Helping Friends with Awareness and the Cure..

OCTOBER BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
The Helping Friends Career and Business Networks welcomes guest blogger and community discussions, and events that support Breast Cancer Awareness in the month of October.

Many of you may not realize the strength and power of our community, however we are proud of those who are providing options for excellent treatment, care, and recovery from breast cancer–we have employers and employed professionals who are providing heroic environments for people to find both time and opportunity to recover from Breast Cancer.

If you have experience in treating, surviving, or supporting breast cancer survival and thriving, we welcome your participation this month..

To be a guest blogger, send your article with resources, story, photos, and links to your favorite resources, websites,etc. We welcome community question and answer sessions on the topic, and of course if you have resources such as recovery, insurance, telecommuting, and community… lets bring them together and energize the education, awareness, and well being of our community.

LINKEDIN2HELPING FRIENDS

• Business Network
• Jobs Network

Socials: LinkedIn | Ryze | MySpace | Ning | Hi5 | MerchantCircle |
Yahoos: Jobs | HR | Telecommuters | LI HFCN | TheSecret | Careers |

Dawn: CEOSpace | Doostang | Facebook | Frappr | Hi5 | Jaxster | Jobster | Konnects| Lijit | Linked In | MyBlogLog | MySpace | Naymz | Ning | Plaxo | Ryze | Strathmore Worldwide | Stumble | Tribe | Twitter | Viadeo | Xing | Yahoo | Zaadz

Jason’s book, "I’m On LinkedIn, Now What"

It’s the comfy pair of slippers you never want to part with.. The last bite of apple pie in autumn…. Okay, I really AM as passionate about our LinkedIn Relationships as I am a comfy pair of slippers and great cup of coffee with warm apple pie! Why? Because it is incredible comfort food to be LinkedIn to thoughtful people in a network where you are all better by being your best and most genuine natural selves!

I got involved in LinkedIn, because a friend invited me, not because I understood it. She didn’t either though. It would take me a bit of time to learn to apply the art of Social Networking, however I have since had opportunity to see this work over and over and over again, where people used the tools of LinkedIn and Social Networking Graces, to create unique brand and professional opportunities for themselves.

However today there are a ton of resources based upon those of us who lived it, beginning as a necessity in 2001…

One Superstar of Social Networking for Career Results is Jason Alba! His community sharing and networking makes him one of my favorite community thought leaders in career and social networking resilience. Read about his success with JibberJobber and come to appreciate what I do about Jason!

Career Creative Social Networking?

Career Creative Social Networking: This gift of career creative social networking helps you in marketing your services, and helping opportunities to find you. The key to market share is positioning, availability, and “sharing” readiness, whether your product is your self, your business or your career. Career Creative Social Networking takes a “Law of Attraction” like form of ‘Asking’, ‘Believing’, and ‘Receiving’ it’s benefits.

ASKING: Establish and maintain a clear and current profile. Learn to use the LinkedIn Search and Reference Tools to your peak advantage.

• LinkedIn Resources for Reference Tools.
• How to find a job using LinkedIn (Liz Ryan)
• LinkedIn Tips for Finding Jobs
• LinkedIn and your Job Search
• LinkedIn for Firefox
• LinkedIn for Outlook
• Who’s Checking you Out?
  
• Linked In Widget for use in Sigfiles, blogs, websites, email..
• Top LinkedIn How to Questions (Scott Allen- LinkedIntelligence).
• Cheaters Guide to Linked In (Christian Mayaud)

BELIEVING: If I ask clearly and consistently, in the right circles, it is given. Relationships matter, and people matter. Believing that the solution exists, we are in a constant cycle of giving and receiving, lets enjoy the adventure.

• Create Fun ways for People to be introduced to you!
  
• LinkedInABox
• Apply some of Chris Brogan’s 5 Tips to LinkedIn Profiles.
  
• Check out Rick Upton’s LinkedIn Tips
  

(Giving and) RECEIVING: In social circles, the notion of receiving is seen as self centered, it does not have to be that way. We teach what we most need to learn… So lets try to embody giving the values and gifts we hope to receive. If we are willing to be an example of helpful networking, surely we can receive connections to the same. Want more clients? Give more. Want endorsements, give more. Want more positive experiences– receiving IS about being part of a connected community.. Stay connected, it’s a choice!

• Join Social Networking Groups of interest.
• LinkedIn Directory Blog
• Open LinkedIn Business Groups we love!
• LinkedIn2Helping Friends Business Network
• NEW: HFCN Jobs Network!
• LIONS
• MLPF MyLinkedInPowerForum
• Ning Groups on LinkedIn
• Helping Friends Business and Social Networks
• 4 Hour Work Week for LinkedIn Entrepreneurs
• Open Networkers for Jobs..
• TopLinked
• MyLink500
• Social Good, Gone Viral
• Yahoo Groups on LinkedIn (some have libraries, how to’s and networking).

