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- Meeting Reminder: TBCNJ - April 9, 2011 - A play - Eating the Bear: From: Brian Mecca
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- LEAD: Business Analyst -- Contract with Major Financial Firm in NYC From: Ann Bergquist
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- LEAD: Research/Reporting BA/PM in NYC From: Ann Bergquist
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Meeting Reminder: TBCNJ - April 9, 2011 - A play - Eating the Bear:
Posted by: "Brian Mecca" Brian.Mecca@yahoo.com bd_mecca
Fri Apr 8, 2011 6:39 am (PDT)
[Attachment(s) from Brian Mecca included below]
Reminder: The Breakfast Club NJ Presents:
Welcome to spring and hoping that all of the snow is behind us. Mark your
calendars now – A slight departure from the normal speaker format for the next
meeting of The Breakfast Club NJ on Saturday April 9, 2011.
This Month's Topic: a Play - Eating the Bear: Snapshots of the New Normal" by
Karen Carson
Description of Play:
"Eating the Bear: Snapshots of the New Normal" is an evolving collection of
monologues of several characters from different backgrounds who have been laid
off or downsized from their jobs. The idea for the piece, currently presented as
a reading, grew out of the playwright's daily real-life observations.
In the play, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist interviews a former Human
Resources manager, Research & Development director, hotel supervisor,
bartender/college student, and supermarket clerk on how they cope with the
uncertainties and challenges of being unemployed.
About the Playwright:
KAREN CARSON
Biography
Since bringing down the house at age 15 as Melba in the opening song of the
musical The Me Nobody Knows (Plays-in-the-Park, Edison, NJ), KAREN CARSON has
performed in and directed plays as diverse as A View from the Bridge, To Be
Young, Gifted and Black, Waiting for Godot, Feiffer's People, and Carmen's
Community (an adaptation of the opera Carmen).
Karen received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Emerson College in Boston ,
MA and a Master of Arts in Human Services Administration from Rider University .
She studied at HB (Herbert Berghoff) Studios in Manhattan under the late film
actor and master teacher, William Hickey.
An actress, singer, director, and producer, and playwright, Karen wrote "Eating
the Bear: Snapshots of the New Normal" to spark discussion about how we cope
with downsizing and job loss. This collection of monologues is evolving with
each reading and will be expanded into a full production in the future. Each
reading is followed by a discussion on the topic, giving the audience an
opportunity to share their own experiences with job loss.
Readingsof the play have been well received at Classic Used & Rare Books in
Trenton , Trenton Public Library and at Lawrence Community Center .
Go to www.princetoninfo.comto read an interview with Karen about the play for
US1 newspaper. (February 9, 2011, "For the Unemployed, the Play's the Thing" by
Scott Morgan)
Karen is also the Volunteer Coordinator for the New Jersey State Library Talking
Book & Braille Center and the Broadcast Coordinator for its Audiovision news
reading service for people with print disabilities. News articles and features
are recorded in an on-site recording studio.
Karen is also host of "The Get Together", the library's book club for people
with print disabilities.
Go to http://www.audiovision-nj.org/ listen to the currentasx/bookclub. asxto
book club recording.
Individuals interested in reading for a role in the play or who would like the
playwright to bring a reading to a bookstore, church, library, college,
professional meeting or other venue may email Karen at
karencarson21@hotmail.com .
Networking begins at 7:30 am, meeting starts promptly at 8:00 am.
Be sure to tell your friends and bring them along. Be a part of our growing
network of Job Seekers, Hiring Managers, Recruiters, Career Coaches, and people
who want to be able to help themselves and each other.
Event Location:
DaysHotel Conference Center
195 Rt. 18 South, East Brunswick , NJ 08816
732-828-6900
Information on The Breakfast Club NJ : (www.thebreakfastclubnj.com)
There is information below on the location, other information, etc. There is a
meeting fee of $10 to help us cover the cost of the hotel conference room for
the meeting.
Go to http://www.thebreakfastclubnj. for more information and how to join thecom
Yahoo group. You can join the yahoo group at anytime; you do not need to have
attended a meeting. You can also attend meetings at anytime without having
joined the yahoo group.
