Copy by Michael: Jobs & Skills

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

This job was posted yesterday:

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking to add a new, Part-time Website Content, Account Manager to our team who will be responsible for managing multiple websites and client requests simultaneously. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who possesses strong client and team management skills, and a proven track record of success. The Account Manager will be responsible for managing incoming client requests and implementing said requests on respective web properties. The ideal candidate will be someone who has experience in working with various CMS systems such as Shopify and Wordpress. Work with clients to ensure requests are handled in a timely manner. Work with owner to familiarize with client needs and requests. Responsible for impleneting all clinent requests on and off site.

QUALIFICATIONS

1 + years of Wordpress & Shopify knowledge.

Experience in working with A-list tech companies is an asset.

Knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud products a plus (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign)

Knowledge HTML, CSS, & Liquid a plus

Strong English written and verbal communication skills

Experienced in working with Google Suite products (Mail, Calendar, Drive,

Sheets, Slides, etc.) and Microsoft Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint)

Ability to work in a fast paced environment

High level of attention to detail

Drivers license and access to a vehicle is an asset

Monday, December 18, 2017

Test Prep for LA County jobs.

Applications must be filed online only. Applications submitted by USPS mail, Fax, or in person will not be accepted. We must receive your application and additional documents, if any, by 5:00 pm , PST, by the last day of filing. Filing will be suspended by the last day of filing at 5:00 pm. Applications must be filed online at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/lacounty.

If you are unable to attach required documents, you may email them to gtung @hr.lacounty.gov. Please ensure to reference your full name, the examination title and number on the subject of your email.

Monday, April 10, 2017

Companies in healthcare, retail, finance, and more are all clamoring for new talent who have the technical prowess to compile and analyze data, visualize results, and pull it all together into powerful, actionable, business predictions.

Turn one of the industry’s many opportunities into your own. In our intensive full-time Data Science Immersive course, you’ll master tools and techniques to break into the field and begin a new career as:

A data scientist, forecasting future business challenges and opportunities using big data and big-picture trends;

A data analyst, diving into data stores to pinpoint patterns and drive business strategies;

A business intelligence analyst, constructing in-house data warehouses for organizations, and positioning raw information into market context

How will you do it?

Stop by our info session on Wednesday, April 19 at 7:00 PM to see if the course is right for you.

Explore the 5 skills and tools every data scientist must master.

Learn how, according to GA's 2014-2015 Outcomes Report, 99% of GA graduates who participated in our Career Services program got a job in field of study within 180 days of starting their job search.

Request a syllabus to learn more about the 12-week course.

MUST-HAVE ENTRY-LEVEL SKILLS

Not many but they are crucial.

1. Analytics.

2. Learn quickly.

3. HTML/CSS

4. Photoshop

5. Social Media

6. Customer Service

7. Organizational Skills

8. Collaboration [this one can be tough, given the individual's talent.]

9. Prior Experience

10. MicroSoft Office.

PAY RANGES

Pay is an important motivator for many. Money buys lifestyle. Your wife wants lifestyle. You want to keep your wife, have a family, build a future. So pay attention to pay. To that end, here are some pay ranges for a few tech positions. So if you're not sure what to study, reviewing pay ranges might help you decide.

According to Dice’s latest Salary Survey (PDF), tech professionals who specialize in the cloud can pull down considerable salaries—especially if they’re well-versed in particular disciplines such as SAP HANA or PaaS.

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

We all need to have our skills measured, assessed or corroborated by a 3rd party for them to have any value. Learning a skill and keeping it all to ourselves renders our skills valueless. To that end, check out this list of Microsoft Office Skills Checklist. It is helpful. It is a start. A checklist of skills is still just a list. If you're looking for certification, check out this page. There you will find levels of certification. That's good to know where you rank against your competition. Again, this is for Microsoft's Office, which includes Word,Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, One Note, Access, Project, Publisher, Visio, Sway.

This page might help.

This product support page looks very helpful.

Thursday, October 6, 2016

1. PowerPoint Freelancer. Their main interests is designing infographics. The position also calls for design in Word. But what are the design options in Word? Tables? I got that. Have done that. I could use a refresher simply by completing.

Here is another . . .

2. Furniture company looking for an online salesman. Know the furniture styles across the states. This showed up on Thursday, October 6, 2016.

I need some one with a lot of experience,In selling on the internet. I have a small furniture company and I need some one that has a understanding , of on line sales knows how to sell , and post .......they must have done this enough that it is second nature . the kind of person that when I say I need ads In Texas, New Jersey and new Mexico,They will know exactly what I am talking about. Nothing more, than lots of selling on the Internet , Some Seo Experience and a creative mind necessary.Job can be perminate

COMPANIES OFFERING JOBS
1. Amtrak.
2. Frito-Lay.
3. Budweiser.
4. Fed-Ex.
5. Lowe's.
6. Jet Blue or some other airline.
7.
8.

Tuesday, October 4, 2016
On driving for Uber, you do have options on leasing a car. Those options are here:

VEHICLE DISCOUNT FINANCINGApply your discount code from the Vehicle Solutions section of your Partner Dashboard. Contact Uber-approved dealerships in your area to select a vehicle.

FLEXIBLE XCHANGE LEASINGContact an Uber-approved lender. The lender will determine how you can finance a car. If you’re approved, our lender will connect you with a local dealership.

VEHICLE RENTALYou can contact an approved rental agency to arrange a weekly rental of a vehicle.

What I need to do is price this out. Okay, a guy, one Harry Campbell has assembled a list of prices on leasing for Uber and Lyft.

Uber’s Xchange Leasing costs around $120-$180/week, and unlike a regular lease, it includes unlimited mileage and free maintenance.

This is good to know, but where's the phone number for me to confirm or corroborate this?

Okay, so some good accounting here. There are expenses I will incur on this service:

1. Rideshare insurance. How much is that? Won't know until you pick a car. Here are some general prices: Geico is $150/year; Erie Insurance, between $9 to $15/month; Allstate is $15 to $20/year (that's quite a difference from Geico; Geico must be a premium insurance); USAA is $6 to $8/month; MetLife, State Farm, & Progressive all depend on miles.

2. Enterprise Rental Car looks like a key player in this leasing program. Pricing does seem too cheap: $215 per week, plus taxes & fees. Plus, a $250 refundable deposit on the vehicle. Unlimited mileage. Hertz is a second reliable option. Hertz & Enterprise require no credit check and they include insurance.

3. Uber does offer discounts on certain vehicles.

Apparently, by just going to the page, you automatically apply for creditworthiness. "Your application is being processed. We will contact you shortly." Would be nice if I had timeless proof of this, rather than their ephemeral page that will not refresh if I open this.

After driver-partner has passed a screening process, he can consent to the Vehicle Solutions program at driver-partners.uber.com/financing_dash.

Your next step depends on the type of program they select:

- Vehicle Discount: get your discount code from the Vehicle Solutions section of your Partner Dashboard. Contact an Uber-approved dealership in your area to select a vehicle.

- Flexible Lease: Contact an Uber-approved lender. The Lender will decide whether or not to finance a car for you. If approved, the lender will instruct you on which dealership(s) you should contact.

- Weekly Rental: You can contact an approved rental agency.

UBER Help. Use this.

Monday, October 3, 2016
Some jobs to consider:
1. Outside Sales Rep, Torrance. To set up an interview, call James 310-651-1797 or Mark 310-480-1377.
2. Answering sales calls. 626-581-1048. ENERGETIC PEOPLE TO HANDLE INCOMING SALES CALLS AND SIGN UP NEW CLIENTS. OFFICE POSITION. FULL TIME ONLY. $600-$800 WEEK . HIGH COMMISSIONS PLUS DAILY CASH BONUSES NO COLD CALLING NO EXPERIENCE WILL TRAIN BILINGUAL A PLUS GREAT OPPORTUNITY!!!
3. Job Fair in Manhattan Beach on Wednesday, October 5th, 2016.
4. This would be a start: Route Driver pays $600 to $1200/week. What makes up the difference? I emailed my cover letter with a brief description on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016 @ 5:25pm.
5.

Friday, September 30, 2016
You should be looking for work constantly at gig sites, like Freelancer, Upwork, Fiverr, and others. Put in bids. Bid low. Get the experience. Get paid. This might be just the place for email marketing campaigns. On email marketing campaign, be sure to check these sites out here, here, and here.

Thursday, August 25, 2016
Aspects of email campaigns:
1. Design.
2. Generate new customers.
3. Activate old ones.
4. Sell discounted items.
5. Increase sign-ups for membership, conferences, discounts, etc.
6. Most important metric in email marketing: delivery rate (% of people who actually received your email.
7. Open rate.
8. Click rate on email itself and offers inside email.
9. Create successful email marketing campaigns.
10. 101 Best email subject lines of 2015.
11. 15 Tips for Writing Internet Direct Mail that works, Bob Bly. This is a great article and a quick read.
12. Sales benefits of Opt-in forms.
13. Email marketing Headline Tricks.
14. Bob Bly on email.
15. Use email to get clients, AWAI.
16. "What Works Best in Email Marketing: Long or Short Copy," Bob Bly.

Third, and most important, we need to remember that the copy for email marketing campaigns is not wholly contained within the email itself. It is really in two parts.

The first half of the message is in the actual email. The email contains a link to a page on a website or server. When you click on that link, you jump to the page, where the remainder of the message is presented, along with the onilne order mechanism.

In a traditional direct mail package, the message is unevenly split. Consistently, 98% of the copy is in the letter and brochure, with the remaining 2% on the order form. In email marketing campaigns, the division is less balanced and more varied.

From Quora on September 21, 2016, Tracy Sestili wrote:

(I am blown away by the specificity of the answers at Quora.)

They know what DKIM and SPF [Sender Policy Framework] are
When they track email metrics, they look at other things beyond open & click rates (like deliverability, bounce rates, throttles, etc.)
They’ve used Marketo, HubSpot, Eloqua [owned by Oracle], Pardot [B2B SalesForce] or the like and not just a front-end like MailChimp, Vertical Response or ConstantContact
They have experience with drip campaigns, know what they are and have set them up (such as nurture, onboarding series [and here], welcome etc)
They know what a “wait step” is in a drip campaign and why it’s sometimes necessary
They know that segmentation [this might be better] is used primarily to promote dynamic content
They know how to read an email header
They know that you shouldn’t use URL shortners in emails otherwise they get flagged as spam
They’re familiar with CAN-SPAM and CASL laws (Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation)
They understand the difference between triggered email and promotional email and know how to use each of them effectively

Not sure if that’s what you were looking for, but hopefully it helps.

