Saturday, August 29, 2009

[itroundtable] Fw: LinkedIn: Inviting, Using LinkedIn's Answers, & Groups

 

From Windmill Networking (Neal Schaffer): there are 3 main links, and each
has many inside links.  Take a look at the comments.

Ann Bergquist

http://www.linkedin.com/in/annbergquist

LinkedIn Expert Advice & Insight through Your Questions - A LinkedIn Blog with Social Media Commentary

Link to Windmill Networking

What is LinkedIn and Why Should You Join?

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 12:03 PM PDT

I attended a great local Tweetup last night in Orange County.  There were many people who I had communicated with on Twitter and finally had the chance to meet…the feeling was almost like seeing long lost friends!  I will save Tweetups for another blog post, because what interested me last night were how many people [...] Related posts:
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[itroundtable] GENERAL: COMBINED RECRUITER NIGHT OUT DINNER - SEPT 15th - TOTOWA

 

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COMBINED DINNER MTG – TUESDAY, September 15th

Recruiter Night Out

 

Raffle of 2 Amex Cards --- Razzino Associates

 

On Tuesday evening, September 15th, MIS Network Associates (MNA), IT-Networking, the ETP Network, TENG, The Breakfast Club of NJ, Monmouth Networking, and Careers In Transition (CIT) will host a combined Recruiter Night Out dinner meeting for members, alumni, friends, and guests at The Holiday Inn in Totowa, NJ.  The Recruiter Night Out will include a dialogue with a panel of four recruiters from the venues listed below responding to pre-published questions and ad hoc inquiries from the dinner meeting attendees:

 

-         Corporate:           TBD

-         Contingency:       Janelle Razzino – Razzino Associates

-         Consulting:          Vedant Pathak -- APN Consulting

-         Consulting:          Joe McCormick – Clark Davis

 

The panel will be moderated by Bill Belknap – Performance Leadership.

 

Bill Belknap has thirty years of senior management and human resources experience in a variety of industries including:  high tech, medical cost containment, consumer products, office products and financial services.

 

Fifteen years ago he co-founded Performance Leadership, a management-consulting firm, where he focuses on executive and career coaching.  He has been coaching managers and executives for over 25 years.

 

He is a certified Five O'Clock Club Career Coach and this year The Five O'Clock Club published  his first book, For Executives Only…Applying Business Techniques to Your Job Search.

 

On the personal side Bill is an amateur magician and fitness enthusiast; he has completed over 20 

Triathlons.  He is a graduate of Denison University

 

Unedited questions for the panel are included below. These questions are subject to editing until Friday, September 11th, when the final list will be published electronically to the previous recipients.  Please return your comments on the questions to John Sampson at jcsspike@yahoo.com ASAP.  The final questions will be available in hard copy at the registration desk the evening of the dinner meeting on September 15th.  Again, ad hoc questions will be accepted by the Moderator during the discussion with the panelists and Bill Belknap  may have a few questions for the panelists himself.

 

 

The schedule for the dinner meeting on September 15th will be:

 

-         6:00 to 6:45 pm – Registration, "speed dating", and cash bar

-         6:45 to 7:15 pm - Introductions

-         7:15 pm - Dinner

-         8:00 pm - Panel discussion moderated by Bill Belknap

-         9:30 pm Approximate – Raffle 2 Amex Gift Cards – You must be there to win

 

The informal networking groups are so helpful in networking that we will do the "speed dating" again on the 15th before we sit down for dinner and the general introductions.  Briefly, these informal "dates" consist of up to 4 people and last for 5 to 10 minutes.  At the end of the 10 minutes, the groups break up and new ones are formed with different participants. Suggested dialogues for your "speed dating" encounters will be provided at the registration desk in case you are at a loss for what to say during these conversations.

 

There will be an opportunity to circulate up to 75 copies of your resume, personal bio, leads, or other appropriate material in a handout for each participant from the dinner.

 

The cost will be $45 for everyone if forwarded by mail or other to John Sampson by COB Tuesday, September 14th at 2 Blackfoot Cir, Wayne NJ 07470.  Checks should be made out to John Sampson who can be reached by phone at 973-248-3251 or via email at jcsspike@yahoo.com.  Reservations can also be made by contacting Lizanne Fiorentino at adminedg@optonline.net but checks must be sent directly to John. 

