You are invited to attend the nine I.T. educational and I.T. industry networking events listed below.
If you need to hire IT Professionals or be hired, ask for Alex at these events, and email or call Alex at Alex@SherStaff.com & 305-458-5579. You are encouraged to join Alex's LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter pages.
•Interested in free software and support to grow your web development business?
•Who needs help getting your customers' websites to the top of the search rankings?
•Looking for tips and tricks to design and develop next generation web experiences?
•Looking to make your web development business more profitable?
•Looking to streamline the way you design, build and deploy websites?
If so, attend the Elite Web Optimization event today.
Microsoft & Applied Innovations Present: The Elite Web Optimization Event
Marriott Fort Lauderdale, 6650 N Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
December 8th, 2009 9:00AM-6:00PM
All attendees will receive vouchers for 2 months of free Managed Windows VPS Hosting where they'll be able to apply everything they learned at the Elite Web Optimization event! ($198 value)
In addition, All attendees will be entered into a drawing to win one of many great prizes including:
*12 Months of Managed Windows VPS Hosting
*An HP NetBook preloaded with Windows 7
*An Xbox360 Elite game console
*A ZuneHD
*An 8GB Zune
WebSphere Flexible Business Processes Briefing Coming To Doral
Join us on Tuesday, December 8th in Doral as IBM delivers its 2009 WebSphere Flexible Business Practices Briefing to the WebSphere Community. This free, technical briefing will show you first hand how IBM WebSphere solutions compare to those provided by competitors such as BEA, Oracle, Microsoft, and JBoss. See live product demonstrations including real world scenarios that demonstrate the value of the IBM WebSphere software for an overall smarter approach to SOA. IBM experts will explain how IBM can help integrate people, processes, application, and information to derive significant return on investments. Get the answers you need at this exciting all-day event. See you there!
When & How to Best Use a Recruiter in Your Job Search
Join me, Alex Funkhouser and my other panel of experts at this MUST ATTEND meeting this Wednesday, December 9th from 6pm to 8pm in Ft. Lauderdale.
Whether you are working somewhere and not getting paid what you feel you are worth or you are currently in-transition, using a recruiter as an additional tool in your search may be just the ticket to get you into that dream position. Attend this meeting and learn:
• Who is a good candidate for most recruiters?
• How should I contact a recruiter?
• How can I best get a recruiter to pitch me to employers?
• Are there things I should avoid when considering using a recruiter?
• Are there any costs involved?
• What is the success rate for recruiters in this economy?
• Meet and speak with recruiters who can help you
• And much more!
WHERE:
The Presentation Room at Emission Critical
1967 Tigertail Blvd., Dania, FL 33004
(General Area is just west of I-95 between Griffin & Stirling off Anglers Avenue. RSVP for directions and to save $5.)
HOW MUCH:
Only $10 with RSVP (to help cover costs), $15 Without. Pay at the door. Free Parking & Admission Includes Free Refreshments.
itSMF's Holiday Gala To Feature Best Practices This Holiday Season
Join us on Thursday, December 10th in Davie as itSMF's Holiday Gala helps us understand 'The Gift of Giving Best Practices'. Gift-giving should not be a seasonal thing, it should be a an attribute we practice year-round. In the world of IT and Service Management, the spirit of giving is best expressed when we strive to take IT and its operation the extra mile as well as when we predict and proactively provide for your customers' needs.
This holiday season, join the itSMF folks as we explore the gift of giving Best Practices and delve into your experiences in giving 'good' IT practices in your organizations, communicate other industry-wide known and proven best practices, and share our knowledge in a festive but structured social gathering. And, in the spirit of giving, join us and participate in our Toy Drive, benefiting Toys for Tots. Happy Holidays and we look forward to seeing you there.
Join us on Thursday, December 10th in Ft. Lauderdale as we celebrate the holidays with an international array of wines and appetizers. You'll receive a "sampling" card, valued at $40 that allows you to taste approximately 4-8 different wines. This is your chance to taste high-end or unusual varieties that you may not have experienced. There will be also be terrific holiday prizes from our sponsors.
Microsoft Office 2010 is ready - are you? (Or are you going to use Office 2003 until you are retired?)
The best productivity experience across the PC, phone and browser for what you depend on today and what you'll expect tomorrow.
Silverlight-Prism Users Group meeting by David Silverlight
Wednesday, January 20th, 4pm to 5pm at Carnival Cruise Lines in the Doral
Are you managing mission critical, enterprise applications written in Visual Basic 6.0 with COM+ ? Have you heard the calling? We need 21st century functionality from our 20th century technology - how do we do it?
While we're not talking about punch card upgrades or expanding Y2K fields, we are answering the current challenge with the Microsoft Prism framework. Come and learn how to leverage your technology assets to solve both today's challenge and prepare for tomorrow's challenges.