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They can write well.
They are always learning.
They are interested in data and can run a spreadsheet like a wizard.
They love to test things
They understand human motivations and psychology and are curious as hell.
They think strategically.
They think creatively
They follow rules and break them when appropriate and when they see a calculated opportunity.
They follow trends but are more interested in creating them.
And they are generally insane.

In in terms of concrete skills …

You can be platform agnostic but for the money it's handy to be able to run higher end platforms from hubspot, salesforce, Pardot, Infusionsoft ETC

You should be able to write and deploy a landing page using a product like leadpages

Know the fundamentals in design and strategy around a checkout page.

Understanding technical integrations between platforms is useful.

Understand email marketing legislation in major markets such as CANSPAM in the US.

Knowledge of CSS and HTML is always a bonus.

Understanding how to write good sales copy

And there probably a million more small things but if you have these basics down you are in your way

Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Look for work here daily: Craigslist Computer Gigs.

There are several ways to track your job interest/searches.
One, create Craigslist Alerts.
Two, follow your interests at Quora.
Three, create Google Alerts to follow trends in your pursuit.

Saturday, September 17, 2016
I found TopTal or (Top Talent). Here is an article on the founders at Business Insider.

Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Look at the number of years one need to be considered a "Junior Designer."

Junior Designer, SorrellDesign (Washington, D.C. Metro Area)
“Sorrell Design is looking for a Junior Designer who would like to take the next steps in furthering their career. Candidate is someone who has 1-3 years of experience in the architecture and design industry, and would like to grow in all aspects of design. This is truly a unique opportunity to work closely with senior staff in a collaborative manner on a variety of projects and project types. They will also be an active team member, gaining exposure and experience throughout all project phases.”

Tuesday, August 30, 2016
1. Here is a Sales & Operations Management Training position with Penske in La Mirada. Might be worth checking out. Find out who to contact.

2. Here is a Web Developer/Designer position out of Norwalk. This position requires experience with Oracle Apex. APEX stands for Application Express. That's it. Experience and knowledge of working with an ITD, Application Development and or an Information Development Team (?) is required. The company offering the job is SuperTech. Here are their stated requirements:

a. Must have a BS degree in one of the following majors: i) Computer Science, ii) Information Technology, Information Systems, iii) Computer Engineering, iv) Software Engineering, v) Applied Computer Sciences or Informatics. Provide diploma with resume.

b. 5 years experience within the last 7 years with designing, developing, and implementing custom workflow applications including all aspects of the software development lifecycle: requirements definition, specifications, design, development, integration testing, documentation, user training, implementation, and maintenance.

c. 3 years of experience within the last 5 years in developing web-based applications using Oracle APEX, JavaScript, Oracle application/database architecture and PL/SQL.

d. 3 years experience within the last 5 years with developing self-service applications utilizing BPEL within the Oracle SOA Suite framework.

e. 4 years experience within the last 5 years with developing and implementing enterprise workflow web-based applications using SQL, PL/SQL, HTML, Java Script, CSS, AJAX, and XML.

3. Technijian from Irvine is advertising for an Entry Level ASP.Net Web Developer. What is that exactly?

ASP.NET is an open-source server-side web application framework designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. It was developed by Microsoft to allow programmers to build dynamic sites, web applications and web services.

Okay, I just downloaded the program ASP.NET, so it is on my computer. Here are some tutorials: W3Schools, YouTube, from MicroSoft itself @ ASP.NET, and Lynda.com has it all.

This next tutorial sounds much better. One, it's delivered by a guy spoken with an American English accent, so that helps. Two, he outlines some prerequisites at the very beginning. Three, it sounds like the video was part of the Lynda.com curriculum. So there's that.

So now you know what ASP.NET is and you've got a few tutorials to keep you busy for at least several weeks. But as of today, do you possess any of the requirements that Technijian asks for? Let's take a look:

Responsibilities:

Design, create, and modify websites
Convert written, graphic, audio, and video components to compatible web formats
Create back-end code and interfaces for new web platforms
Analyze user needs to implement web site content, graphics, performance, and capacity
Integrate web sites with other computer applications
Keep up-to-date on web developments and trends

Qualifications:

Previous experience in web development or other related fields
Familiarity with with HTML, Javascript, or other related languages
Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
Strong attention to detail
Knowledge of MVC (Model/View/Controller) Design patterns
Knowledge of Entity Framework is

an object-relational mapper that enables .NET developers to work with relational data using domain-specific objects. It eliminates the need for most of the data-access code that developers usually need to write.

That's interesting.

Understanding of N-Tier Applications

In software engineering, multitier architecture (Often referred to as n-tier architecture is a client-server architecture in which presentation, application processing, and data management functions are physically separated. The most widespread use of multitier architecture is the three-tier architecture.

Ability to interact with customers. Providing business solutions that meet our client’s needs

Requirements

Firm understanding of web standards and technology
Familiarity with Bootstrap framework (see tutorials)
Proactive and deadline driven; autonomous worker with ability to be highly team-oriented.
Solid understanding of Web technologies including front-end design and working knowledge of back-end development (with tutorials here).
Expert hand-code HTML5 (tutorials here and here) with strong CSS3 and JavaScript skills; familiarity with Bootstrap framework.
Must be well-versed in Web standard and technologies and able to respond to user experience (UX) feedback.

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Roseanne did mention SAP. What the heck is it? And who uses it for what? Structure Networks. Here is a sample job offer.

SAP stands for Systems, Applications, & Products in Data Processing. Still don't get what that means. But since Roseanne said that networking is huge right now, the following seems accurate:

Systems,Applications, and Products in data processing.

1. SAP is the 4^th largest software company in the world. So it is a software company? Okay. I thought they were systems, applications, and proucts in data processing.

2. The SAP R/3 System is a business software package designed to integrate all areas of business.

3. It provides end to end solutions for financials, manufacturing, logistics, distribution, etc.

4. All business processes are executed in one SAP system and sharing common information with everyone.

SAP [Systems, Applications, & Products] integrates services in these areas:

FICO: Finance & Control

PP: Production Planning

MM: Material Management

SD: Sales & Distribution

HR: Human Resources

CRM: Customer Relationship Management

I've got to learn all this stuff on my own.

Just way too many categories.

SAP Technical Modules

1. ABAP: Advanced Business Applications Programming.

2. XI: Exchange Infrastructure.

3. Net Viewer

4. Basis

5. BIW: Business Information Warehousing

SAP FICO

SAP FICO stands for FI (Financial Accounting) and CO (Controlling). SAP FICO is the imp module of ERP and both Finance and Controlling Modules store the financial transactions data. The FI (Financial Accounting) records, collects, and processes financial transactions or information on a real time basis to provide the necessary inputs for external statutory reporting purposes. SAP CO plays an important role for the management decision purposes and for the internal reporting purposes.

FI	CO
General Ledger Accounting	Cost Element Accounting
Accounts Receivables	Cost Center Accounting
Accounts Payable	Profit Center Accounting
Asset Accounting	Internal Orders
Bank Accounting	Product Cost Controlling
Consolidation	Profitability Analysis
Special Purpose Ledger
Travel Management

Sunday, August 7, 2016
Check out the beginning Cisco coursework. You need to get started on this. Go after it and shut up.

Thursday, July 14, 2016
A website's KPI, Key Performance Indicators.
Here's a sample.
50 KPI samples.
32 KPI samples.

Marketing KPIs
1. Start with These Ten.

Sales KPIs
1.

Website KPIs
1. Start here.
2.

USE CASES
Use Cases. What software does one use to create a use case? Let me list a few:
1. Visual Paradigm.
2. What goes in a Use Case?
3.

Website's KRA
Website's BSC
1. Data consolidation.
2. Big data architecture.
3. Platform Performance & Stability.
4. Analytics.
AOV, Average Order Value.

General Requirement	Specific/Focused Requirement	Specific/Focused Requirement	Check Here When Complete (√)
Analyze	Google Analytics [http://bit.ly/29HnHbh]
Team Work	Troubleshoot web issues & implement new strategies to improve web performances.	Work with Marketing to insure consistency and readiness for promotions and traffic generation, including e-mail campaigns, paid search, digital & traditional advertising.
Performance	Analyze and report on performance by managing website’s KPIs: 1) category conversion, 2) site exit rate, 3) AOV, 4) abandon cart, etc.
Product Mgt	Manage, update, and maintain product listing throughout storefront.	Add new products to site as needed.
Site Maintenance	Day-to-day site maintenance and quality control.
Web Development Process	Full Understanding of!!!
Experience	Developing project plans. Process diagrams: i.e., flowchart. http://dia-installer.de/download/index.html.en. Use cases: In software and systems engineering, a use case is a list of actions or event steps, typically defining the interactions between a role (known in the Unified Modeling Language as an actor) and a system, to achieve a goal. The actor can be a human or other external system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_case. It represents how the proposed application will interact with the external world. This is a good but long video explanation on use cases: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN7lTDWKP6g. Defines interaction between 2 or more entities. “Actors.” Explained in Plain Text & Diagram (flow chart?). Business Analysis, http://businessanalysisexperts.com/business-analysis-training-store/. Functional & Technical Requirements: Prove these.
Background	Strong digital, e-commerce, marketing
Best Practices	HTML, Magento, CSS,
Current (e-commerce) Trends
Specialist Qualifications	3+ years experience working as a Project Manager working on large projects with cross-functional teams 5+ years of related e-Commerce experience.

Thursday, July 7, 2016
I Googled the question "Are Lynda.com courses outdated?" I got a pretty thoughtful reply from Reddit. Here is some of that . . .

I get a free Lynda.com subscription through my school. Lots of libraries give free subscriptions, too. They have a ton of tutorials and they are high quality. I've watched some of their Java tutorials, their UML [Unified Modeling Language] tutorials, and some OO [Object-Oriented] tutorials. They are good but don't go into as a textbook or some web source would. Also, programming requires practice, so if you're watching videos you should also be writing some code on the side.

EDIT: I'd say Lynda is good for supplementing your learning, but I wouldn't use it as a primary resource.

Interesting.

Want to practice coding? Here is how:

I'm finally up to date with CodeAcademy courses and would like to practice my coding skills (both HTML/CSS and JavaScript). A license for Dreamweaver costs $600 dollars. Windows or Linux or Mac?

Notepad++ is a good editor if you are doing this stuff by hand. It does things like text highlighting and has plug-ins to do more advanced code manipulation. What about coding exercises?

Another commentor suggested TextWrangler.

You don't need a program. You can code all HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in a txt. Then you rename it to .html extension and execute it with a browser.

You don’t want Dreamweaver at all. It won’t help with your coding skills. My favorite editor is jEdit, and download the JavaScript [here] plugin. You can build your website in a folder on your computer and find someone to host it. You’re quite right. Unless you practice, your coding skills will go. Someone suggested working on an open source project. Where? Who is open source? I’m not quite sure how you go about this.

