lot of them come straight out of the past. We have a lot of new costumes that represent different times in history and pop culture. We especially have a lot of great new, SEXY, costumes that could make a great group costumes. Or, put a whole bunch of different time periods together for a "decades" themes group idea.

• Prehistoric: Cave Beauty She makes prehistoric times look like something from the High Fashion Runway!
• Early America: Pocahottie This is definitely a twist on your typical Native American costume. Pocahottie is sassy with fringe and feathers! You'll be sure to casue some tribal trouble in this dress.
• 1920's: Gatsby Girl Celebrate the Roarin 20's with this ROARIN costume. She's a 1920's flapper and has TONS of glitter. I like this one again, becasue its pretty simple but with some great personalization no one will have a costume as great as this! Pair it with these Cute Heels!
• 1940's: Ahoy There Hottie A sailor never looked so good. Go back to the time when the "good old boys" were at war and women had to step up. This dress is patriotic red, white, and blue and has classic details like an anchor and gold buttons.
• 1950's: Mini Poodle Skirt This not your mom's costume! HOP into the 50's with this super cute poodle skirt. It comes in pink or red so get a couple of the girls together and no one will ever have looked so good in a "vintage" skirt.
• 1960's: Hippie Chick A grovvy costume for a groovy girl. It's really colorful and easy to dance in! You will get everyone's attention when you walk into the room. Make love, not war!
• 1970's: 70's Disco Queen I'm loving the metallic look of this dress. The neckline cut is right from the disco floor, and heck, you'll be a portable Disco ball. Listen to some ABBA and don't forget the 70's wig. Got some Saturday Night Fever? Would be great for a couple's costume by pairing with this guy!
• 1980's: 80's Rock Star Anything from the 80's is a great idea for a costume. Anyone is bound to have something fro the 80's lying around her house and 80's costumes=80's Music! This costume is really cute and simple, but pair with some colorful accesories and you will stand out among the rest.
• 1990's... errr 1960's?: British Flag Dress You could represent the Smashing 60's or one of the spiciest girls from the 90's! Another great idea: do an "Around the World" theme and use this dress to show off your UK Pride!
• 2000: Go Green Girl The latest trend right now, ORGANIC! Wear this costume and let everyone know how environmentally conscious you are.

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Another GREAT summer movie release! Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the movie that documents the 6th year at Hogwarts. Receiving an average of "GO!" on Fandango's "Oh-no" to "Must go!" scale and an 85% Rotten Tomatoes Rating, this movie is full of action, love, and scariness. As an avid Harry Potter book reader, there were a couple things that they left out, but to me that doesn't conclude a bad adaptation. A movie adaptation is based off of the writers' and director's opinions and ideas, and it cannot be EXACTLY like the book. The book gives more detail than the movie which is usually the case in these situations.

Movies across the country had Midnight Showings and Special Premieres. Fans dressed up as wizards, carried wands, painted lightning bolts, and had a great attitude towards the opening. The UA Bonita Lakes 9 Theatre in Meridian, MS, with the help of The Radio People, held a great party with fans lining up out the door! They turned to BuyCostumes.com and used our Harry Potter and DeathEater Costumes!

We want to encourage more customers to post their photos from their Harry Potter Parties to the Product Pages. It's really easy and we love seeing our costumes in ACTION!

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Superman and Batman--NYC Style

At BuyCostumes, its ALWAYS okay to wear a costume. In New York City, however, this does not seem to be the case. Two Men dressed as superheros were arrested in Times Square on the night of July 9th. Supposedly, because they were dressed in costume, they needed to have a 'performing permit' for the City of New York. Granted "Batman" and "Superman" probably deserved the arrest as they also ended up receiving disorderly conduct tickets and resisting arrest. As a warning to all of the aspiring "Dark Knights", follow the laws that your city has in place. In the safety of your own home, costume lovers eat your heart out! Superhero costumes, in my opinion, can be worn at any age!

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ANNOUNCING KICK-OFF FOR WISCONSIN SEASONAL WORKFORCE COALITION

PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Pat Delmenhorst, Director, Employment Services
Phone: 414-220-8636 ; pdelmenhorst@interfaithmilw.org

ANNOUNCING KICK-OFF FOR WISCONSIN SEASONAL WORKFORCE COALITION
Connecting employment opportunities across the seasons
Seasonal Work = Future Opportunities

July 6, 2009, Milwaukee – Local Employers and Community Based Organizations form coalition to connect jobs across the seasons – over 2,000 seasonal opportunities are available through the coalition’s efforts over the calendar year.

On Monday, July 13, United Way of Greater Milwaukee will present a $75,000 grant to Interfaith Older Adult Programs – Employment Services. Interfaith will partner with an identified group of hiring companies to develop a coalition of employers and community based organizations that will connect area job seekers to possible year around employment. The goal of the project is to provide seasonal employment opportunities as a way to develop workers for permanent positions as they gain new skills as well as offering a bridge to jobs for the unemployed. Seasonal employment has been identified as a way for individuals with barriers to learn on the job work ethics and gain transferable skills that can be used in numerous industries.

