DC and Northern Virginia Business Coaching - Benefits For Everyone

In the past, businesses and technology firms have looked for college graduates because of their raw talent, hunger, and energy. There’s no replacement for someone who can work for hours on end - on suspect diets of caffeine and Twinkies. There are also folks who have been around the workforce for a while, but who may have pigeon-holed themselves into a certain job type or role. Many of these folks could use some serious business coaching (along with technical resume updates).

There may even be many among the experienced workforce set who have lost some of their communication and business skills, and may feel they are in a dead end job with nowhere to go. These can be office workers, IT professionals and even corporate managers or executives. It can be depressing thinking that you are stuck in one field and at one salary. It's even worse when the economy turns south (or IS south, as in Antarctica South, right now), because you continually take cuts in pay and that can petrify you into never actually acting on a job change or opportunity.

The is the right time, in this economy, to take stock of your personal capability to derive success, satisfaction and reward from your business role and efforts.

The truth is, with a little bit of business coaching you can learn how to revive your career, make some gains financially, and ultimately become more satisfied in your job...and Northern Virginia business coaching is readily available from a number of trained and qualified coaches.

By taking advantage of professional business coaching and guidance, you can learn to make opportunities for yourself - rather than wait for other people to make them for you. You have to look at a business coach as your personal consultant who can help open things up for you - little by little - until you can take the ball and run with it.

(No, not a personal assistant - a personal business coach...)

Not only can having a business coach help at your job, but having one can also help you to make your personal life less stressful, streamlined and ultimately more fulfilling. By having more opportunities in your business life, you won’t have to bring home all that stress - leave it at the office, on the road, wherever! A business coach can tell you the things you are doing wrong and help absolutely motivate you to make quicker, better business decisions.

A business coach can come into your life looking from the outside-in rather than where you’ve been looking at it for years—through your eyes only! That doesn’t mean that they won’t see your side of the story. The idea of a business coach is to understand both sides of things and help you develop your strengths, thereby pulling you out of your slump and making you more productive.

You should be selective when hiring or seeking out a business coach in the Northern Virginia area, and look specifically for someone who specializes in business or executive coaching. The main criteria to consider is that they have the experience and resources to get your professional life turned around, and that there's a good rapport between you and your coach. You should select someone who stresses helping you to manage your priorities, communicate better, make more effective presentations, enhance your strengths and identify ways you can improve. If you talk to someone who has these goals in mind for you, then you know you’ve found the right business coach.

If you can’t see your life going in any reasonable direction, and your paychecks have become stagnant or even been reduced, you need a business coach. If you are tired of being stressed out about your job and aren’t sure how to turn things around, then invest in a business coaching program such as those available in Northern Virginia and the Washington DC metro area through James Bowles Business Coaching and watch yourself grow!

CAD Engineer Architect - AutoCAD - Lehigh Pennsylvania

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CADD Engineering/Architect professional seeks position/role with organization requiring CAD engineering skills and project management.

Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas for travel/onsite work; telecommuting services also offered.

Full resume and information at http://www.cad-engineer-architect.com.

CAD, CADD, Engineering, Management, AutoCAD, Microstation, Project Coordinator, Project Manager, Property Appraisals, Real Estate Appraisals, Marketing, Sales, Store Management, Architectural Engineering, Computer Aided Design, Computer Aided Drafting, Computer Design Drafting.

Capabilities include:

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND DRAFTING – ENGINEERING, PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- Design and create technical drawings catered to individual engineering or architectural contract specifications
- Collect field data for space planning of both existing and new construction; design transfer to blueprint-quality prints
- Aesthetic, efficient CAD workspace design for promoting employee comfort and productivity
- Inspect, document measurements and hand-draft engineering designs for 5,000+ residential, commercial and industrial properties
- Transfer of field-gathered data to CAD based computer software per contract specifications
- Convert MicroStation drawings to AutoCAD while updating and maintaining clients’ Polyline Hierarchy for locations worldwide
- Work with all aspects of construction process to complete copies and updates of ‘As-Built’ detail and overall blueprint sets
- Engineer transition of original, outdated drafts to online computer database application for easy cross-reference
- Detail substantial electrical cost saving measures through inspection, research and recommendations for a LEED building

SOA Architects Needed

Posted 4/28/2008 - Services Oriented Architecture Managers, Lead Architects and Lead ESB Engineers needed for large Washington DC Government and Homeland Security programs. New programs just signed require considerable SOA leadership, expertise and high-level strategy. Excellent opportunities to leverage your domain expertise and be a high-profile leader working directly with Government CIO/CTO staff. Additional opportunities to create and "own" SOA practice areas within smaller consulting company.