Edit: I don’t know. It was just some general advice I received in the past but finding a particular project is going to make me dizzy. In the early days of Mozilla (Pre-Firefox) there was s alist of work that needed to be done. Regarding CodeAcademy, I wonder if you are aware that they’re re some courses that are endorsed but not official. (What the heck does that mean?) These will give you more practice.

HTML Kit.

Chami Kit. Never heard of this either.

Sublime is also a good editor.

Code Pen, too, was recommended. It has HTML, CSS, and JS. You can change the libraries/versions within each language. All of your pens (projects) are shared unless you upgrade to Pro.

Free interactive jQuery Exercises here.

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

DIGITAL SKILLS
What to learn after HTML? Glad you asked.

Wednesday, June 22, 2016
NETWORKING: VITAL TO YOUR CAREER
Building a network is essential to your career. When you're starting out there's a lot of pressure from your peers to "not sell out." I've experienced this in government institutions, like schools and unions. "Ah, sell-out!" goes the corrective refrain even if you're asking for information or want to know procedures on something or even get approval. James Altucher is pretty good. The following video was originally posted at Gary North's site.

One site I visit said that successful networks come through competence, "Gain a reputation in competence in your field. It is the only way to build a successful network."

A couple of the things to consider on networking:
1. Hierarchy is slipping and giving way to networking.
2. Here Altucher talks about the powerful effects of networking without explaining how he contacted, how much time it took to cultivate these relationships, who introduced him, and so forth. Still worth a read.
3. Okay, haven't thought of this one. Volunteering is an effective way of networking. Find an organization in your field--computing, automotive repair, etc.--and volunteer. You can easily find people there, and that's where you begin your network. Now, he recommends signing up with CERT, which is a division of FEMA. Hmm. Can't say that this particularly settles me, but maybe if your goal is long-term network building, starting local is the way to go.
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5.

Thursday, June 16, 2016

1. Companies that are hiring. You'll need to have their required expertise.

Wednesday, June 15, 2016
For that Digital Project Manager position:

Responsibilities

Manage eCommerce platform development and operation. Participate in requirement collection, project planning, scheduling, UX design, vendor management, UAT and launch planning
Develop detailed project plans, as well as issues and risk management plans for ongoing platform development
Act as a bridge between the management, business unit and development team to ensure all tasks and milestones are reached in a timely manner
Coordinate with different stakeholders including business users, IT team, creative team to ensure the quality of project
Liaise and manage internal / external resources to ensure timely and accurate implementation
Ensure deliverables are of high quality and in compliance with corporate guideline

Requirements

University graduate in Information Systems, E-commerce or related disciplines
Min 5 years Project Management experience, of which at least 2 years in a large scale eCommerce / digital platform development
Knowledge of data analysis, digital planning and technologies is preferred
Good communication and interpersonal skills, creative, dynamic
Good project management skill

Monday, June 13, 2016

from SkillCrush . . . Be a Web Developer

Wondering if it’s worth getting into web development? Check out these numbers:

121,000 people working as web developers right now in the U.S. alone
20% growth predicted for the industry through 2020*
*Bureau of Labor Statistics
25,785 web developer job vacancies on Indeed
Average salary for a web developer of $87,000

Pretty impressive numbers! But are you thinking… “It’ll be YEARS before I, a tech newbie, can start to dream about a job like that!” Well, think again! You can learn the fundamentals of web development faster than you think. And once you do, you can start looking for junior web developer jobs.

“Junior web developer” is the term commonly used for people starting in the web development industry. But don’t let the tiny-sounding title fool you! Entry-level web developers bring home an average salary of $71,000 and there are 4,869 junior web developer job openings on Indeed as of April 2, 2015!

To get started as a web developer, of course you’ll need the key skills:

HTML
CSS
JavaScript
jQuery

(You can learn them—and much more more—in the Skillcrush Web Developer Career Blueprint. Hint, hint!)

Then, once you’re armed with those digital super powers, you should also look at getting to know these often-asked-for extras:

Web design / UX / Photoshop (more skills you can learn with us in the Skillcrush Web Designer Career Blueprint)
Version control (Git / GitHub)
Cross-browser compatibility
Responsive web design

But is that enough?? When you’ve got the coding basics and some bonuses down, are you REALLY ready to start your job search? Maybe the idea of trying to get a web developer position probably makes youfeel like an imposter, and you’d be less nervous about a full root canal than an interview at a development agency.

It’s understandable. How can you feel confident in a job interview when you aren’t completely sure what all the job requirements actually are, or if you’re really and truly up to the job?

That’s perfectly normal at this point, but you don’t have to stay paralyzed in fear and miss out on your dream career.

You’ve already conquered the hardest part of the process by getting those must-have skills. But if you want to be sure you’re a TOP candidate, there’s plenty you can do to prepare.

Here are 12 ways to get your phone ringing or email box filling up with invites to interviews. Get started with them today. The sooner you do, the sooner you’ll be a happily-employed developer!

12 must-dos to land your first web developer job

1. BUILD YOUR OWN PORTFOLIO SITE

Creating your portfolio is JOB ONE if you want to get a developer job. As Skillcrush instructor and tech consultant Dee Kapila says, “When I hire junior devs, I look for an impressive portfolio.”

Your portfolio is the first thing potential employers will look at when considering you, so it needs to be a real reflection of your skills and yourself.

You can get ideas about what to put in your portfolio in step #2. But, before you can load up your portfolio, you need to code it and launch it on the wonderful World Wide Web.

2. FILL UP YOUR PORTFOLIO WITH PROJECTS

Now that you’ve got your own site built, it’s time to load it up with all the things. Of course you’ll include any work you’ve done for companies or clients (with their permission). But no need to worry if you haven’t done many—or any!—“real” projects.

Check out How to Build an Impressive Portfolio When You’re New to Tech to find out about the 14 things you can do to build a portfolio that will get you hired, even if you’ve only been coding for months.

3. DO FREELANCE PROJECTS

Speaking of projects, a great way to get some for your portfolio is to do some freelancing on the side. It’ll give you the chance to build your experience AND beef up your bank balance while helping you round out your portfolio.

The projects don’t have to be huge ones. You can offer, for example, to re-do the navigation for a local restaurant’s website or to create an HTML newsletter for a charity organization.

And you might consider doing some charity yourself—in the form of pro bono projects. You won’t be bringing home any bacon from them, but they’ll be a great addition to your portfolio, and you can actually make unpaid projects pay off for you in lots of ways that will boost your job search and your career.

4. PUT YOUR CODE ON GITHUB

Github is the industry-standard for version control, so many companies want to know that you already know how to use this tool. You can prove that AND show off your best code by creating your own Github account and using it as a repository for your projects.

After you get it set up, try to make regular contributions to your GitHub account to show that you’re consistently working on your skills. Even if they’re only for “imaginary” projects, keep your code clean and organized and include clear and concise README documentation so that employers know that you’ll be able to jump right in to collaboratively coding on their teams and projects.

5. CONTRIBUTE TO AN OPEN SOURCE PROJECT

If most of your coding so far has been for your classes, mock projects, or solo gigs, you can also increase your teamwork cred by getting involved in an open source project.

Open source is the term for source code that’s publicly available and can be modified by anyone. And there’s an incredible range of open source projects, including famous ones like Ruby on Rails, Linux, MySQL, and loads of JavaScript frameworks.

Getting involved in open source projects will:

Strengthen your development skills
Get you hands-on experience working on teams and projects
Let you meet and network with other developers

You can look for open source projects of all kinds and sizes on Explore GitHub. And once you find a project you’re interested in and have explored it more, don’t be afraid to jump in and help! Some easy first steps you can take are reporting bugs, helping prioritize issues, beta testing, working on the project’s website, or improving documentation.

6. PARTICIPATE IN A HACKATHON

You can’t turn around nowadays without bumping into a hackathon! And they’re a fun and exciting way to get to know people with the same interests, tackle interesting problems, test your coding skills, learn from others, and maybe win prizes like gift cards, gear, trips, and CASH! And, oh yeah. There’s that thing of making you look good when you’re looking for developer jobs…At a hackathon, you’ll end up coding on a team, and if you’ve been learning to code on your own, proving you can hack it (get it?) with a team of coders makes you a lot more appealing to hiring managers at web development agencies.

To find hackathons near you or online, try searching sites like:

And remember to keep your eye out at the event for sponsors and recruiters. Many a web developer has gotten noticed at a hackathon and offered a job right on the spot!

7. MEET TECHIES ONLINE AND IRL

In addition to fame and glory, hopefully you’ll also get contacts in tech from those hackathons, but don’t let the networking stop there. Keep reaching out and learning more about the industry by meeting people online and in person.

The easiest way to do this is through tech meetup groups. Almost everyone city has them, and, if yours doesn’t, you can set up your own. Just pick the focus, find a place (even a coffee shop or local park will do!), and spread the word.

Or, if you’re really not in a location that lets you get together with other techies, look for communities online. Answer questions on Stack Overflow, comment on Reddit threads related to development, or help out on the WordPress.org forum.

Whether you meet in person or on the Internet, you’ll be expanding your horizons and getting to know people who can turn out to be your future co-workers or superiors.

8. FOLLOW INDUSTRY NEWS

To keep from freezing up right at the small talk phase when you meet all those techies OR during your first web developer job interview (!), start keeping up with what’s happening in tech.

You don’t need to be an expert on every story or topic out there. Just get to know what’s hot and what’s happening. And that’s beyond easy to do: You can read blogs or tech news sites over breakfast, listen to podcasts when you’re walking your dog, or scan Twitter lists while you’re waiting in line at the store.

9. LEARN MORE!

Besides keeping up on the news, you should also keep up with learning new skills and tools of the trade. As a web developer, knowing these will make you that much more in-demand.

A few that are most requested are:

CSS preprocessors like Sass or Less
Frameworks like Backbone.js, Angular.js, or Node.js, etc. or Ruby on Rails
A CMS (Content Management System) like WordPress

And you can explore the wonderful world of Ruby in a Skillcrush Ruby on Rails Developer Blueprint or try the WordPress Developer Blueprint to learn the world’s most popular CMS.

10. REFINE YOUR RESUME

Even though your portfolio is where you’ll show off your skills, a lot of companies still ask for resumesand use them to “weed out” candidates. That means yours needs to be as polished and professional as your portfolio if you want to get noticed AND hired.

Of course you’ll want to update the information on your resume to fit web development. Also make sure you highlight your core skills, play up any tech-related experience, and give specific details to prove your achievements and strengths.

Try out the tips in “15 Steps for Updating Your Resume” to give it a good general refresh.

