11/14/95 RMIUG Meeting - Use the Internet to Find Information

Using the Internet in your Job Search

The Tuesday, November 14th meeting of the Rocky Mountain Internet Users Group (RMIUG) will feature a presentation on "Using the Internet in your Job Search"

We will have three panelists that will present their point of view how one can use the the Internet to land that elusive job! ;-) Each will share their personal story, and we will then have a question/answer session.

Tonda Franklin (franklin.t%emc2@ccsvm.stortek.com) has been in Human Resources over 20 years and has worked with electronics firms since the late 70's. She has consulted in Silicon Valley, worked for Motorola in Texas, and has spent the last six years with StorageTek in Colorado. She will shortly be moving on to Spectrum Human Resources Systems Corporation as the implementation project manager for their new client-server product line. She will be talking about changes in Recruiting Techniques in High-Tech Firms. This will include advertising, systems and tips.

Shayn Smith (Shayn.Smith@colorado.edu) is the Assistant Director of Career Planning and Systems Management at CU-Boulder, which means half of his job is "high-touch" and the other half is "high-tech" In addition, he is National Certified Counselor and a Certified Novell Administrator. He assists CU students and alumni plan and implement their careers. He will talk about the various phases of the Internet job search, resources, and share some success stories.

Dave Stover (djscompu@csn.net) and URL http://www2.csn.net/~djs has research and internet assignments with the Arapahoe Library District. He was alerted to an announcement on the Internet concerning his present assignment, applied for it and was accepted. His background includeds project management and consulting assignments in 30 major US companies recommending systems, methods, and procedure improvements. He has experienced the "you have to much gray hair, you are overqualified" feeling and suggests the Internet is the way to beat the odds in job searching.

The meeting is Tuesday, November 14th from 7:00 - 9:00 pm (with optional 6:30 pm start for informal networking and refreshments). The meeting will be held at the Department of Commerce (NIST) Building at 325 Broadway in Boulder, one traffic light South of Baseline. This facility holds 510 people. Park in the Dept. of Commerce lot, go in the main door (faces East), and find the main auditorium just to the right of the main entrance. The meeting is free and open to the public.

RMIUG appreciates the ongoing support from Internet One of Boulder for sponsoring refreshments and XOR Network Engineering for administration of RMIUG's electronic discussion lists & WWW site.

Consultants and companies are invited to bring Internet-related product information, brochures, and business cards which will be displayed on an information table.

There is an email mailing list set up for this group. General information can be obtained by sending an Email to rmiug@rmiug.org which will generate an auto-reply message that tells you about the lists and how to subscribe. You can also reach the RMIUG "Executive" Committee at rmiug-comm@rmiug.org. Our WWW site is at http://www.rmiug.org/