Activities for the grant include: employer sponsored training for call center/customer service and warehouse picking and packing; creation of a Wisconsin Seasonal Workforce Coalition; development of a Coalition Website that includes a “Calendar of Hiring;” job coaching at employers worksite by community based agencies; and coordination of transportation. Employer partners will assist in planning and sponsoring exit party/job fairs at the end of hiring seasons to introduce workers to the next seasonal employment opportunities. Jobing.com will provide a grant to develop a website for the Coalition that will list a calendar of seasonal hiring opportunities and highlight the participating partners. In addition, funding will be used to coordinate transportation to Waukesha and other locations not located on a bus line.

The following employers are partnering on the grant: BUYSEASONS, UPS, Marcus Corporation, Christopher Morgan, Jobing.com, and Design Specialists. Community Based Organizations that collaborated in the writing of the grant include: Interfaith Older Adult Programs - Employment Services, Center for Veteran’s Issues, Milwaukee God Squad, Policy Studies, Inc., Goodwill Industries, and Laos Family Center.

For more information contact Pat Delmenhorst (information above) and visit:
http://www.seasonalworkerswi.org

July 13 Press Conference Agenda:
8:30 a.m. Washington Park Senior Center; 4420 W. Vliet Street, Milwaukee
9:30 a.m. BUYSEASONS, INC.; 5915 S. Moorland Rd., New Berlin

7:45 a.m: Milwaukee God Squad Bus arrives to transport workers to BUYSEASONS
8:00 a.m: Job candidates arrive and don United Way T-shirts donated by UPS

Continental Breakfast provided

8:30 Press conference begins

• David Karst, Vice President Human Resources, BUYSEASONS
  - Introduction to the Wisconsin Seasonal Workforce Coalition
• United Way Delegate(s) presents check and make announcement of grant to
  Interfaith Older Adult Programs.
• Carol Eschner, Executive Director of Interfaith Older Adult Programs, and Chris
  Abbott, Interfaith Board President, accept the check and make brief comments.
• Jalem Getz, CEO BUYSEASONS and Mark Green, WI District HR Manager - UPS
  –Comment about the Wisconsin Seasonal Workforce Coalition
• Mayor Tom Barrett & County Executive Scott Walker (Invited for Comments)
  Milwaukee Workforce Investment Board Representative
  (Don Sykes Invited for comments)
• Seasonal Worker - Comments

9:00 a.m. Bus leaves for BUYSEASONS arriving at 5915 S. Moorland Road, New Berlin

Reception and follow-up press conference will be held for the new workers and
Waukesha County Representatives will receive the workers.

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Independence Day--- BuyCostumes Style!

Once again, the BuyCostumes Team got involved with the local 4th of July Festivities here in New Berlin, WI. As a sponsor of the Parade and Celebration, more than 20 associates and thier family members dressed up and walked in the parade. This year was even better than last with MORE particpation, great NEW ideas, MORE costumes, and really COOL car! The group handed out balloons, candy, coupons and flyers to spectators. Prior to the parade, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mr. Jim Sensenbrenner, vistited with the BuyCostumes group and posed for a photo (the professional looking guy in the Khakis and Blue dress shirt). Much thanks to Jodi and Lori, members of the HR Department, who did a great job of organizing and coordinating this event. Here at BuyCostumes we love being involved in our community and love getting people excited about our costumes and Halloween! The Cast of Characters here at BuyCostumes do a great job of representing our company and our values!

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Public Enemy Number One

On July 1st, 2009 the new movie, Public Enemies, directed by Michael Mann, was released in Movie Box-offices across the country. Public Enemies is the story of legendary Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger, whose lightning raids made him the number one target of J. Edgar Hoover's inexperienced FBI and its top agent, Melvin Purvis. Dillinger meant business. No one could stop him, no jail could hold him, and because of the public attitude towards the banks that brought the country into the Great Depression, no one had sympathy towards those banks victimized to his robberies. Whats even better is the movie is star-studded, with Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, and Billy Crudup.

In this film, filled with action, shooting scenes, and HD Camera angles, you not only get how the public felt about these mobsters, you get other mobsters views on how they viewed Dillinger. The 1920's and 1930's is such an interesting era to look at. Our country and society completely changed from the Roaring, Speakeasy 20's, to the Depressing, Bread Line 30's. Organized crime also began in this era, as the public was against authority and authority was corrupt.

With all this talk of mobsters, robberies, and the 1930's I found myself wondering if a mobster costume would be in the cards for this year's Halloween. It's also such a great idea for a couple's or group costume as the more the merrier is the theme here. While we are talking about decades, also take a clook at our 1920's collection. We have tons of new for 2009 costumes here!

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