11. CHECK OUT THE JOBS

Now that you’ve made the extra effort with these must-haves, it’s time to dive into some actual job listings. Start by just searching for “junior web developer” and not worrying about the company or the location. The idea is for you to see what employers are looking for and what kind of options are available for you in general.

Keep in mind that job ads tend to list more (sometimes WAY more!) requirements and “nice-to-haves” than are really expected from candidates. Never hurts to ask, right?! Don’t let this discourage you though. If you can handle most of what they’re looking for, you’ll probably be at least considered for the role.

Once you’ve gotten a feel for what’s out there, go ahead and send out your resume for some jobs you’re really interested in. Be realistic but don’t be shy. Nobody’s going to come knocking on your door with a web dev position in hand. You have to put yourself out there.

And don’t forget the good ol’ grapevine! Let all your friends, family, neighbors, and—of course—hackathon/meet-up/online friends know that you’re actively looking. You never know who has a friend who has a friend who knows just the job for you.

12. INTERVIEW FOR A JOB – EVEN IF YOU’RE NOT SURE YOU’RE READY

When that shiny happy moment happens and you’re asked to go for an interview, go for it! THIS is the moment you’ve been waiting for! You can never be 100% prepared for any interview, but you know how hard you’ve worked for this so show them what you’ve got.

In Dee’s case, for example, she asks junior dev candidates to “whiteboard wireframes as part of the interview to see how they dealt with pressure and to gauge their thought process.”

And Skillcrush lead developer Emily Davis looks for “a candidate’s ability to break down a problem into small pieces that can be worked through step-by-step. This means she is likely able to identify the root cause of an issue and work from there, rather than having little or no idea where to start.”

No matter how it goes, you’ll have survived that nerve-wracking first interview, which will make the next one that much easier. Plus you’ll have a much better idea of what future interviews will be like and what you need to work on for them. And maybe not surprisingly, there’s no better preparation for a job interview than a job interview. In no time at all, instead of just applying for junior web developer positions, you’ll be accepting your first one!

Friday, June 10, 2016
1. MBTI, Myers-Briggs Personality Type.
2. WeeklyGrowth.

Monday, June 6, 2016
1. List of Requirements for teaching abroad:
a. Bachelor's degree. Check.
b. TEFL Certification (EF TEFL Sponsorship available.)
c. Obtain Background Clearance.
d. Live abroad for 1 year.
e. Meet China's legal visa requirements--Be a U.S. citizen.

2. Nick Corcodilos might be a good source to learn about dealing with headhunters, recruiters, and agencies. His website is called AsktheHeadhunter. He does make an interesting distinction between Headhunter and Recruiter. Headhunters go after it--they do everything they can to find a match. They find people, not jobs.

3. State Licensing for Jobs in California. See which jobs/professions require licensing in California. It's not like other states.

Sunday, June 5, 2016
Forbes 20 Fastest Growing Jobs in America. So what? The pay is not great for many of these jobs, and the schooling required for them is probably too much. http://onforb.es/1TQSdDj.

Job	Growth Rate	Median Pay
Optometrists	27%	$101,410
Hearing Aid	27%	$43,010
Audiologists (Sound Editor)	29%	$73,060
Interpreters & Translators	29%	$43,590
Genetic Counselors	29%	$67,500
Cartographers & Photogrammertrists	29%	$60,930
Personal Financial Advisors	30%	$81,060
Operations Research Analysts	30%	$76,660
Physician’s Assistants	30%	$95,820
Occupational Therapy Aides	31%	$26,550
Ambulance Drivers & Attendants	33%	$24,080
Statisticians	34%	$79,990
Physical Therapists	34%	$82,390
Nurse Practitioners	35%	$95,350
Commercial Divers	37%	$45,890
Home Health Aides	38%	$21,380
Physical Therapist Aides	39%	$24,650
Physical Therapist Assistants	41%	$54,410
Occupational Therapy Assistants	43%	$56,950
Wind Turbine Service Technician	108%	$48,800

Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Full-stack web developer: What is it and what do others expect from him?

Sunday, May 22, 2016
Work-from-home Jobs. Who would of thunk it?

Skills needed for tech jobs:

1. Swift [here] is a general-purpose, multi-paradigm, compiled programming language created for iOS, OS X, watchOS, tvOS and Linux developed by Apple Inc. Swift is designed to work with Apple's Cocoa and Cocoa Touch frameworks and the large body of existing Objective-C code written for Apple products. Swift is intended to be more resilient to erroneous code ("safer") than Objective-C and also more concise. It is built with the LLVM compiler framework included in Xcode 6 and later and uses the Objective-C runtime, which allows C, Objective-C, C++ and Swift code to run within a single program.

2. Xcode is an integrated development environment (IDE) containing a suite of software development tools developed by Apple for developing software for OS X, iOS, WatchOS and tvOS. First released in 2003, the latest stable release is version 7.3.1 and is available via the Mac App Store free of charge for OS X El Capitan users.[1] Registered developers can download preview releases and prior versions of the suite through the Apple Developer website.

3. Interface Builder is an Apple software product. is a software development application for Apple's Mac OS X operating system. It is part of Xcode (formerly Project Builder), the Apple Developer Connection developer's toolset. Interface Builder allows Cocoa and Carbon developers to create interfaces for applications using a graphical user interface. The resulting interface is stored as a .nib file, short for NeXT Interface Builder, or more recently, as a .xib file.

4. User experience design (UXD, UED or XD) is the process of enhancing user satisfaction by improving the usability, accessibility, and pleasure provided in the interaction between the user and the product. Following is a sample of what you need to have to qualify for a UXD.

What you need:

5 years of relevant professional experience as a UX designer; experience with AdTech and SaaS products is strongly preferred

Bachelor’s degree UX/Visual Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Industrial Design or similar degrees preferred

Expert command of low- and high-fidelity prototyping tools (e.g. Balsamiq, Sketch, Photoshop), and familiarity with core web technologies, including HTML and CSS

A track record of shipping products and working with Engineering teams in agile development environments

This position is extremely collaborative, and requires a high degree of social savvy and professionalism, as well as excellent communication skills

A strong online portfolio demonstrating your design work and process from the conceptualization phase through finished product.

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

We're looking for a Senior Developer with the following skillset:

Knowledge of : PHP, MySQL, NodeJS, PostgreSQL, Javascript

Ability to work with Amazon AWS, Apache, Nginx.

A few more resources here and here.

Consider Temp Agencies. Check this out.

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Looking for work never gets easy. Never. One, we'd rather not work for or even with a lot of people that we have worked with and for. We see that things can be done better, but we're often handcuffed at work either from the culture, the staff, poor communication, or lack of understanding of the business long-term. Regardless, here are a few more job tips. Enjoy.
1. Guerilla Marketing.
2. Ask the Headhunter, Nick Corcodilos.
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Thursday, March 3, 2016
Companies you might like to work for:
List #1

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Amy Cuddy on Body Language. Some terrific observations that can help you in a job interview. Fake it ’til you become it. Thanks to Robert Wenzel.

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
(Compensation: $12 to $14 per hour based on experience )

ETO DoorsCorp. is looking for a full time web assistant to assist us in uploading products on our new e-commerce MAGENTO site. [Here are a few tutorials.]

REQUIRED SKILLS
-Past Experience in Uploading products to Magento E-commerce Site
-BasisLevel HTML
-BasicLevel Photo Shop

You'll be working with internal executives and you will be responsible for porting products from an existing web-site into our new MAGENTO site that now also utilizes a shopping cart. Our ideal candidate will be able to work with our executive team as both a consultant and developer. This person will know MAGENTO e-commerce/ shopping cart inside and out and will have experience developing e-commerce sites for small businesses. We are looking for someone who is able to work independently and oversee a project from start to finish

RESPONSIBILITIES
The ideal candidate should understand graphic design and web development.
1. Upload products to an existing MAGENTO e-commerce site
2. Photo-shop Pictures
3. Organize and Optimize Pictures and Content on web-site

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS
Ability to manage and communicate with clients clearly and efficiently.
Multi-task while working in a FAST PACED environment.
Deadline and detail orientated.
Works well with others in a collaborative effort.

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS
Experience with Magento:
Experience creating effective and search engine friendly site maps, both HTML

NOT REQUIRED ADDITIONAL SKILLS (WOULD HELP):
- osCommerce or Open-Source shopping Cart Software
General Graphics and Web Knowledge (HTML, PHP)
Ability to design for print, digital, and web.
Proficientin Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver.

***If you wish to be considered for this position please email a list of urls clearly explaining your involvement on each project along with a current resume.

Please No Offshore or Agency Responses. No Recruiters. No Remote or Telecommuters. This is for On-Site work only.
Absolutely no phone calls please!

CONTACT
Please e-mail resume (OR fax resume to: (213) 226-4650)
No Telephone Calls

Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Sears Home Improvement

Names of managers:
David Devine, Sales Manager
Dennis McKoloch
Michael Vaccaro, Sales Manager
Steve Kennedy, HVAC manager
Richard Sanders
Matthew Morales, Arizona sales
Edgar Porsyan, District General Manager
Beth Goodwin
Tom Filanderers

Thursday, January 7, 2016
Wardlaw Claims Adjuster offers no licensing in California. Their number is 800-820-4550. Notify Mike Earhart.

Monday, January 4, 2016

Digital Designer I - Entertainment and Media Industry Opportunity

Job Description

Reporting to the Associate Digital Design Director, the Digital Designer (level 1) is an entry level position responsible for designing outstanding digital products. This role works hand in hand with the Interaction Designer as two halves of a design team.The Digital Designer (level 1) will spend the bulk of their time doing production design tasks (redlining, asset creation, image processing) but will also be involved designing screen layouts for any and all devices and applications.

Responsibilities
The Digital Designer (level 1) needs to be curious, organized, talented and extremely collaborative. They must also be passionate, positive and eager to take on new things.
• Create original design, iconography and art for digital media and technology (primarily web sites, mobile apps and eCommerce)
• Produce redlines, create design elements and page variations, process imagery, work in templates and other production design needs
• Partner with IxD to design brilliant digital experiences

Basic Qualifications
The candidate should have a degree in Art or Design (ideally a BA) and ideally have 2 years of professional experience in Interactive / UI Design.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and interpersonal skills
• Phenomenal design aesthetic
• Solid skills in production design for digital applications (redlining, image compression, etc)
• Solid understanding of web and mobile (native) technologies
• Understanding of Information Architecture, wireframing, prototyping, multivariate testing, image compression and core web technologies

Required Education
Design or Art Degree of at least Associates level
Preferred Education
Bachelors Degree Preferred

Company Overview
Disney Parks & Resorts Digital (DPRD) is the digital media arm of The Walt Disney Companys Parks and Resorts segment. Through our award-winning digital experiences, we provide magical connections and enhancements to travel destinations such as the Walt Disney World® Resort in Florida, the Disneyland® Resort in California and Hong Kong Disneyland Resort. At DPRD, we also design and create Digital Experiences for Disney Cruise Line, Adventures by Disney and Disney Vacation Club.