Fom more information, to RSVP, and to earn community credit, click:
On Thursday, January 21st, join Joe Healy of Microsoft for another dining and learning experience at the Sherlock Technology Offices in Miami Beach for the Azure South Florida Users Group. Windows® Azure is a cloud services operating system that serves as the development, service hosting and service management environment for the Windows Azure platform. Windows Azure provides developers with on-demand compute and storage to host, scale, and manage web applications on the internet through Microsoft® datacenters.
For links to more information on Azure the inaugural ASFUG meeting, go to:
5th Annual South Florida Code Camp Set For February
Join us on Saturday, February 27th at DeVry in Miramar for a FREE one day GEEK FEST held on Saturday February 27, 2010. This is the fifth year for South Florida Code Camp. The event will have speakers from the local community and beyond. Speakers will be presenting some of the most requested topics like ASP.NET AJAX, Visual Studio 2008, MVC Framework, Silverlight, Windows Presentation Foundation, Sharepoint 2007 and SQL Server 2005. This event is like Tech-Ed for Free but it's community driven by a group of dedicated volunteers and speakers. Breakfast and lunch is included!
Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities available: Meet over 700 South Florida .NET Professionals, all at once.
In the Spotlight
Community Credit
The Telekinetic Obstacle Course Winner:Brendan Enrick29,500 Points
How agile is your mind?
This is the game that uses your focused brain waves to maneuver a ball through an obstacle course. A headband and two earlobe clips measure theta wave activity produced by your brain (similar to EEG monitoring technology used by medical professionals). As you relax and concentrate, the headband sends a wireless signal (based on your mental commands) to the game's air fan, which increases or decreases its speed, suspending or lowering a foam ball; a knob enables you to turn the gameboard in order to move the ball through one of eight obstacles, including hoops, teeter-totters, baskets, or chutes.
Spherion Corps.' (NYSE: SFN) employee confidence index rose 0.7 points to 49.1 in November from the previous month with a jump in the number of workers saying they are likely to search for a new job in the next year.
Thirty-seven percent of workers in November said they would likely seek a new job in the next 12 months, up from 32% in October, according to the index's survey. The jump of five percentage points is the largest increase in almost two years. In addition, the number of workers confident in their ability to find a new job rose by one percentage point to 39% in November. And the number of workers saying there were fewer jobs available declined two percentage points in November to 68%. Twenty-three percent of workers said they believe the economy is getting stronger -- unchanged from October. The index's survey questioned 2,766 employed adults in the U.S.
U.S. adds 52,400 temp jobs in November
U.S. temporary help payrolls rose by 52,400 jobs in November from October, continuing an upward trend that began in August, according to seasonally adjusted preliminary numbers released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Also, the bureau revised up the number of temporary jobs gained in October to 44,100 from an earlier estimate of 33,700. Overall, the U.S. added 116,900 temporary jobs starting in August. In comparison, the U.S. lost an average of 44,000 temp jobs per month between January 2008 and July 2009.
The temporary help penetration rate rose to 1.42% in November from 1.38% in October.
The employment services industry as a whole added 61,100 jobs in November after adding 42,700 jobs in October and 30,300 jobs in September. Total U.S. nonfarm payrolls were nearly flat, falling by only 11,000 jobs to approximately 131.0 million. The Associated Press reported economists were forecasting a loss of 130,000 jobs; and Wanted Technologies had forecast a decline of 155,000 jobs.
U.S. payrolls had fallen by an average of 135,000 jobs a month for the past three months. The U.S. unemployment rate for November fell to 10.0% from 10.2% in October. Manufacturing employment fell by 41,000 jobs in November; the average decline for the past five months was 46,000. Healthcare added 21,000 jobs in November. This category has added 613,000 jobs since the recession began in December 2007. Construction employment fell by 27,000 jobs in November. However, it had averaged a loss of 63,000 jobs per month from May through October.
Source: Staffing Industry Analysts
Our Sponsors & Friends
Mr. Brian Panfil, PMP
Expert Project Manager in Software, Systems and Infrastructure, over 15 years of successful experience serving multiple Fortune 500 clients, delivering results with a smile.
and reference Sherlock Technology as your Network Partner. You may call Alex Funkhouser for more details 305-458-5579
Newsletter Subscriptions
You receive this invitation as a friend of the South Florida Association of Internet Professionals, Sherlock Technology Recruiting, and Computer Careers Staffing, Inc. Please use the options at the bottom of the page if you'd like to opt-out on future invitations, or call Alex Funkhouser 305-458-5579 or email alex@sherstaff.com We care about your
preferences!
We recorded the first episode of the new season at the .NET Gold Coast Users Group holiday party meeting - 12 fantastic speakers brining you the latest technology you need to know! We'll post the program as soon as we're done editing.