COLORADO EVENT: Job Specific Network: Where to search, Who to contact, What to ask! Alternatives to Job Boards. H&R Block sponsors a Free session of PeopleHirePeople Job Search as a community service for Colorado Professionals.

• Saturday Sept 29th, 2007 – 8:30 AM – Noon
• Embassy Suites Hotel – 7525 East Hampden Ave. Denver, CO 80231
• Cost: FREE & Includes Continental Breakfast.
• Please RSVP Lee Cross at Lee.Cross@hrblock.com or call 800-520.2220

Dawn: CEOSpace | Doostang | Facebook | Frappr | Hi5 | Jaxster | Jobster | Konnects| Lijit | Linked In | MyBlogLog | MySpace | Naymz | Ning | Ryze | Strathmore Worldwide | Stumble | Tribe | Twitter | Viadeo | Xing | Yahoo | Zaadz

HFCN Social Network Groups: LinkedIn | Ryze | MySpace | Ning | Hi5 | MerchantCircle |
HFCN Yahoo Groups: Jobs | HR/Recruiters | Telecommuters | LI HFCN | LI2TheSecret | Careers |

Recommended Reads: Success Despite Cliques..

Anyone notice really great content on LinkedIn Answers Q&A Event’s lately?

Some have heard career resilient professionals recommend Penelope Trunk’s career advice blog “The Brazen Careerist“. Today she’s featured on LinkedIn on Startups and Small Business.

Penelope’s blog is the practical wisdom she offered for professionals to put their best step forward… And of course with the notion of putting their best step forward, look at her blog.. Penelope, leading by example, is turning what she, and we, love into a new enterprise!!

Check out her blog, watch for her site, but don’t miss checking this brazen careerist, author, and now business leader step into her even greater self! Okay Okay I know SOME of you are not going to just click without a good reason– her example, her credibility is a good reason.. Her cookbook for operating in the corporate world is another reason.. and some of the articles I am now offering a few of my favorites with you!

1. Blogging is essential for a good career (Hmm and guest partners in blogging on careers or social networking are sought with the Helping Friends!! )
2. Ten tips for Time Management in a Multitasking World
3. What Gen Y really Wants.
   
4. Redefining for the times: “Make life more stable with more frequent job changes“

Wishing you all the best Penelope Trunk! As you have helped a good many of our careerists to become emboldened, encouraged, and inspired, let us know if we can return the kindness in your new endeavor!

Dawn: CEOSpace | Doostang | Facebook | Frappr | Hi5 | Jobster | Konnects| Lijit | Linked In | MyBlogLog | MySpace | Naymz | Ning | Ryze | Stumble | Tribe | Twitter | Viadeo | Xing | Yahoo | Zaadz

HFCN Social Network Groups: LinkedIn | Ryze | MySpace | Ning | Hi5 | MerchantCircle |
HFCN Yahoo Groups: Jobs | HR/Recruiters | Telecommuters | LI HFCN | LI2TheSecret | Careers |

HFCN’s Hot Jobs..

Here’s a hotlist of HFCN Jobs, please let us know if you know of you are interested in these. OR Please forward to any who might be great for these opportunities.

Helping Friends Career Network
(Search Open Job List / New Candidate Applicant Tracking)

IT/Engineering:

GA Application Developer.
GA. Peoplesoft Manager
CT Business Systems Analyst
TX- Houston. Program Manager
OR- Portland. Engineering Director
ME- Portland. DBA/Senior Business Systems Analyst.
CA. Research Analyst.
CA- San Francisco. Technical Product Manager.
IL-Chicago. Techno Functional Consultant.
CA- San Jose. Mobile Application Engineer.
WA- Seattle. IT Manager
CA. Senior Peoplesoft HRMS Project Manager.
IL- Chicago. IT Service/Systems Analyst.
AZ. Power Digital Designer.
TX. Application Developer

Business: Manager, Contracts, Legal, Financial.

CA- San Diego. CPA Audit Manager (Big 4 Experience)
FL. Controller
WA- Seattle. Manager Contracts Administration/Procurement
MA. Patent Attorney
MN- St Paul. INFORMATION SYSTEMS AUDITOR CPA
CA. Assurance Senior Manager
NJ. Director New Business
AZ- Phoenix. Power Digital Designer.
OK- Tulsa. Director CAS Finance

Sales:

OH. VP Sales Asset Based Lending KMular.
CA. SENIOR SALES EXECUTIVE MSimmons.

Marketing:

CA. MARKETING MANAGER MSimmons.
TX- Houston. SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Internet Marketing DMular

Manufacturing:

MD. MANUFACTURING ENGINEER DMular
SC. Plant Accounting Manager DMular
WA- Seattle. Process Engineeer MSimmons

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Contact Us directly for inquiries, to list jobs, or for more information. Helping Friends Career Network offers great professional opportunities, at http://hfcareernetwork.com, click on Jobs, and register as a New Candidate.