The Disney Parks and Resorts Digital team has responsibility for the end-to-end, digital-plus-physical Guest experience for all digital-led initiatives globally, across the Attractions & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Resorts & Transportation and Merchandise lines of business. The team is responsible for concept development, defining and executing these initiatives in collaboration with Operations Integration, Site Operations, Technology, Consumer Insights, Walt Disney Imagineering, Finance and Human Resources. Additionally, the team also builds all digital experiences to grow eCommerce (both consumer direct and digital travel trade) for Marketing & Sales globally.

Digital-led initiatives are those where the digital capability, whether powered through PC, tablet, mobile, wearables, MagicBand or even a Guest's personal technology, are the key driver of end-to-end digital-plus-physical experience for both our Guests and Cast. As our physical and digital worlds continue to converge, the team will work with Site Leadership, Ops Integration, Technology and Walt Disney Imagineering to prioritize these digital-led initiatives that take best advantage of digital tools and technologies and create the greatest impact on the overall Guest experience

Additional Information
This position is with the legal entity of Digital Parks & Resorts Digital (DPRD)

Monday, December 28, 2015

Apollo Interactive is seeking an experienced, analytical, motivated, and creative Email Marketing Manager to join our Los Angeles (El Segundo) office. This is a full-time position. As an Email Marketing Manager, you will be part of our Insurance team managing our internal email data, working with 3rd party advertisers and emailers to generate leads for our clients. You will work closely with our team of Account Managers, Developers, Affiliate Marketers, and the head of the division on a daily basis to maximize email revenue for the company.

Ideal candidates will be organized, strategic, quick learners, able to work independently, and experienced in online lead generation and email marketing. Applicants must have excellent communication and time management skills, be able to work efficiently in a team environment, and can manage multiple projects at once.

We are looking for someone to take the reins and develop our internal email marketing strategy, and if successful, build a team to support them. Candidates must have experience with multiple ESPs and the understanding of email marketing best practices.

Responsibilities include:

1. Brainstorming tactics to generate revenue via email marketing

2. Monitoring performance of email campaigns and implementing strategies for optimization

3. Building and maintaining email lists

4. Optimize emails for deliverability, open rates, click through, conversion and mobile devices.

5. Managing the creation and build out of html email creatives

6. Developing strategic solutions to grow email marketing revenues

7. Providing comprehensive analysis of performance, key metrics and trends

8. Identifying and resolving deliverability issues, bounce backs, spam complaints, and opt-outs

9. Keeping up to date with email marketing best practices and strategies

10. Implementing effective and efficient processes for generating leads via email marketing

11. Attending and participating in weekly Team meetings

12. Recognizing and making recommendations for improvement in the areas of process, efficiency and productivity

13. Conducting analysis of results and developing testing plans to continuously improve email performance

QUALIFICATIONS:

· BA/BS degree from 4-year university required

· Minimum 2-3 years of experience in email marketing

· Strong attention to detail is essential

· Basic knowledge of HTML and CSS is a plus

· Understanding of online lead generation is preferred

· Experience in the insurance industry is a plus

· Ability to strategize, analyze, and optimize around data

· Proven leader with strong collaboration skills.

· Excellent time management skills

· Microsoft Excel fluency is required

· Working knowledge of web development process, affiliate marketing and search engine marketing

· Advanced oral and written communication skills required

____________________________________________________________________________

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

A Progressive, Forward thinking, AWARD WINNING DIGITAL MARKETING FIRM in Calabasas, California is looking for a Search Engine Optimation (SEO)/Pay-Per-Click Specialist.

This Digital Marketing firm has been doubling in revenue almost every year, and has procured clients like Ferrari, Lamborghini, State Farm and UCLA, to name a few. The company is highly respected in the industry, and have been awarded for their exceptional services. They have been awarded Best Web Design, SEO and Best Marketing Agency in Los Angeles.

If you are an individual who is passionate about SEO & PPC, and knows the basic technical skills that occurs behind the scenes, this could be just the position that will bring your skill sets to the next level, and expand the Digital Marketing industry!

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsible for around 10 Client’s websites for traffic through SEO & PPC

Working with back-end SEO elements such as .htaccess, robots.txt, [and here] metadata, site speed optimization, etc.

Delivering link building and viral strategies,

Deploying local and long-tail search strategies,

Incorporating SEO to mobile strategies, blogging [blogging is the best SEO tool?], press releases, social media, and more.

Conduct ongoing SEO assessments of and implement SEO bestpractices

Consult product managers on SEO “best practices” to guide product plans for product enhancements and new site features

Developing & optimizing PPC ads for SEO campaigns,

Obsessed with Traffic [Traffic Generator and checklist], Rankings and Most ImportantlyConversions

Conduct Competition Evaluations, and Keyword research

Communicate with Content, Graphic, Social Media team in order to deliver a high ROI to agency's clients,

Ongoing keyword research, analysis, recommendations and execution

Optimize traditional search as well as for universal, mobile, video, and image search

Stay on top of current search engine news, trends, SEO practices, and emerging items of interest.

Survey marketplace for similar approaches and SEO tactics

Evaluate how Clients might do things better/differently or leverage successful techniques where they exist .

User Experience (UX) is very nice to have.

Identifies and Communicates Gaps, Issues, Challenges, Activities, Work hand offs Quickly to the Teams.

Monitoring and Continuously Improving SEO KPIs [key performance indicator]. Some examples of these KPIs are:

Organic Traffic

Goal Conversion Rates (ROI – Return on Investment)

Sessions/Visits

Goal Completions

Page Views

Avg. Time on Page

Bounce Rates

Pages/Session

Unique Social Actions

FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE/UNDERSTANDING OF THE FOLLOWING:

Google AdWords (PPC, pay per click)

Bing AdCenter,

Digital Display Campaigns

Google Analytics

A/B Testing

Functional Understatnding on Webmaster tools, HTML, CSS, Rich Media Formats and here.

___________________________________________________________________

Sunday, December 20, 2015
Here is an entry-level developer's position.

Entry Level Web Developer

The Bouqs Company Venice, CA

An amazing opportunity is available with The Bouqs Companyin Venice, CA. You will be a member of our distributed technology team working on our E-commerce platform and report directly to the Head of Technology. You will be working to build a mobile friendly, modern, and highly performant website that will materially impact the future of our business. You will work with various business stakeholders to design and develop customer facing features that will bring delight to our awesome customers. Along the way you will be empowered to use an amazing range of technologies and patterns such as async/sync distributed task management, clustering, and multi-level caching. You will be challenged with all of this while maintaining a zero downtime deployment environment.

WHAT WE OFFER

Competitive Salary + Equity Package

Standard Benefits: Health, Dental & Vision

Discounts on the Worlds Best Flowers (obviously)

Flexible Schedule/Vacation Time, Unlimited PTO

Work on cutting edge new Web technologies: Node.js, React.js, Universal/Isomorphic applications

Monthly company events (dodgeball, trampolines, visiting the Getty museum, etc.)

Working with a Simply Amazing Team on a Global Product that Makes People Happy

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

Partnering with business stakeholders in self organizing teams to design and develop new features – both for front end and back end applications.

Working with on-shore and off-shore teams to ensure features are delivered on schedule.

Conducting peer review of code and technical designs.

Mentoring and growing junior level developers through technical guidance and leadership.

Performing platform performance reviews and performance optimization on all layers as needed.

Using your entrepreneurial spirit and passion to do things differently

What you will need.

2+ years of software development experience in LAMP [short for Linux the opeating system, Apache [Apache web server], MySQL [a relational database management system or RDBMS], and PHP or scripting languages used to create dynamic web pages] stack or Node.js/Express.js

Proficiency in JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

Familiarity with JQuery [a JavaScript Library] and Bootstrap.

Familiarity with source control systems, such as GIT or SVN.

Experience using MySQL or other relational database.

Experience with building and consuming REST API’s and understanding of service oriented architectures.

Strong organizational skills with the ability to balance multiple priorities.

Strong desire to learn.

Exposure to web server and infrastructure architectures.

A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.

It would be great if you had SASS [a stylesheet language] or LESS, Media Queries, Responsive sites, React.js [and extensions] a Polymer-based javascript framework knowledge of how to use NoSQL Data Stores: MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, Neo4j [graph database], etc.

Experience in TDD/BDD [Test-Driven Development/Behavior-Driven Development] or similar test frameworks.

Experience in Agile Development teams.

Consumer facing E-commerce experience or have contributed to open-source projects.

TheBouqs.com is an equal opportunity employer! Come be a part of a great team. Apply with your resume today.

Employment Type: Full-Time

Benefits Offered:

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

ABOUT THE BOUQS COMPANY:

We are killing it. Growing quickly, having fun, and building a category-defining business. Looking for something more formal? Okay then! The Bouqs Co. is a Venture-backed, Venice Beach, CA based startup scaling rapidly, and founded by John Tabis (Disney, ShoeDazzle, Bain & Company) and JP Montufar (Volcanic Flower Grower Extraordinaire). The venture is a commerce brand fundamentally disrupting the global $50B floral industry through a direct supply chain marketplace, a modern & simplified UX, and a killer brand. The team consists of experts in Marketing, Creative, Technology, Social Media, and Supply Chain. We are seeking flat-out awesome people to join our rapidly growing team.

Other Company Highlights:

Experienced executive management team with successful track record at brands like Disney, HauteLook, LegalZoom and ShoeDazzle.
Significant opportunity for growth, leadership and equity-based compensation at a rapidly growing company.
Unique value proposition and significant traction (WSJ, Forbes.com, Oprah Magazine, Today Show, E!Online, Daily Candy, PopSugar, Maxim, MSN coverage & more).
Strong network of advisors & investors including Azure Capital Partners (VMWare, Blogher, Julep), Mich Mathews (former CMO of Microsoft), Brian Lee (Honest, Legalzoom, ShoeDazzle), Andy Dunn (Bonobos), Brian Spaly (Trunk Club), Jason Nazar (DocStoc), John Powers (eHarmony, EdgeCast), Josh Resnick (Pandemic) and more.

Monday, December 14, 2015
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Land Services Agent
Southern California Edison 366 reviews - Rosemead, CA

This position will be in the Land Services division of Real Properties within Southern California Edison's (SCE) Transmission and Distribution Organizational Unit (T & D). The Land Services Agent manages SCE's real property rights in connection with permits, licenses, consents, grant outs, encroachments, fencing and debris removal. This position works closely with T&D, Customer Service, Law and other departments to ensure SCE's right of way corridors are managed in compliance with Company policies. This position represents the company as a primary contact in property management and/or transactions involving railroads and other right of way rights and projects. Project types include: encroachments, fencing, debris removal, leases, licenses, relocations, permits, grant-outs, acquisitions, quitclaims, and consents for third party development. Participates in and may direct the development, negotiation, and administration of non-standard contracts/agreements involving company-owned real property assets, rights-of-way, land use, and easements.