 

An initial list of attendees will be emailed to all the RSVPs, members of MNA, the ETP Network, TENG, The Breakfast Club of NJ, Monmouth Ntwkg, IT-Net, CIT and other interested parties over the weekend of  September 12/13th.  The RSVP list will facilitate networking at the September 15th meeting and can be used to communicate with attendees in advance or after the dinner meeting. For those attendees who are working, current work affiliation, email address, three previous companies you've worked for/consulted at, professional job interest or position availability must be included in your RSVP.

 

For those attendees who are in transition, three target companies should be included in your RSVP as well as the type of position you seek.

 

A "final" numbered RSVP list of attendees will be available along with the pre-published questions and an ID badge at the registration desk on the 15th.  Your number on the final RSVP list should be part of your introduction:  "I'm number x on the RSVP list …". All attendees should have their sharp, crisp, 30 second elevator speech at the ready.  Too many "ahs, dees and doeses" will be cut off unceremoniously. Remember, you and your introduction will be between the rest of the attendees and dinner!

 

A final RSVP list of the actual attendees will be emailed to everyone who participated by September 19th.

 

We will accept a LIMITED number of walk-ins on the 15th.  Anyone who attends on the 15th and whose check has not been received by COB on the 14th will be charged $60 WITHOUT  EXCEPTION. There will be NO refunds and no shows WILL be billed.

 

Again, bring 75 copies of your bio/resume, leads, or materials you wish to be included in the handout the evening of September 15th.

Directions to the Holiday Inn at One Rt 46 Westbound in Totowa can be found at www.holiday-inn.com/totowanj.   The traffic on Rt 46 at rush hour is substantial, so allow an extra 30 minutes to get to the Holiday Inn.

Dues are due for MNA Members.

 

If you would like to help out at the meeting on the 15th, volunteer to be a "Meeting Marshall".  Call John Sampson at 973-248-3251 for details.  We can use your help!!!

 

Please join us for what always is a well attended evening of lively discussion, great networking opportunities, and a chance to just catch up.

 

 

 

 

Draft Questions for Recruiters Night Out  9/15/09

(Pls edit these questions appropriately and return the results to John Sampson)

Industry Related

1.      What is your perception of the current  job market in areas such as demand for IT skills and the number of senior IT positions being filled?

2.      Are there any key industries to target?

a.       growth industries?

b.      specific companies?

3.      Do you see or anticipate any additional impact on hiring – in financial services or other - as a result of the subprime mortgage and liquidity crunch?

Client Related

4.      What are the top issues or problems that your clients are trying to solve?

a.       most sought after skills?

5.      When a client specifies "hands on"

a.       do you ask for a clarification / definition?

b.      what is your interpretation?

6.      What is your/your client's policy regarding references and Social Security numbers up front? Are they required, what should a candidate do when asked for them?

Personal

7.      How important is it to respond immediately to an ad for one of your positions?

8.      What can a person do to differentiate themselves?

9.      How important are certifications?  Which ones are in the most demand?

10.  How and how often should candidates stay in touch with you?

11.  Do you Google your candidates and/or use Twitter etc to research candidates?

Final

12.  Considering the audience tonight, is there a final piece of advice you would like to offer them about dealing with Recruiters like yourselves?

Sept 1 No Mtg - Labor Day Holiday
Sept 8th - Tues - Reg Mtg 6 pm - Carnevale Center 10 Lenox Ave Pompton Lakes 07442 Rm 009 - bring 20 copies of resume
Sept 15th Dinner Mtg - Recruiter Night Out - Bill Belknap Moderator - Vedant Pathak APN Consulting - Joe McComick Clark Davis - Janelle Razzino Razzino Associates

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[itroundtable] From Mike Petronaci at JHeart: Data Center Specialist - 1st Shift Responsibilities Jersey City

 

Please contact Mike Petronaci directly [michael at jheartusa dot com]
and let him know that I sent you.

