Archive for August, 2009
Koda gets comfortable
KODA.us recently secured an additional $1 million in funding from a group of private angel investors. So far, the company has raised $3 million and has marked the completion of its first round of funding. Jeff Berger, co-founder and CEO of KODA, said the site has been in the making for about two years. When first created, the site leaned more toward job seekers, and the company needed funding to do more research and talk to companies in order to redesign KODA to focus more on candidates a
The stupidity of trying to work for barnes and noble
I visited my nearest B&N; yesterday, job-hunting. As expected, I was told it had no openings right now. I asked if I could have an application. As halfway expected, I was directed toward the website. First, the B&N;’s main page’s most obvious careers link is only for corporate jobs. Second, if you find the correct link , for store jobs, you read: If you want to join our community of booksellers, please check out our job listings on HotJobs.com, or download a job application and ta
Harris cuts fog of war
The Harris corporation demonstrated streaming video from unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) along with meta data, to a real-time dismounted soldier and a simulated Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter Mission Commander’s station this week in Australia. A variety of Harris solutions, including the Adjunct Network Processor , SeaLancet tactical radio, Falcon III tactical radio, and FliteScene software digital map ( pdf ) enabled high-bandwidth ad hoc networking among the Chinook, the UAV
Glut of gis jobs in denver area?
community, educationAugust 26th, 2009 A friend tipped me off to a large number of GIS jobs listed with CareerBuilder in and around Colorado’s Front Range. A search on GIS for Denver yields 37 job listings from Boulder, Denver, Aurora, Broomfield, Thornton and Westminster. A lot of these job descriptions are similar, and most indicate that the company is confidential. Skill sets range widely from GIS technician to project software developer/analyst to a science lead job for an environmental and
Successful online freelancing
August 29, 2009 | By Steven Carragher In Online Business | by James CollinsBusinesses worldwide are looking for individuals to perform a wide range of independent professional services from remote locations. The outsourcing of business processes makes sense for companies that do not have the funds to take on additional employees, even though they have needs beyond those their current employees can fulfill.Those subcontractors who operate online can work from their own home or small offi
Recent jobs posted to the 37signals job board in london, paris, new york, toronto, sf, etc.
Design Jobs Dayforce is looking for a Senior UI Designer in Toronto, Canada. Wesleyan University is looking for a Web Developer in Middletown, CT. Diary.com is looking for a Lead Web Designer in London, UK. AnyClip is looking for a Senior Designer / Front-End Developer in New York, NY. Vodpod is looking for a Web Designer in San Francisco, CA. View all Design Job listings Programming Jobs Firstborn is looking for a Software Engineer in New York, N
Many ways to advertise your home based business
Having a home based business has many ups and downs to it. The last thing you want to worry about while trying to figure everything else out is whether or not your home based business is getting enough advertising to make a profit. When it comes to advertising there are several different ways you can do this and some may even work better than others but you want to be sure to reach as many audiences as you can in order to provide yourself the best outcome. In this article I will provide a few
Employment scams – tips to spot a job scam
Learn to read these top signs so you can spot a job scam miles away and stay atop the situation any day and also be in a position to warn friends and family about these scams! The most common places for employment scams today are in the local papers, (now you know why some of them are called Rags?) on the internet and even in the fliers that people inadvertently drop into your mail box; much of it is carefully planned and nothing more than a ruse to get you to part with some money in exchange f
Using craigslist to market your business
Service oriented businesses like contractors, landscapers, house cleaners, sales professionals and more are constantly looking for new avenues of advertising their business. Advertising in other classifieds to generate leads or sales can be quite expensive. A free alternative is Craigslist . You will want to become familiar with their posting guidelines to avoid having your ads removed. Craigslist is a US based classified advertising website that is ranked in the top 25 websites in the wo
Having pre employment background screening when looking for a job
Depending on your age, you probably remember when pre employment background screening meant that someone checked to be sure that your past job listings are accurate and they may have called a few of your references. Some places would confirm your education, but not all of them were as concerned about that point. Those were the simple days and you always knew what to expect through that type of background screening. Things have changed, and the laws keep changing. These are the things business