Typical responsibilities include:

Performs site visits/inspections/evaluations, conducts office and field meetings, and addresses billing and invoicing with internal and external clients.
Oversees fencing and debris removal process.
Negotiates contractual terms and conditions related to railroad permits, affecting company transmission, distribution and communication facilities.
Manages contracts for licenses and easements on SCE fee-owned property.
Collaborates with internal clients to review plans and process customer requests.
Prepares cost estimates, contracts, and other land related documents and agreements, in addition to other written correspondence such as letters, memos, and meeting minutes.
Reviews proposed uses by both existing and proposed Licensees to ensure compliance with current Land Use Policy and to establish fees/rates.
Collects relevant data specific to process issues and analyzes data creating meaningful information for problem solving and decision making.
Maintains a safety conscious work environment by following Edison safety protocols and safe work practices.
Performs other responsibilities and duties as assigned.

Qualifications
Minimum qualifications

Must have a minimum of three years of experience in Right of Way, Civil Engineering, Commercial Property Management and/or Title Company.
Must have a valid driver’s license.

Desired qualifications

Associate’s Degree in Business or related field or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Demonstrated experience with civil engineering and construction concepts.
Demonstrated experience working with railroad permits or construction projects.
Demonstrated experience with encroachments, leases, licenses, permits, and consents for third party development.
Demonstrated experience with real properties work (i.e. grants of easements, deeds, quit claims, licenses, leases, permits, consents encroachments, fencing, debris removal, land use restriction agreements).
Demonstrated experience deciphering maps, including land plots and land development plans such as grading plans, street improvement plans, plot plans, Thomas Guides, Google Earth, and Land Vision.
Demonstrated experience with right-of-way negotiations, including but not limited to complex contractual terms and conditions for licenses, consents and easement acquisition.
Demonstrated experience consulting on real property issues, including gathering and analyzing information, independently identifying client needs, developing action plans, and presenting recommendations.
Demonstrated experience performing site inspections/evaluations.
Demonstrated experience planning and organizing workload, adjusting to changing priorities, and working well under pressure with minimal supervision.
Demonstrated ability to plot and/or prepare general legal descriptions, which may include both sectional and metes and bounds descriptions.
Demonstrated experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and SAP.
Must be willing to travel to site locations with personal vehicle.
Demonstrated ability to follow Edison safety protocols and safe work practices.
Must demonstrate the ability to integrate work across relevant areas, develop the business and services to enhance customer satisfaction and productivity, manage risks appropriately, develop and execute business plans, manage information, and provide exceptional service to internal and external customers.
Must demonstrate effective communication skills, both orally and in writing.
Must demonstrate effective resource and project planning, decision making, results delivery, team building, and the ability to stay current with relevant technology and innovation.
Must demonstrate strong ethics, influence and negotiation, leadership, interpersonal skills, and the ability to effectively manage stress and engage in continuous learning.

Monday, December 14, 2015
Where to look for work:
1) Craigslist.
2) LinkedIn.
3) FlexJobs.
4) GlassDoor.

Monday, December 14, 2015

LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE

Here is a list of the typical expectations of a landscape maintenance artist:

Landscape maintenance employees (drivers and laborers). Must be friendly, able to work with others, and be willing to learn.

Requirements:
1) Valid California drivers license - with clean record (License (not required)
2) Bilingual in English/Spanish (not required)
3) 3+ years of landscape maintenance/installation experience
4) Irrigation experience (not required)
5) Low voltage lighting experience (not required)
6) Know of plant material is a plus
7) Must be familiar with and able to operate all maintenance equipment

Compensation depends on experience (use of tools, knowledge of plant material, irrigation, lighting, etc).

Saturday, December 5, 2015
1. Find out what is expected from different with WhatDoesADo.

Thursday, November 26, 2015, Happy Thanksgiving!!!

from a site member . . . .

My situation is different from most, so using a "standard" resume can be problematic. I sold my business in my early 30s and was then financially independent. I could work, or not, depending upon what was appealing to me. I love to work, so I fully expected to work. I had no interest in laying around doing nothing.

Calls came in for me to assist old friends on a variety of projects. While I didn't realize it at the time, it became what we call contract work. It evolved that I worked under these three casual rules.
1. The job had to be about something where I was able to learn something new.
2. Generally the job had to pay double or triple normal what I was worth. That way I could work only part of the year and still receive full compensation. There was no hard and fast rule about this, as one job paid nothing at all and I loved it. Contract work generally pays quite well due to its temporary nature.
3. They had to promise to fire me when the job was done. I wasn't looking for a real job.

This made a lot of holes in my work history. A resume that was chronological looked silly. One community resume resource person looked at my history and suggested that I didn't want, or need, a standard resume. I could just list my accomplishments. This has worked out very well for me, far better than a standard resume ever would.

If a prospective employer is looking for a full time stable (slave) employee, I am not it. I have never even been asked to an interview under these conditions.

Much of the contract world is intended to test a potential employee without the risk of getting stuck with a dud worker. I make it clear, right up front, that I have no interest. My odd resume and attitude results in the interviewer wanting to find out more about how a person arrived at such a position.

I explain that I sold my successful business and now work because I want to work. In essence, I challenge them to appeal to me in order to get me. I don't need them, but they may need me. Some few have no interest and it ends there. Most find my attitude unusual and few interviews go along the normal route. Several times I have been offered a position unlike the one under consideration. Sometimes I get referred to a friend of the interviewer as better suited for something else. My network has just expanded.

When the subject of pay is concerned, I avoid it by saying that I fully expect to be compensated within the parameters of the industry. You might think that since I don't "have to have the money" that I would be offered the low end of the range. The opposite is true, I am offered at the higher end every time.

This is just a hint of my unusual methods, but it has worked for me very well in exceeding my expectations. I have always been able to save at least 1/2 of my take home pay and a couple of times 100%. I have now traveled to 5 continents, including Antarctica, and been paid for it. I am still trying to get paid to go to my only remaining state, Alaska. I may fail.

How has this worked for me? I am now 70 and I still get jobs. How do I find them, the phone rings. Only once in those 37 years did I go looking. I was underfoot for my wife and bored, possibly with low level depression. She told me to go back to work. I made a couple of phone calls and was on a plane the next day to my next contract job. Your network is everything.

Most of all, I am free and simply can't understand why so many have gone into debt and became voluntary slaves. The last job where I had to have the money was working for my father and I was 22. That was it, I vowed "Never again."

If you allow yourself to become free, your life will change in ways that you could never imagine. It may not be all good.

Monday November 23, 2015
Jobs for this morning:
1. E-Marketing Specialist, Web Content. UX-UI, what it means: UX Design refers to the term User Experience Design, while UI Design refers to User Interface Design. Both elements are cruicial to a product and work closely together.
2.
3.

Monday, October 26, 2015
1. Airport mechanic requires the minimum training of an A&P license.
An A&P license is an Airframe & Powerplant certificate. So how does one get one, and how much does it cost?

Friday, April 3, 2015
1. Millenials at the Workplace.
2.

Friday, February 27, 2015

HOW TO APPLY

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO APPLY. We maintain a rigorous hiring process to help ensure we only hire the best and most dedicated professionals. Please note that you will not be considered for this position if you fail to follow the instructions when applying.

WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY

Our company is devoted to providing the best possible work to our clients and maintaining a fun, thriving environment for our team. We offer opportunities for career growth and training and the best profit sharing bonus plan in the industry with up to 50% of all profits shared to all employees!

You will work side by side with top talent to improve your skills and advance the company as a whole. Team members enjoy regular Friday lunches, free gym membership, and special company events, like BBQs, paintballing, and Laker games. We offer comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.

YOU SHOULD HAVE:

· An expertise in HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery

· A thorough understanding of cross browser compatibility issues

· Experience with media queries

· A knowledge of CSS platforms such as Twitter's Bootstrap

· An ability to multi-task on multiple projects and tasks at the same time

· Great attention to detail and be highly organized

· A positive and upbeat attitude with the ability to learn quickly

· Proficiency in PHP/MYSQL and AJAX (preferred)

· Experience with Wordpress, BigCommerce, Magento, and Shopify (preferred)

· Excellent written and spoken English

· A passion to build a startup

YOUR DUTIES AND TASKS:

· Transforming complex layout PSDs [PhotoShop Design] into pixel-perfect presentation-layer HTML5/CSS3 templates

· Creating responsive website designs.

· Building websites with Wordpress, extending and developing plugins and themes.

· Working with Photoshop, Illustrator and Fireworks to create images optimized for the web

· Working with version control systems such as GIT / SVN

· Working under tight deadlines

· Multitasking on multiple projects at the same time

· Producing high quality of work with a strong focus on detail

ABOUT COALITION TECHNOLOGIES

Coalition Technologies is a Web Design and Search Engine Optimization agency located in Los Angeles, California. We are a team of expert developers, inspired creatives, passionate account managers, and talented marketers. Our leadership is committed to providing a better work environment and an opportunity for a better life. By hiring the best people and then encouraging them to advance their skills, we provide an unrivaled value to our clients. Our professionals are experts at driving online visitors and revenue, and we are constantly working to improve. We are the top rated SEO agency in LA - read more here: http://coalitiontechnologies.com/reviews

MORE INFORMATION

Our search engine optimization (SEO) team is a group of highly specialized experts who know how to drive traffic and revenue online. We work with Google AdWords, Bing AdCenter [and here], organic search, PPC [pay per click], SEM [search engine marketing], conversion optimization, online marketing, digital marketing, social media management, email marketing, etc. This position will include skills and roles related to web design, website builder, website templates, website design, alignment, IT jobs, webdesign, webdesigner, developer, drupal [content management software or CMS], end.

HOW TO APPLY

Sunday, January 25, 2015
Text Editor Programs:
1. HTML Editor here and here.
2. Notepad++
3. Coda.
4. Sublime.
Learn CMS after you've mastered the basics of HTML. Williamson's Web Design Fundamentals & CSS courses.
5. Brackets.io.
6. DocType Declaration.

ONLINE REFERENCES
7. http://www.w3.org/TR/html5
8. http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage.
9. webplatform.
Search Engines.
Valuable tools.
<p> HTML uses tags to identify page content. This text, for example, is a paragraph.</p>

2 gig of ram is slow; you need 4 gig of RAM.
open source website that were looking for better online documentatin for html.
Check it out.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/doct
HTML requires more than a Text Editing tool.
CSS, Javascript, HTML.