Ann Bergquist

http://www.linkedin.com/in/annbergquist 

Location, Jersey City
Salary, 70k

Data Center Specialist - 1st Shift Responsibilities

 

  • HP Openview Monitoring
  • Control-M Monitoring
  • Facilities Environment Monitoring
  • Incident Resolution of open Magic Tickets - Follow up with applicable staff
  • Avocent - DS View administration and maintenance
  • Data Center facilities coordinator
    • Multiple site facilities management in a collocation arena
    • Scheduling/authorizations for staff and vendor maintenance visitors
    • Hardware maintenance scheduling
    • Preventive maintenance scheduling
    • Repairs maintenance scheduling
    • Hardware installs and de-installs (rack & stack) - 3 facilities
    • Maintaining Vision diagrams
  • Documentation
    • Authoring SOPs and instructions
    • Maintaining Shift Instruction Documentation
    • Maintaining Server Reboot schedule
    • Server Vital Statistics Documentation
    • Elevation Charts
    • Facilities documentation
  • Server Build Process
    • Initiating Server Checklist
    • Adding O/S and applicable agents
    • Maintaining management documentation
  • Performing ad-hoc file restore requests
  • Project Management support - assistance to DC Manager

  

 

DESIRED SKILL SETS & POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

 

·        Work schedule flexibility: Normal shift is 8:00am to 5:00pm

o       2 x yearly cross-training for 1 week, each shift (2nd & 3rd) - 2 cycles

o       Possible future change to Tuesday - Saturday shift

o       Occasional Saturday coverage with adequate comp. time

·        Excellent Customer Service Skills - Client satisfaction is # 1 priority

·        Control-M scheduling experience - User level

·        System/Server monitoring experience - Preferably with HP OpenView - User level

·        Server Management Knowledge - Wintel 2003

o       Wintel services

o       Error logs research, interpretation, RCA skills, agent installation, patching, configuration changes

·        Data Protector Familiarity

o       Able to perform file restores

o       Data Domain

o       Bocada Reports

·        BMS Monitoring

·        Incident Management Experience - Magic Software preferred but not required

o       Incident resolution to problem management escalation, documentation and follow up

o       Root Cause Analysis skills

·        Working knowledge of Data Center Environmental Components 

o       HVAC, PDU, UPS, KVM, Cable Panels, Fiber Panels, electrical outlets & types

·        KVM - Avocent-DSView experience preferred - other comparable software knowledge OK

·        Microsoft Office suite working knowledge - Excel, Vision, Project, PowerPoint

·        Excellent writing skills - Documentation, SOP, SOW, RFP, RFI, BRD and process flows

·        Detail Oriented

 

 
Michael Petronaci
Executive Recruiter
JHEART LLC
973-586-3637
973-586-4853 Fax
 
 

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[itroundtable] GENERAL: Wkload Opt Lunch - NJ - Sept 10th

 

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Lightning Fast Workload Optimization with Double-Take Software and Silver Peak Systems

 
Date: September 10, 2009
Time: 11:30 am — 1:30 pm
   

Edward's Steakhouse
239 Marin Boulevard
Jersey City, NJ 07302

Complementary lunch will be provided.

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Workloads are physical or virtual servers or desktops, applications and data sets that provide productivity to your workforce. As a Senior IT professional responsible for ensuring critical infrastructure management, you know it is increasingly difficult to manage your workloads quickly and efficiently.

Double-Take Software and Silver Peak Systems are excited to bring you this exclusive invitation to our upcoming lunch seminar. In this informative session, you will get an in-depth look at leading workload optimization and WAN acceleration technologies, including:

  • X2X Workload Migration: Quickly move workloads—without taking applications off-line—between any combination of physical and virtual servers and storage within datacenters or over any geographical distance for datacenter migrations and consolidations.
  • Workload Backup: Continuously backup workloads and efficiently recover them—from the item level to any point in time—on demand, even to a new physical or virtual machine. The perfect solution for Remote Office Centralized Backup—stop relying on slow and tedious traditional restoration as your primary recovery method.
  • Workload Availability: Ensure the immediate availability of critical IT workloads for disaster recovery and business continuity using real-time replication and failover that can protect individual applications, entire servers or virtualized workloads running on VMware ESX or Microsoft Hyper-V.
  • Workload Flexibility: Easily manage any workload fast by booting it from iSCSI SANs, regardless of hardware and without the need for specialized HBAs.
  • How to Optimize Workloads quickly and efficiently over any distance, local or global.
You will also hear customer successes and best practices for implementing WAN Acceleration and Double-Take workload optimization products together.

For more information, please contact Barry Campbell at Silver Peak Systems: bcampbell@silver-peak.com or Catherine Kraus at Double-Take Software: ckraus@doubletake.com.

