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You are invited to attend the following ten 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.
 
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I.T. Educational & Social Events
 
 
 
   




Lunch And Learn Event Comes To Terremark
 
     Join us on Thursday, January 28th at the Terremark offices in Miami as Mark Wyllie from Flagship and his team share solutions and best practices to let you take advantage of the speed, flexibility, scalability, and cost effectiveness of cloud services without investing in new infrastructure, systems, or training new personnel.  "Migrating to the Clouds" is just the latest in a great Lunch and Learn series put together by Terremark.  
 
For more information and to register, click:
http://www.sherstaff.com/EventDetails.aspx?EventID=735

 
   
 
   
 
 


SFTA Presents The 2010 State Of The Technology Industry Report
 
     Join us on Thursday, January 28th in Ft. Lauderdale as Akshay Sharma, leader of the Research Agenda for Converged Infrastructure Worldwide discusses mobile infrastructure (radio and core), mobile broadband, cloud-based Telco 2.0 initiatives, WiMAX/Wi-Fi, PacketCable, VoIP, IMS, FMC, and trends in core network distributed softswitch architectures.  Ultimate Software's Bill Hicks and St. Thomas University's Jim Bussey will lead the panel.
 
For more information and to register, click:
 
   
 
 
 
   
 


 Brian Knight Comes To Miramar SQL Users Group
 
     Join us on Thursday, January 28th in Miramar as the Miramar SQL Users Group kick off the new year with Brian Knight discussing data warehousing.  And if that isn't enough, get there early for pizza and schmoozing at 6pm. 
 
For more information and to register, click:

 
 
 
 
   
 



 Max Trinidad to Kick off 2010 with FPSUG 
 
     Join us on Thursday, January 28th in Plantation as Microsoft MVP Max Trinidad begins the new year Working With PowerShell Profiles.  There will be lots of giveaways, discussions (about more than just Profiles), and much, much more.   
 
For more information and to register, click:
 
 
 
 
 
   
 

 
 Tech Talk Tackles Azure, Agile, & Open Space
 
     Join us on Wednesday, February 3rd in Cooper City as Herve Roggero, Managin Partner, Pyn Logic and  Steven Gara, President, SG Biz Services discuss SQL Azure, Agile Business Analysis, and Open Space.  Great topics, networking, food, and raffle prizes make this an event you don't want to miss!

 For more information and to register, click:

 
 
 
 
   
 

 
Johnny Martinez Jr. Kicks Off PMI 2010 Dinner Meetings

     Join us on Thursday, February 4th in Doral as the South Florida Chapter of PMI kicks off the new year with their first dinner meeting of 2010.  Johnny Martinez, Jr., Director of Miami-Dade's Office of Capital Improvements (OCI), will provide us with an overview on project management approaches and trends along with insights into working in the public sector.  Mr. Martinez will discuss project management approaches, lessons learned, tools, techniques and practices, and commentary on the public sector industry and methods.  This is not an event to miss!
 
For more information and to register, click:

 
 
 
 
   
 

 
LaBrosse To Speak At Networking Event

     Join us on Thursday, February 11th in Coral Springs for a Cheetah Guided Networking Event you don't want to miss.  Michelle LaBrosse, PMP, founder of Cheetah Learning and one of PMI's 25 Most Influential Women In Project Management In The World lends her expertise to two of the three sessions and will show us how to make more money in today's economy and will also show us how to create more opportunities, faster!  An opportunity like this one doesn't come around often so don't miss this one!

For more information and to register, click:
http://www.sherstaff.com/EventDetails.aspx?EventID=708
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 

David Cobb To Discuss Sharepoint 2010 Business Intelligence Tools With GCUG
 
     Join us on Thursday, February 11th in Boca as David Cobb, MCT & MCTIP, shows us the Business Intelligence Center site template and new features in Sharepoint 2010.  The Business Intelligence Center site template is the starting point dashboard of the new Sharepoint 2010 capability for putting BI into the hands of the decision maker.  Don't forget to get your hands on a few raffle tickets when you first arrive...

For more information and to register, click:
 
 
 
 
   
 

  
 
HDI South Florida Chapter Winter Event
 
     Join us on Thursday, February 11th in Doral for the South Florida Chapter of HDI's Winter Event.  Featured speakers include Eddie Vidal, HDI South Florida President, and Tim Dewey, CEO of B Virtual, Inc.  Eddie will discuss "Call Effectiveness Monitoring...Scoring For Success" and Tim will discuss "Making the Case for the Virtual Support Center".  The event is free and refreshments and networking is provided.  Come kick off the new decade of Service Management Excellence with your peers in the HDI South Florida Chapter.
 
For more information and to register, click:  
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 

5th Annual South Florida Code Camp Next Month
 
     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!

For more information and to register, click:
 
Last call for Corporate Sponsorships:  Meet over 700 South Florida .NET Professionals, all in one place.
 
 

 
In the Spotlight
     
 
 
Community Credit
8th Prize: Desktop Swing Ball
 
 
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Slap it, smack it, spin that ball around and around the centre pole! Swing ball is like tetherball (but smaller). Sturdy plastic base has suction cups to mount it to your desk or table. Players hit the ball with paddles and try to move the ball to the top or bottom of the spiral. Challenge your co-workers today!    
 
Desktop Swing Ball Winner:
Brian Schroer  4,000 Points
  
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The Business Counselor
 
 
We discuss the current status and developing trends in the professional employment market in South Florida and beyond.
 
 
 


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Carpe diem.... >««(o>... Building .NET developer communities in Florida

 

by Joe Healy of Microsoft
  
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Groundhog Job Shadow Day
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
 
 
Job Shadowing is a nationwide effort where hundreds of thousands of workplaces welcome millions of student shadows through their doors.  Job Shadowing is an academically motivating educational activity dedicated to giving kids an up-close look at the world of work. 
 
Contact:  Rebecca Ann Fields annfields@dadeschools.net  or  Alina Puentes APuentes@dadeschools.net, Phone: 305-995-1922
 
Would you like to host I.T. interns in your company?  Please see:
or contact Alex Funkhouser
 
 
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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. 
 
Stay tuned!
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
The South Florida I.T. Job Market is looking better now than it has in over a year
Click on the Position Titles for more details or enter the Job# through the Job Opportunities link at  www.SherStaff.com
Job #              Position Title
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VoIP Consultant
1,014 Business Intelligence Analyst-Report Writer
1,013 Senior .NET Web Application Developer (C#)
1,012 Help Desk-Systems Administrator
1,011 Data Modeler/Sr. Cognos Report Writer
1,007 SQL DBA-OLAP Administrator
1,006 VB.Net Developer
1,004 IT Director
1,002 Cerner System Analyst--Associate
1,001 Cerner Systems Analyst
1,000 Reporting Specialist-Co-ordinator
873 SQL Server Developer/DBA
872 SQL Data Analytics Manager
870 Port a .Net SDK to JavaSE
869 Senior C# Win/Web Developer
867 UI Developer
864 Sr MicroStrategy BI/DW Analyst
859 DW Architect with BI Developer Skills
858 Data Center Engineer
857 SQL Developer-DTS
854 Visual Basic-Web Developer
851 Project Manager--PMP
850 Sr C#.net Engineer
849 Senior SQL Server DBA
838 CIO
817 Siemens Invision Analyst
793 Director of Application Development
792 Asterisk Administrator
700 Mid & SR Level C# .NET Programmer
572 Office Administrator/Junior Recruiter
482 Jr Systems Admin-
291 Account Developers & IT Recruiters
 
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