If you have any questions, please let me know (brian.mecca@yahoo.com ) or send an
email to Info@thebreakfastclubnj.com
We look forward to seeing everyone let's make this a great meeting for our
members that are in transition and welcome those that have landed
Meeting Format:
7:30 to 8:00 - Open Networking
8:00 to 8:15 - Welcome and housekeeping
8:15 to 9:30 – Presentation by the guest speaker
9:30 to 11:00 - Elevator Pitch - 30 Seconds about yourself, who you are, what
you are looking for, target companies (3-4), how we can help you, how you can
help others.
11:00 until you choose to leave - Open Networking, follow up with people you
are interested in meeting following their elevator pitch, exchange business
cards, peruse the library, arrange follow up meetings, etc.
1 - Make sure you come with the 30 second elevator pitch - honed - including
your targeted companies, your value proposition, etc.
2 - If you are not already a member of our linked in and Facebook groups please
join
3 - Once linked to our groups - link to each other - a strong network is a vital
component to a successful job search
4 - If you are a member and new to transition send a brief message to the group
(from the email you joined the breakfast club from)
thebreakfastclubnj@yahoogroups. introducing yourself - and what companiescom
you are targeting - we have 2500+ members that will respond with help where they
can
Brian Mecca
The Breakfast Club NJ
Director Member Services
Senior Manager, Infrastructure and Technology
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianmec ca/
Keep the faith, keep networking, never give up, never say die.
That position you are looking for may be just around the corner, but you have to
go look for it, it is not going to come to you.Attachment(s) from Brian Mecca
1 of 1 File(s)
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LEAD: Business Analyst -- Contract with Major Financial Firm in NYC
Posted by: "Ann Bergquist" annber55@yahoo.com annber55
Fri Apr 8, 2011 11:28 am (PDT)
Please contact the recruiter directly.
Ann Bergquist
http://www.linkedin.com/in/annbergq uist
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 14:08:24 -0400
From: jobied@diversant.com
To: annber@hotmail.com
Subject: Business Analyst -- Contract with Major Financial Firm in NYC
04/08/11 2:02 PM
Greetings,
My name is Jason Obiedzinski and I'm a Recruiter at Diversant LLC. You've received this email because the skills in your resume matched our search criteria for a Business Analyst in our database. It is possible that you may not be best suited for this particular position, but we have multiple positions available in all areas and levels of IT where you may be interested and better suited.
Please respond if you are qualified, available, interested, planning to make a change, or know of a friend who might have the required qualifications and interest in working with us as we have an excellent referral program.
Below is the job description to which I am referring for a current job opening located in NEW YORK, NEW YORK.
Description:
An opportunity exists for a dynamic, quick learning individual with solid analytical and communications skills to analyze business requirements for mission critical projects in support of the Bank's diverse business needs.
Area Overview
The Program Management Office (PMO) is the Technology Services Group's (TSG) primary customer facing organization. It is made up of five groups including Project Management. The Project Management group provides a single point of focus for the management of development and technology projects. The group is accountable for all aspects of projects across all phases, through implementation, as well as across all parties contributing to projects. PMO has formed a centralized team of business technology analysts. The projects to which the selected candidate will be assigned will be based on the candidate's business analysis experience and businesses previously supported.
The PMO is seeking candidates for Business Technology Analyst for projects within its Fedwire and Markets portfolios. These projects are to enhance critical applications for the settlement of wholesale banking payments as well as supporting the analysis of such data. The candidates must be able to work closely with developers to understand the current applications and system interfaces to ensure business designs satisfy the business needs. Software development background is preferred.
The Business Analyst works closely with the various teams on application projects from inception to completion. It is the Business Analyst's responsibility to understand, document, and track the business needs and requirements throughout the project life-cycle.
The Business Analyst will facilitate and participate in internal work sessions as well as JAD sessions with stakeholder to elicit and analyze requirements, create functional specifications, wired frames, user scenarios, process flow diagrams and other business design artifacts based on internal process. The Business Analyst must have a strong understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and foster communication between technical and non-technical audiences ensuring technology solutions fulfill the business needs.
Job Responsibilities
• Work with stakeholders to help them understand their requirements within the scope of a project. Elicit requirements, brainstorm business process enhancements, analyze existing business documentation, observe existing business operations, and facilitate focus groups.