 
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Sept 15th Dinner Mtg - Recruiter Night Out - Bill Belknap Moderator - Vedant Pathak APN Consulting - Joe McComick Clark Davis - Janelle Razzino Razzino Associates

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[itroundtable] Instructional Design Coordinator - Mount Saint Mary College - Newburgh NY

 

Instructional Design Coordinator

Institution: Mount Saint Mary College
Location: Newburgh, NY
Category:
  • Admin - Instructional Technology and Design
  • Admin - Distance Education Programs
Posted: 08/28/2009
Application Due: Open Until Filled
Type: Full Time
Instructional Design Coordinator (full time)

Office of Distance Education
Mount Saint Mary College

Mount Saint Mary College invites applications for the position of Instructional Design Coordinator to lead the development of fully and blended online courses as well as associated instructor and student supports. The Instructional Design Coordinator will supervise members of an instructional design team, collaborate closely with the faculty (subject matter experts) and academic divisions, and coordinate with relevant College offices in order to meet course and program development goals and objectives and to ensure sufficient supports available to faculty and students.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

* Develop instructional design procedures and frameworks for course and curriculum development as appropriate to project goals, timeline, and budget
* Lead content writers and multimedia developers and collaborate with subject matter experts to design, develop, evaluate, and refine fully and blended online courses
* Assist the Director in the planning and development of blended online programs
* Ensure the application of appropriate guidelines to online courses and programs in areas such as assistive technologies, accessibility issues, and copyrights
* Develop and teach faculty development courses, workshops, and webinars on online teaching
* Help manage the College's learning management system and synchronous learning platform
* Guide the design and development of multimedia materials (for example, online tutorials, demos, handbooks) for distance education training, supports, and services
* Explore, investigate, analyze, and facilitate the application of emerging technologies for teaching and learning, such as Wikis, blogs, podcasts, and streaming video
* Present and publish work-related practice and findings in professional venues such as journals and conferences

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

* Master's degree, or the equivalent combination of a bachelor's degree and three years of relevant work experience, in instructional design, instructional technology, curriculum and instruction, or other relevant discipline areas
* Teaching experience at the college or university level
* Experience in developing and delivering online courses and/or training
* Knowledge of instructional design theories and models, online pedagogy, and adult learning theories
* Demonstrated experience with Web and multimedia development using tools such as Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop, Premiere, and Captivate
* Demonstrated ability to manage instructional design projects, regularly collaborate with others in a team environment, and work independently on assigned duties with minimal supervision
* Experience with and working knowledge of learning management systems, such as Moodle, WebCT, and Blackboard
* Excellent organization and project management skills and the ability to meet project deadlines
* Outstanding verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

* Ph.D. or Ed.D. in a relevant discipline area
* 3-5 years of instructional design experience in the development of online courses and curricular in higher education settings
* Experience in developing instructional design procedures and frameworks for course and curriculum development as appropriate to project goals, timeline, and budget
* Experience in leading content writers and collaborating with subject matter experts to develop online courses or other distance learning products
* Experience in managing and supporting faculty's use of learning management systems, such as Moodle, Sakai, WebCT, and Blackboard
* Experience in developing faculty training materials, workshops, and programs
* Exceptional customer service in supporting faculty's integration of technology into their courses through individual consultation and/or group training
* Familiarity with assistive technologies, accessibility guidelines, and copyright laws
* Experience with educational applications of emerging technologies, such as videos, podcasts, Wikis, and blogs
* Publications and presentations in professional journals or conferences

To apply for this position, please email a resume, cover letter explaining relevant qualifications and experience, and the contact information of three references to dejobs@msmc.edu, or mail the documents to:

Dr. Feng Wang, Director of Distance Education
Attn: Instructional Design Coordinator Search
Mount Saint Mary College
330 Powell Avenue
Newburgh, NY 12550-3494

Review of applications begins immediately and continue until the position is filled. Inquiries about the position should be addressed to Dr. Feng Wang at dejobs@msmc.edu.

Salary commensurate with experience, plus a competitive benefits package, including medical and dental insurance, retirement plans, tuition waiver, flexible spending accounts, and paid vacation time.

Application Information

Postal Address: Dr. Feng Wang
Distant Learning
Mount Saint Mary College
330 Powell Ave.
Newburgh, NY 12550

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