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FT Sr. IT Recruiting Manager Technical Resumes needed for FT Information Technology consulting positions in Washington, DC metro area

Senior IT Recruiter -

The responsibilities of a Senior Recruiter will consist of directing and leading the efforts of themselves as well as small teams of Recruiters and Junior Recruiters. The specific team size and make-up will vary from office to office. A Senior Recruiter will have the ability to manage a maximum team size of three individual recruiters or junior recruiters and they will have the ability to back-fill any Account Manager for short periods of time with direct contact and relationships with Client Hiring Managers.

The primary responsibilities of a Senior Recruiter will consist of the direct sourcing and screening of potential candidates for contract, full time placement, and contract to hire openings. Their searches for candidates will include using traditional and creative sourcing methods, including but not limited to our internal database searches, online searches, Internet postings, job/career fairs, local colleges, referrals, user/technical groups, as well as any upcoming re-marketing of existing contractors/consultants. They will be expected to establish lasting and long term relationships with consultants/contractors in their local region and with their assigned Recruiter and Account Managers. They will be responsible for interviewing prospective candidates and determining their qualifications, analyzing their responses, verifying their references, and comparing gathered data to job requirements in an efficient manner such that they can ensure that only quality candidates proceed through the interview process. They will be expected to create processes and programs for motivation and retention of contractors/consultants.

A Senior Recruiter will be capable of negotiating compensation with candidates, extending offers, and facilitating the placement of candidates into client roles. They will be expected to solicit referrals of other top regional talent and update and track candidates.. They will be responsible for increasing the number of qualified applicant resumes on a monthly basis. They will work with their Recruiter and Account Managers as a full service resource on a variety of assigned client relationships in order to identify strategic, as well as immediate IT staffing needs, while adhering to contractor's recruiting methodology and processes. They will be responsible for maintaining working contact with all contractors who are currently on bill, including the tracking of accurate time sheet and expense reporting. They will be expected to refer potential job requirement leads and all potential hiring manager names to their respective Account Managers and Senior Account Managers.

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This is a critical need for an IT consultant(s) in Washington, DC to be filled quickly - all opportunities posted in this blog are IT services consulting positions, and will require US citizenship, will likely be consulting to Federal Government Agencies and Departments, and will be focused on Information Technologies disciplines including CRM (customer relationship management), PMO (program and project management), SOA, ESB, Systems Engineering, IT Governance, Information Management, and deep technical expertise with TIBCO, IBM Websphere and Microsoft technologies. Salaries range from $90-$160K, depending on need, background and experience. Assume all positions in Washington, D.C. area, full-time, with well-regarded and privately-held mid-sized IT consulting and services firm.

FT IT Change Management Lead Technical Resumes needed for FT Information Technology consulting positions in Washington, DC metro area

Change Management Manager - for major Homeland Security program and collaboration initiative.

Key responsibilities
- Defining and deploying an overall approach to gathering, validating and ensuring effective deployment of IT governance policies, processes, etc.

- Support development of policies and processes for IT governance, IT Portfolio Management, CPIC, PPBE, etc.

- Assessing internal and customer organizational training needs using appropriate methodologies

- Managing communication and Change Management planning

- Establishing and facilitating Integrated Program Teams (IPTs) involving SES and GS 14/15 level stakeholders from all major DHS components

- Building and deploying appropriate internal capabilities and Change Management programs

Key Skills
- Proven ability to develop and implement success measures around Change Management strategies and solutions

- Must have substantial experience, training / applied knowledge of methodologies and tools in several of the following IT governance areas: IT Portfolio Management, GAO's IT Investment Management (ITIM) framework/maturity model, Enterprise Architecture, CPIC, IT Strategic Planning, etc

- A minimum of 5 - 7 years of progressively responsible experience in internal consulting business transformation or a Change Management role

- Excellent understanding and experience working in customer facing environments as part of a consulting, implementation or client delivery team

- Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills

- Strong facilitation skills

- Strong influencing and internal selling skills

- Strong project management skills (PMP preferred)

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This is a critical need for an IT consultant(s) in Washington, DC to be filled quickly - all opportunities posted in this blog are IT services consulting positions, and will require US citizenship, will likely be consulting to Federal Government Agencies and Departments, and will be focused on Information Technologies disciplines including CRM (customer relationship management), PMO (program and project management), SOA, ESB, Systems Engineering, IT Governance, Information Management, and deep technical expertise with TIBCO, IBM Websphere and Microsoft technologies. Salaries range from $90-$160K, depending on need, background and experience. Assume all positions in Washington, D.C. area, full-time, with well-regarded and privately-held mid-sized IT consulting and services firm.

FT Microsoft CRM Architect Technical Resumes needed for FT Information Technology consulting positions in Washington, DC metro area

The ideal candidate will be responsible for providing clients with leadership, direction, and technical assistance for Microsoft CRM implementation efforts. Candidate qualities/requirements:

- Demonstrate deep knowledge of Microsoft CRM functional and technical knowledge to client engagements.

- Ability to advise, implement, train, and support Microsoft CRM based on client’s requirements and create/execute test scripts against configuration.

- Provide the team with a good understanding of best practices deploying CRM technologies and product features.

- Ability to work within a business area, both independently and as apart of a development team, to guide and implement technical decisions during all phases of the project

- Prepare and present effective design/configuration/report documentations and progress reports

- Ability to translate business requirements into technical requirements and implement the technical solution

- Define application interfaces, including their transaction and interface volumes and requirements; anticipate and resolve integration issues for technical infrastructures

- Ensure that deliverables are produced within established timeframe, budget and project quality standards, including the coordination of the code/design review process

- Experienced in identifying risk associated with team’s efforts and help to develop contingency plans to address those risks

- Experienced in diagnosing technical performance issues, and recommending solutions is a plus

- Strong analytical, diagnostic and troubleshooting skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment; attention to details is a must

- A minimum of 5 years of industry experience, and minimum 1 year client-related experience working with related Microsoft CRM applications, including Sales, Service, Marketing, and eBusiness applications

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This is a critical need for an IT consultant(s) in Washington, DC to be filled quickly - all opportunities posted in this blog are IT services consulting positions, and will require US citizenship, will likely be consulting to Federal Government Agencies and Departments, and will be focused on Information Technologies disciplines including CRM (customer relationship management), PMO (program and project management), SOA, ESB, Systems Engineering, IT Governance, Information Management, and deep technical expertise with TIBCO, IBM Websphere and Microsoft technologies. Salaries range from $90-$160K, depending on need, background and experience. Assume all positions in Washington, D.C. area, full-time, with well-regarded and privately-held mid-sized IT consulting and services firm.

FT JEE Sr. Technical Consulting Technical Resumes needed for FT Information Technology consulting positions in Washington, DC metro area

JEE Senior Technical Consultants; needed immediately - "Overall, we are looking for experienced web-based Java developers. Ideally candidates are versed in Object Oriented methodologies and JEE web-based technologies. Candidates should have proven track records of implementing significant features of systems. Experience with highly transactional, high volume, and/or highly available systems is a plus." At least 5+ years of J2EE experience required.

Candidates for front-end development work need to have strong skills in JSP and Servlet programming and ideally with a mixture of skills in Struts, JSF, JSTL, Javascript, HTML, AJAX and Tiles.

Candidates for back-end development need to have the OO skills mentioned above, strong Java programming experience, strong database skills in terms of data modeling, SQL and PL/SQL (e.g. you have worked with Oracle). Ideally candidates have experience with data persistence frameworks and Object Relational mapping tools such as Hibernate or iBatis. Additionally, experience with Weblogic is desirable, including administration skills.


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This is a critical need for an IT consultant(s) in Washington, DC to be filled quickly - all opportunities posted in this blog are IT services consulting positions, and will require US citizenship, will likely be consulting to Federal Government Agencies and Departments, and will be focused on Information Technologies disciplines including CRM (customer relationship management), PMO (program and project management), SOA, ESB, Systems Engineering, IT Governance, Information Management, and deep technical expertise with TIBCO, IBM Websphere and Microsoft technologies. Salaries range from $90-$160K, depending on need, background and experience. Assume all positions in Washington, D.C. area, full-time, with well-regarded and privately-held mid-sized IT consulting and services firm.

