geographic regionswhere professional job placement remains stable

Executive-level employment includedprofessionals hired in the areas of technical research, development andoperations and supply chain, in industries such as steel, moving, storageand third-party logistics.Information TechnologyFrom October through December of 2008, organizations across the countrycontinued to hire executives that possessed strengths and expertise intechnical areas. Placements in this area included positionssuch as vice president and director of IT, database administrator,software and pre-sales engineer and software sales manager.LegalDuring Lucas Group's first quarter of 2009, the firm's team of Legalexecutive recruiters placed a number of attorneys, partners and in-housecouncil in positions throughout the U.S. Of the Legal positions placed inthe quarter, the majority of the hires were in the realm of Labor &Employment, accounting for 20 percent of candidate placements, with theareas of Bankruptcy and Real Estate accounting for 13 percentrespectively.Military TransitionsLucas Group's military division, which facilitates successful militarytransitions of NCOs (Non-Commissioned Officers), JMOs (Junior MilitaryOfficers), SMOs (Senior Military Officers), and Technicians from activeduty military service to civilian careers, continued to see a high levelof activity throughout the first quarter. Military veterans were placedin a number of job areas, including Operations, which accounted for 27percent of jobs placed, Engineering, accounting for 21 percent andManufacturing coming in at 14 percent. In addition to the continuedhiring activity in the area of Military Transitions, a recent surveyLucas Group conducted also revealed that salaries continued to increasefor military veterans joining the civilian workforce year-over-year in2008, despite the economic downturn.Hiring Activity by RegionIn addition to providing a breakdown of executive hiring trends byindustry, the Lucas Group report highlights the U.S. geographic regionswhere professional job placement remains stable. The Q1 2009 report citesthe States that saw the most job placements in the quarter as Texas,Illinois, California and Georgia.

Texas accounted for 17 percent of allexecutive appointments placed by Lucas Group in the first quarter, whileIllinois accounted for 12 percent and California and Georgia eachaccounted for 10 percent.The next Lucas Group Trends in Professional Hiring Report will be releasedin April 2009 to report executive hiring trends for Lucas Group's secondfiscal quarter of 2009. To receive notification when the survey isavailable each quarter, interested individuals are invited to emailSamantha Bontrager, director of marketing at ut the Trends in Professional Hiring ReportThe Lucas Group Trends in Professional Hiring Report is based on thousandsof executive-level employees placed by the company in the U.S. throughoutLucas Group's first fiscal quarter of 2009 October 1, 2008 throughDecember 31, 2008. Lucas Group releases professional hiring information ona quarterly basis to measure ongoing trends in executive job placementsacross the country.About Lucas GroupLucas Group is one of the nation's largest executive recruitment firmsthat built a reputation for successfully providing human capitalplacements in multiple markets and industries.

Lucas Group focuses on recruiting topexecutives in management, advertising/marketing, sales, accounting,manufacturing, legal, military personnel transitioning and technicalpositions across all major industries. With offices nationwide and itsexpansion into Europe and Asia, Lucas Group performs search assignmentsfor Fortune 100 companies, as well as regional businesses andentrepreneurial firms.Contact:Andrea Cousens310-270-8903Email ContactCopyright 2009, Market Wire, All rights reserved.-0-. Sure, part of that is because the Colts may have lost a half-step, but it is more a factor of the improvements to both the Titans and Texans.Anyone needing a division rich in fantasy potential, the AFC South is the place for you. Tennessee Titans1. Totally a gut feeling here nothing really to back it up with but I get this feeling that out of last year’s amazing crop of rookie running backs, that Chris Johnson sees the most depreciation this year I know, it doesn’t make sense. He’s in an offense designed to run with plenty of protection and a defense that allows the Titans to run the ball early and often in time-killing strategy. However, while I don’t usually take stock in preseason action, Johnson was surprisingly stale this summer.