WHO SHOULD I WORK FOR?
Brand Name Companies: Apply to Each One.
1. CostCo Wholesale.
2. Southwest Airlines (San Diego & Denver)
3. Nike.
4. Intel.
5. Procter & Gamble.
6. FedEx.
7. Starbucks.
8. eBay.
9. Salesforce. Salesforce specializes in CRM.
10. Disney.
11. Nestle & Purina.
12. Orbitz Worldwide.
13. Google, Inc.
14. Interactive Intelligence.
15. GuideWire.
16. Facebook.
17. Eastman Chemical.
18. LinkedIn.
19. Twitter.
20. Bain & Company.
50 of the Best Small & Medium Sized Companies to Work for. The top 5 are:
1. Motley Fool.
2. SmartBear Software.
3. TravelZoo.
4. Cornerstone on Demand.
5. Paycom.

JOB SEARCH TOOLS HERE.
1. JibberJobber helps track your job searches. Not sure it's worth the effort.
2. LinkedIn Resume Builder.
3. Resunate evaluates your resume to see how it competes.
4. Social Mention helps to manage your online reputation.
5. Use LinkedIn Groups to find an email for someone you don't have an email for.
6. Use Insightly to manage and organize business cards you collect.
7. Email your network and let them know that you're looking for a job.
8. Use Contactually to follow up with business relationships.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

JOB-SEEKING TOOLS

1. Evolv is a workforce bias data tool. Try it out. Find out what it does and the kinds of clients it works for.

2. Brian Welle on workplace psychology. Societal for Industrial & Organizational Psychology.
3. "Let's Fix It: Blame Unemployment on the Color Blue,"Laszlo Bock SVP, People Operations at Google. Bock's LinkedIn page.

Monday, November 17, 2014
SEARCH BACKGROUND OF COMPANY

1. Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System, EDGAR.

2. U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.

3. System for Electronic Documentation Analysis and Retrieval or SEDAR is for companies in Canada.

HTML: LEARN IT TODAY.
1. Lynda.com.
2.

VEGAS MOVIE STUDIO: LEARN IT TODAY.
1. Lynda.com.
2.

EXCEL: LEARN IT TODAY.
1. Lynda.com.
2.

Sunday, January 18, 2015
Bob Bly Products
How to Do Online Research, Bob Bly, $29.
LinkedIn Magic, Bob Bly, $29. See here too.
Write Copy for Fortune 500 Companies, Bob Bly, $29.

Dear Direct Response Letter Subscriber:

Which copywriting clients have the deepest pockets -- and pay
the biggest fees to their freelancers? www.fortune500copy.com

The Fortune 500, of course. These billion-dollar conglomerates
pay higher fees -- and have more repeat assignments to give you --
than other copywriting clients.

Surprisingly, it is not at all difficult to hook these
conglomerates as clients. In my first year as a copywriter, with
almost no experience under my belt, I wrote for at least 3
Fortune 500 companies.

To discover how you can quickly and easily add big Fortune 500
companies to your client roster, just click below now:
www.fortune500copy.com

Sincerely,
Bob Bly

P.S. Another advantage of having big corporations as copywriting
clients is that they are loyal.

Direct marketers are constantly trying different copywriters to
see if they can beat their control.

Fortune 500 clients, on the other hand, tend to think of you as
"their" copywriter ... and won't flit around looking to test other
writers.

The result: a steady stream of repeat assignments from the same
group of corporate clients:

HARDWARE SKILLS

Ruby or Rails (version 4)

PostgreSQL

JavaScript

Jquery
Json\API
Ajax
Heroku \ AWS
GitHub
Scrum / Agile

JOB LISTINGS
Friday, January 16, 2015

1. Wed Design.
2.
One way to decide which classes to take at Lynda is to search for jobs at Craigslist's web/HTML/info design category.

GET THAT RAISE!!
Thursday, December 25, 2014

Need a Raise in 2015? Try Changing Jobs

Kansas City Fed economist José Mustre-del-Río writes in a new research paper:

Unlike wages of stayers, wages of switchers are much more cyclically sensitive, as contracts signed with new employers are more likely to reflect current economic conditions.We find that switchers’ wage growth has been quite strong the past several quarters as the labor market continues to tighten...As the labor market continues to tighten and turnover continues to rise, these trends should become more broad-based.

Job switchers’ average wage growth rose from around 4.3% per quarter in the first quarter of 2013 to 5.6% in the third quarter of 2014, the study found.

Note: This makes common sense. If someone has a job, it will generally take a significantly higher salary to cause him to switch. And, during the manipulated boom period, such as we have now, the Fed is pumping money into new sectors that have the funds to bid employees away from old sectors.

(via WSJ)

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Thursday, November 27, 2014

LinkedIn: Build Your Profile
1. Find Hiring Managers Via LinkedIn.
2. 5-Minute LinkedIn Growth Hack.
3. LinkedIn Directory Groups.
". . . your job search IS a business! It’s your financial future."

When branding yourself for the job you want, "your emphasis is not on the job titles you’ve held or the tasks you completed. Rather, you’ll highlight the problems you’ve solved for your past employers."

"Forget your skills – no one cares. Tell us what problems you solve, instead."

Obtaining information on companies, use LinkedIn and Glassdoor. Glassdoor is primarily a jobs board, but it also has helpful sections, "Companies & Reviews," "Interviews," "Salaries," and "Jobs." This is part of that job search that so many folks talk about.
4. Ask a Recruiter

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INTERVIEW STRATEGIES
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

This is the best advice I'd ever heard of on what to say in an interview:

A job interview is not a test on what you know about a company, but rather a sales presentation on what you can bring to the company. As an employer, I don't care about what you know about my company -- if I hire you, I'll teach you everything you need to know that's specific to our firm.

What I do care about is what you can bring to our firm that will help us achieve our goals (make money, do good in the world, etc.). So your presentation in your interview should revolve around the skills and attributes that you bring to the table that would benefit the company.

If you are looking for questions to ask when the interviewer inevitably says "Do you have any questions for me?" -- as you don't want to hear crickets at this point -- my favorite question is "How does someone be successful here at XYZ company?" because 9 times out of 10, the interviewer will start talking about what has made them successful, and as a result of your questions, you will have made the interviewer feel good about himself/herself and those positive vibes will be favorable to you.

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Friday, November 14, 2014
The Economics of Tipping, Kenneth A. Zahringer, Nov. 13, 2014.

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Friday, November 7, 2014
1. Voice Over Services
2. $500 Stock footage. Here are some seller accounts:

Prepare the clips for upload - edit the clips to meet the requirements of the stock video sites. Each of the sites listed below provide specific format details for your video clips. (Find an example upload tutorial at http://www.revostock.com/tutorials/producerapplication.html.

Create seller accounts - create seller accounts at the stock footage selling accounts. Here are a few sites you might want to create seller accounts at:

http://www.revostock.com/HowItWorks/Content.html

3. Customer Service Software, Zendesk. Customer Service job.

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Thursday, November 6, 2014

JOB REQUIREMENTS
1. Good Computer Competency
2. Excellent Writing Skills
3. Superior Organizational and Leadership Ability
4. Develop and Create Marketing Collateral.
5. Working Knowledge of:
MS Office Suite -- (particularly PowerPoint, Excel PivotViewer, Table)
Google Enterprise (Gmail, Drive, Calendars, Analytics, Dashboard)

a. Working Knowledge of: (Or will train right candidate)
Email Marketing Campaigns--AWeber & MailChimp:
Email blasts and blogs, posting to webpage and sites
Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)

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November 3, 2014

10 Highest-Paying Work-From-Home Jobs

FlexJobs has just ranked work-from-home jobs that pay at least $90,000 annually. The list includes positions in a range of sectors, including technology, medical, and business.

10. Major gifts officer
Salary range: Up to $90,000 | People in this job solicit current and prospective donors for major donations. These jobs include frequent travel, according to FlexJobs, and the ability to work from home during non-travel times.

9. Audit manager
Salary range: $90,000-$110,000 | Audit managers lead, plan, and execute internal audits for customers and clients. They also work with stakeholders to help them understand the potential impact of an audit.

8.Cloud engineer
Salary range: $115,00-$140,000 | Cloud engineers help companies and clients implement and troubleshoot cloud-based solutions.

7. Director of business development
Salary range: $100,000-$151,000 | People in this position help drive revenue and sales for established clients and new businesses. They also oversee the sales team at some companies.

6. iOS developer
Salary range: $100,000-$120,000 | iOS developers create applications for Apple's mobile operating system. Some work with a company to create its app, while others work with a firm focused on application creation for a variety of clients.

5. Clinical regulatory affairs director
Salary range: $150,000-$151,000 | Clinical regulatory affairs directors work with pharmaceutical companies on a variety of tasks related to clinical trials, according to FlexJobs. They prepare and submit products for markets nationally and internationally.

4. Director of quality improvement
Salary range: $100,000-$175,000 | People in this job design best practices related to systems administration and data architecture.

3. Senior medical writer
Salary range: $110,000-$115,000 | Senior medical writers review medical information, write documents, and edit work by other medical writers. They work for medical publishers as well as pharmaceutical companies.

2. Senior software engineer
Salary range: $100,000-$200,000 | People in this position develop and run software programs, troubleshoot technical issues, and manage a team of software engineers.

1. Sales director
Salary range: $130,000-$200,000 | Sales directors develop programs for lead generation and revenue growth. They work closely with company stakeholders as well as clients.

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Friday, November 21, 2014

QUESTIONS TO ASK DURING AN INTERVIEW
Some questions you might decide to use, assuming they haven’t already been answered in the earlier part of the interview”

1. How does this position fit in with the rest of the company/organization?
2. Is this a new position?
3. If so, what made you decide to create it?
4. If not, are you changing it in any way now?
5. What would a typical work day/week be like for me?
6. After I start, what would the first few weeks look like for me?
7. Are there any special projects coming up you’d like me to work on?
8. Where do you see this department / company going over the next year?
9. What would a successful employee (hopefully me) make happen for you?
10. If I may ask, how long have you worked here? What do you like most about it?
11. How would you describe the company’s management style?
12. How would you describe the company culture?
13. What would you say employees like most about working here?
14. Is there anything employees would say they like least?
15. What kinds of things would you expect of me to enable me to advance within the company?
16. What kinds of advancement opportunities are there for someone in this position?
17. Is there anything else at all that I can tell you about myself to help you in your decision?
18. What can I expect as far as next steps?
19. If I do get the job, how soon would you like me to start?