• Develop business design documents, models, and diagrams for verification by stakeholders including business users, developers, and testers. The business design includes functional designs to describe how users will interface with a system and non-functional requirements such as response time, contingency, and throughput requirements. Document the business design in a testable and unambiguous form by working closely with the developers and testers.
• Analyze requirements to identify additional requirements that can be derived from what the users specified. Identify and resolve inconsistencies in requirements and business designs.
• Communicate requirements and business designs, resolve conflicts, facilitate requirements prioritization, and gain formal approval.
• Maintain traceability between business design and requirements. Identify, track, and resolve defects in requirements and business designs.
• Perform analysis on change requests to help determine their impact on the project.
• Act as primary requirements go-to person during the designing, development and system testing of projects
• Review system test plans and test cases to verify that they thoroughly and accurately test the system.
• Provides direction and mentoring to other business analysts or project analysts in performing activities for business analysis and design.
• May assist in developing GUI standards or business analysis processes.
Job Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in business or IT related field.
• Typically at least 7 or more years of experience in business analysis
• Working knowledge of applications for the settlement of banking payments or funds transfers is preferred
• Software development background is preferred
• Excellent listening and observation skills
• Excellent interviewing and questioning skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong ability to facilitate meetings
• Flawless writing skills
• Modeling skills; ability to define processes and workflows
• Ability to teach and present material
• Strong business knowledge
• Good planning and organizational skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Quick in learning and adapting to new projects with minimal supervision
• Creativity
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Proficient in Visio
• Working knowledge of screen mockup or wire frame
• Experience using SharePoint is a plus
**GREENCARD AND U.S. CITIZENS ONLY**
Thank you.
Note: Please allow me to reiterate that I chose to contact you either because your resume had been posted to one of the internet job sites to which we subscribe, or you had previously submitted your resume to Diversant. I assumed that you are either looking for a new employment opportunity, or you are interested in investigating the current job market.
If you are not currently seeking employment, or if you would prefer I contact you at some later date, please indicate your date of availability so that I may honor your request. In any event, I respectfully recommend you continue to avail yourself to the employment options and job market information we provide with our e-mail notices.
**PLEASE RESPOND WITH YOUR MOST UPDATED RESUME IN A WORD DOCUMENT**
Thanks again.
Jason Obiedzinski
Diversant.
jobied@diversant.com
www.diversant.com
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LEAD: Research/Reporting BA/PM in NYC
Posted by: "Ann Bergquist" annber55@yahoo.com annber55
Fri Apr 8, 2011 11:31 am (PDT)
Please contact the recruiter (I have never worked with this company) directly.
From Ann Bergquist
http://www.linkedin.com/in/annbergq uist
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 11:42:45 -0400
From: drew.donato@advantageresourc ing.com
To: annber@hotmail.com
Subject: Research/Reporting BA/PM in NYC
04/08/11 11:30 AM
Dear Ann,
I came across your resume on one of the job boards. I am currently recruiting for a project manager/business analystfor a 6 month contract position in NYC. The target pay rate for the IDEAL candidate is $575/professional day. I have included a job description below. If you feel you are a fit for this position, please reply to this email with the latest MS Word version of your resume. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Brokerage is seeking an experienced Project Manager / Business Analyst to lead the implementation of critical technology initiatives for the Research division. This position will be part of the Technology Management team focusing on projects related to Research content creation, approval, distribution, and regulatory rules. This role requires a candidate with a background in investment Research and/or publishing and content management systems. The successful candidate will provide end-to-end project management from requirements gathering and analysis, through implementation, and post implementation support. The candidate will also be responsible for defining business requirements, interacting with Analyst teams, clients, developers, and Research Management.
Please consider the following points:
Research experience is most important. We will accept If media/publishing industry working on publishing systems in lieu of someone without direct Research experience.
This position requires a blend of business analysis and project management
The main focus of this position is the publishing and distribution of research reports
Sincerely,
Drew Donato
Advantage Technical Resourcing
(212) 269-1140 Ext.1509
drew.donato@advantageresourc ing.com
Visit us at www.hirethinking.com
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