FT Lead Data Modeler Technical Resumes needed for FT Information Technology consulting positions in Washington, DC metro area

Lead Data Modeler - Lead database conceptual, logical and physical design using model-driven methods, tools and concepts. Create data and information-flow models for Federal Government research system, leveraging products like ErWin. Do not apply if you are only a "back-end" operations DBA; must have recent experience with "front-end" client interaction, data management and architecture requirements creation, datastore standards and schema design, modeling and simulation.

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This is a critical need for an IT consultant(s) in Washington, DC to be filled quickly - all opportunities posted in this blog are IT services consulting positions, and will require US citizenship, will likely be consulting to Federal Government Agencies and Departments, and will be focused on Information Technologies disciplines including CRM (customer relationship management), PMO (program and project management), SOA, ESB, Systems Engineering, IT Governance, Information Management, and deep technical expertise with TIBCO, IBM Websphere and Microsoft technologies. Salaries range from $90-$160K, depending on need, background and experience. Assume all positions in Washington, D.C. area, full-time, with well-regarded and privately-held mid-sized IT consulting and services firm.

FT IT Infrastructure Program Manager Technical Resumes needed for FT Information Technology consulting positions in Washington, DC metro area

Full Time IT Infrastructure Program Manager - to manage a very large Federal Department's Portal consolidation efforts from the datacenter/infrastructure perspective - immediate need, salary up to $145K. Program Management experience in Federal Government helpful, IT Infrastructure and Data Center Management very helpful. Greater than 8 yrs. Project Management experience.

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This is a critical need for an IT consultant(s) in Washington, DC to be filled quickly - all opportunities posted in this blog are IT services consulting positions, and will require US citizenship, will likely be consulting to Federal Government Agencies and Departments, and will be focused on Information Technologies disciplines including CRM (customer relationship management), PMO (program and project management), SOA, ESB, Systems Engineering, IT Governance, Information Management, and deep technical expertise with TIBCO, IBM Websphere and Microsoft technologies. Salaries range from $90-$160K, depending on need, background and experience. Assume all positions in Washington, D.C. area, full-time, with well-regarded and privately-held mid-sized IT consulting and services firm.

Top 13 words to avoid on a US resume

....or "top 13 reasons why a US-based hiring Manager will instantly chuck your resume in the circular file"....

No doubt there's a lot of guidance and advice out there, but here's the top 13 in my book, that immediately annoy and grate on me when I see them....

1. "Kindly" - don't EVER use this word!

2. "Excellent or Good" - in whose opinion?

3. "It’s" instead of "its" - this just disrespects all English teachers

4. Use of 1st person (I, me, we) - I'm interested FIRST in what you did, not who you are

5. "Ensure" vs. "insure" - very common mistake, can actually cause contract issues

6. Use of “s” instead of “z” (i.e. UK spellings, as in "personalisation") - this just looks weird and doesn't respect the local business environment.

7. "Know" or "knowledgeable" - who's to say? where's the evidence of your "knowledge"?

8. "Ambitious" or "Aggressive" - well, you better be - show me, don't tell me.

9. Don’t use “have” or “possess”….simply list current things, and use action verbs

10. Programme - same as #6

11. CV (vs. resume) - Americans don't use CVs, or even know what one is

12. University Names: If the University is in India – make sure there’s a weblink to check up on it.

13. “There” instead of “their” - immediate trash.

Technical Jobs now available

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Are certifications useful?

I saw a recent thread in TechRepublic on whether or not technical certifications are useful in a resume. My position is that yes, they are important to list, but (1) within the context of the roles you've described, and (2) at the end of the resume, or otherwise subordinated to information regarding skills and roles. They shouldn't take up too much real estate, overshadow your actual experience, or simply be sold as "here's what you get" (titles with no substance). Too many certifications with respect to one's career can indicate an unbalanced approach to education vs. work, or even too much time in school vs. working.

Obviously, it all depends on what you're applying to, and how you're applying (i.e. online submission vs. mail/in-person), but the point is, be as careful with your list of certifications as you are with your list of skills.