Thursday, November 13, 2014
THANK-YOU NOTES

Thank you notes are essential. They demonstrate courtesy and follow-up. Also, if you're applying for a customer service position, then sending a thank you note becomes more like evidence of your ability to provide satisfactory service.

Nick Corcodilos suggests inserting a cut-out newspaper article, the kind that Steve Hardy produces daily, on a topic that was discussed in the interview or something relevant to the company. And then to write at the top of the article: "TO: ______________; FROM _______________." And to also include a relevant comment in the margin on a point discussed in the interview. This to me is a lot of work. But I think that he's right that the Thank you note and the article insert will occupy more time and space on the manager's desk than other thank you notes. And since thank you notes are the most recent reminder of the candidate, it makes sense that you want it to be unique. I will try that next time.
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October 31, 2014
INTERVIEW FOLLOW-UP
Jot down what you think went well, what you feel you should have covered more – and most importantly, any useful nugget of information you may have picked up about the role or company.

I would then send an email the next morning – keep it fairly brief, no more than 5 or 6 lines.

Firstly you should thank the hiring manager for their time as this shows good manners. Then talk about a specific point they may have mentioned. Maybe they said they were planning to expand overseas in the near future. Whatever it is, by briefly touching upon it, you are showing that you listened and are genuinely interested in the company.
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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Highest paying jobs.

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Sunday, October 12, 2014

10 Most Wanted Jobs, 2013.

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Friday, October 10, 2014

RESUMES
Evaluate your resume with Resunate. See this for more insights on writing your resume.

ONLINE REPUTATION

Social Mention manages your online reputation.

MANAGE YOUR JOB SEARCH WITH . . .

JibberJobber

858-492-8027

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Thursday, October 9, 2014

JOB DESCRIPTION

Founded in 1991, The Walking Company is the leading national specialty retailer of high quality comfort shoes and accessories, dedicated to bringing customers the best comfort brands from around the world. Offering the most technically-advanced selection of comfort footwear under one roof, The Walking Company sells premium and exclusive brands such as ABEO^® biomechanical footwear^™, Dansko^®, Umberto Raffini^®, UC 24/7^® and Thad Stuart^®.

The Walking Company headquarters are based in Westlake Village, CA and sells its products in over 200 stores in premium malls nationwide, and through TheWalkingCompany.com. The success of the company can be attributed to an excellent product assortment, strategic marketing initiatives, and exceptional customer service.

The ecommerce web designer/developer will be a significant contributor to the creation and implementation of the visual and user experience components of the company’s ecommerce websites. Using their strong Graphic Design, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript skills the website designer will work to optimize the end-user’s visit and shopping experience on the company’s sites.

The ideal web designer/developer will thrive in a fast-paced environment and be prepared to share new ideas and directions to grow the company’s ecommerce business and contribute to the ongoing improvement of the company’s online presence.

Requirements

Strong hand-coding HTML and CSS skills that conform to current best practices and standards.
An understanding of responsive design concepts and experience implementing them (bootstrap).
Excellent Graphic design skills – Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign etc.
Willingness to present new ideas for the design of the sites and the ability to modify those ideas to fit our business requirements.
Proficiency using JavaScript/jQuery.
Experience working on a public facing ecommerce site that can be reviewed during the interview process.
Ability to work closely with the programmers to deliver updates and enhancements to the websites.
ASP.NET, MVC, C# experience preferred.

Desired Education or Degree: BA/BS in related field a plus.

The Walking Company Holdings, Inc.

Web: http://www.thewalkingcompany.com

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GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Full-time graphic designer with web experience to support the creative needs of a fast paced Internet Startup company.

What you'll do:

• Design weekly e-mail blasts/newsletters

• Design websites for different market niche sites.

- Maintain overall look and feel of websites.

• Maintain brand consistency

Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in web design/development

• Great Design Sense and knowledge of layout and design principles

• Detailed understanding of color, space, and typography

• Ability to execute from concept to completion

• Motivated and able to work independently

• Excellent communication and organizational skills

• Ability to produce high quality work quickly and accurately

Required skills:

• Mac/PC based design experience

• Fully capable in Photoshop, Illustrator, Microsoft Office

• Medium to Advanced web design skills

• Ability to code XHTML and table based designs using Dreamweaver or Notepad

• Ability to design and code e-mail blasts/newsletters from scratch

• General knowledge of internet, computers, FTP (I use Filezilla), websites

• Knowledge of Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest a plus!

Applicants should be locally based - this position will not work for remote candidates.

Please submit your resume and samples of websites that you have designed.

And don't forget Oracle.

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DEVELOP A BETTER WORK ETHIC

Gary North - October 10, 2014

This was posted this week.

How does one develop strong work ethics? Please share some personal tips and tricks.

http://www.garynorth.com/members/forum/openthread.cfm?forum=1&ThreadID=39613

TIME PERSPECTIVE

It begins with time perspective. From what we can see, although we are not able to see very much, this develops sometime around the age of four. About a third of the children tested in the famous marshmallow experiment had the ability to defer gratification. There are several videos on this, and you can search "marshmallow experiment" on YouTube.

As part of the experiment, there were follow-up studies. It turned out that those students who had high future-orientation did better in almost every area of life at the age of 18 than those students who had not demonstrated the ability to defer gratification at the age of four or five.

This does not mean that a particular outlook cannot be taught and reinforced within the family environment or in an educational environment. We know that these tendencies can be reinforced. The question is this: Is there any systematic program that will move a present-oriented person into the category of future-oriented? The answer is yes. There is a one-word answer: marriage.

In studies of male welfare dependency, there are four steps that a man can take that generally keep him from winding up on the welfare rolls, or staying on the welfare rolls. These are the four steps: graduate from high school, get a job, get married, and stay married. A man who will do these four things is far less likely to wind up permanently on the welfare rolls than a man who does none of them.

The problem is this: it takes a certain attitude, especially a sense of personal responsibility, to take all four steps. The steps can be seen as techniques, but these techniques are avoided by large numbers of men in inner cities in the United States and Great Britain. Basically, an abnormally high percentage of black males will not take these four steps. If we look at the inner cities where there is competition between Blacks and Latinos, older Latinos drop out of high school at twice the rate of older Blacks, but they get married, and they stay married. Year-by-year, Latinos replace Blacks as property owners in the inner cities. This is especially true in what used to be called South Central Los Angeles: "Watts." It is almost a case study of what has happened nationally.

The earlier that children are taught to establish goals, and then work on a personal plan of action to reach these goals, the sooner the child will enter into the responsibilities of adulthood. This is why homework assignments in formal education are important in the development of a productive work ethic. Every society has a program of training children, and every society has some form of initiation that marks the transition from childhood to adulthood. In the United States, this usually is high school graduation. This is why high school graduation is a major liturgical event in Western society. This is also why the 50th reunion of a high school class is one of the last formal celebrations that Americans go through. Some Americans go through a similar celebration four years later: the 50th college reunion. But, of course, fewer Americans go through this than who attend the 50th high school reunion.

All of this has to do with time. Time perspective is crucial. The other factors, such as marriage and having children, are institutional reinforcements of time perspective.

Edward Banfield defined economic class in terms of time perspective. Future-oriented people are upper class. (The Unheavenly City.)

HABITS

I cannot identify the transition in my own life. I was watching the latest installment of NCIS this week. There was a scene in which one of the regular stars of the show, the character "Ducky," who spends his life studying dead bodies, reminisces about his graduation from medical school. It was in Great Britain. He went to the equivalent of a disco center, although in those days they were not called discos. As I watched this, for the first time in my life, I realized that I had never gone to a place like that. I went to a few performances of various bluegrass groups and folk artists, but I never went to anything comparable to a singles bar or a disco. This had never occurred to me before. It was something of a personal revelation. I thought back, and I had no reminiscences of anything like this.

I realized in that moment of truth that I have spent my life marshaling footnotes. For as long as I can remember, that has been the overwhelming focus of my life. I have been writing term papers on a regular basis since the age of 13. I write the equivalent of a high school weekly essay or even a monthly essay, four times a day, six days a week, plus the equivalent of a couple of brief weekly essays every day. Then I produce at least two video lessons that are at least 25 minutes long. This means outlining the lesson, recording the lesson, and editing it. I realized that I have been doing something comparable, though with less output per day, since the age of 13. I knew that, but I had not recognized the price: no discos.

We get into habitual patterns. I realize that the pattern that I have set for myself at my age is abnormal. I have certain things I want to finish. I have certain things I want to leave as a legacy. My workload reflects this. It is not normal. But my point is this: this pattern of behavior begins very young.

The advantage that I have in my writing is that I have a daily deadline for at least half a dozen projects. Every day, I have to perform. This gets habitual. If you break down your various tasks into bite-size portions, and you have a time schedule laid out for the achievement of steps along each path, you will develop the habits that are generally described as the work ethic. This is sometimes called Protestant work ethic. It is certainly the work ethic that prevails in Japan. It is not the work ethic that prevails in sub-Saharan Africa.

In extreme cases, this is called workaholism. The question is this: Is the behavior the result of a process of sequential task-setting, or is the task-setting the result of the psychological condition? I do not know the answer.

VOLUNTEERING

The best way to develop this work ethic is to take on voluntary tasks beyond what is assigned to you in school or on the job. The more tasks you take on, and the more tasks with deadlines, the more rapidly you will develop a sustainable work ethic. Volunteer for projects.

In high school, I had the usual academic tasks. I got A's and B's. At the age of 14, I got a job in which I had to work 20 hours a week. I also performed in the junior and senior plays. I was student body president in the second half of my senior year. I was a sports photographer in the last two years of high school. In my senior year, I organized the annual regional convention of the California Scholarship Federation. I did not have to do any of this. By age 14, my behavior was set in psychological concrete.

I did not watch a lot of television. Except for the Western TV show Maverick and The Steve Allen Show, I have no memory of what I watched in high school. If it had not been for the weekly "man in the street" segment, I doubt that I would remember anything on The Steve Allen Show. Whenever I watched, most of it made no impression on me.

Basically, I loaded myself down with extracurricular activities. These involved public speaking. This included selling records at a record store. I had to learn how to talk. School taught me how to write. These are the only two skills I have developed ever since. I am probably not a better speaker today than I was at the age of 17. I am a better writer. That took longer. By age 23, I could write for the general public. I began with book reviews in a local newspaper.

CONCLUSION

There is a saying, "If you want to get something done, assign it to a busy person." You might think that it would be easier to assign the task to somebody with a lot of time on his hands. But people with a lot of time on their hands have specialized in avoiding tasks. It is not a good idea to assign any task to someone who has a lot of time on his hands.

To gain the Protestant work ethic, volunteer for more assignments. Volunteer for assignments that are meaningful, even though you do not make any money at them. You will find that the habits you develop by doing this will eventually make you more money. They will spill over into your job

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