Helping Friends LLC
3867 West Market Street #102 Akron OH 44321

Dawn: CEOSpace | Doostang | Facebook | Frappr | Hi5 | Jaxster | Jobster | Konnects| Lijit | Linked In | MyBlogLog | MySpace | Naymz | Ning | Ryze | Strathmore Worldwide | Stumble | Tribe | Twitter | Viadeo | Xing | Yahoo | Zaadz

HFCN Social Network Groups: LinkedIn | Ryze | MySpace | Ning | Hi5 | MerchantCircle |
HFCN Yahoo Groups: Jobs | HR/Recruiters | Telecommuters | LI HFCN | LI2TheSecret | Careers |

Business Development Manager

Business Development/Service Manager

Helping Friends, LLC

Contact: Dawn Mular dawn.mular@helpingfriendscareernetwork.com
330.703.1007

Summary of Qualifications

A seasoned manager with proven people skills, a strong technical background and business acumen. His hands-on experience in strategic planning, business unit development, project and product management, and software design and implementation was garnered in large corporations and in a start-up.

Senior project/program manager with Prince 2 certification. Technical Manager with broad-based experience and knowledge of computer hardware and software, including installation, configuration management, troubleshooting, and support. Proven ability leading teams to successfully design, develop and deploy products and services to the high tech marketplace. Breadth of industry experience in Technical Services, Engineering and Information Technology.

Experience

Sun Microsystems, Inc. 1994 – Present

Business Development Manager

Plan and run Regional Operational reviews worldwide for all Sun Educational Services field delivery teams. Responsible for budget planning and tracking for Customer Advocacy organization. Responsible for coordinating and developing Sun Education Business Plan. Direct customer contact for providing input for Sun curriculums, products, and consulting services, including attending Trade Shows, surveys, and customer visits.

Practice Development Manager for Educational Services Solution Integration

Responsible for all aspects of design, development, quality, implementation and maintenance of integrated solutions. Worked with the multiple Sun Services business units to identify and incorporate customer and business requirements and ensure quality customer learning solutions. Developed the Operational Capability Assessment (OCA) that provides an organization the ability to deliver IT services to an agreed upon service level in a predictable fashion with acceptable risk and cost. Integration Manager for Educational Services on two Corporate acquisitions.

Support Services Senior Manager, Enterprise Services Information Technology

Managed deployment of Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) software for Sun’s Customer Care Centers world wide. Managed deployment and sustaining maintenance of the Product Life Cycle Database Software (PLC-IMS) for all new product and service development. Management of Sun’s Mission Critical Application and server consolidation project. Development and management of applications migration plan, scheduling, project plan and updates, and test cycles.

Project Manager, North American Field Organization Manager (NAFO)

Responsible for the start up and build up of Sun Service’s Campus in Broomfield, Colorado. Specific duties included the transition of technical jobs and personnel from several California locations to Broomfield, CO, and identifying and selecting qualified candidates for all the technical support teams in the Customer Care Center. Established a presence for Sun in the Denver metropolitan area. Additional responsibilities included Campus transitions for NAFO in Burlington, Massachusetts and Newark, California.

Manager, Mission Critical Support and Technical Account Support

Second level manager responsible for definition, organizational development and implementation of 7×24 Mission Critical Support and Technical Account Support teams. NASC liaison to the Support Services World Wide Organization for specification of Account Management deliverables.

Manager, Business Support

Managed North American Solution Center training. International interface between NASC and Sun’s international solution centers. Expanded Sun’s interface with a third party vendor to provide warranty support for Sun products. This included defining products, training and product requirements and contract requirements for the NASC and the third party.

Apple Computer, Inc.

Manager, Developer Technical Response

Managed the Network/Communications and Hardware Technical Support Groups. The group’s charter was to provide code level technical support to third party software venders developing applications to run on the Apple platform. Managed the Apple International developer technical support interfaces. Responsible for setting up problem escalation and relationships between product divisions and countries.

Manager, Direct Response Center

Managed the A/UX and Network and Communications Technical Answerline. Defined and implemented the Apple USA In-house Developer Support program. Duties included defining product support scope, deliverables and technical expertise requirements. Managed a staff of 10 engineers. Responsible for relocation of groups to Austin, TX. This included site identification, transfer of resources and establishment of a parallel site in Austin until transition of all functions completed.

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Manager, UNIX Technical Support

Managed Technical Support Engineers that provide technical support to Sun customers. Built and re-skilled a group that originally consisted of 6 engineers to a staff of 18 with the proper skills. Responsible for helping define support requirements for Sun OS releases. Responsible for defining staffing requirements and problem escalation.

Fortune Systems Corporation

Principal Software Engineer/Project Leader

Project leader for the design, development and deployment of the company’s local area network. Supervised four programmers and coordinated all aspects of the project product cycle, including schedules, interface of hardware and software vendors, manufacturing, documentation, and product assurance. Project leader for tape streamer. Responsible for all aspects of the product release cycle. Wrote device drivers for peripherals designed for the Fortune System. Ported all drivers from the 68000 architecture to the 68020 architecture.

Systems programmer.

Wrote utility programs for Fortune’s UNIX system using “C”. Projects included menu preprocessor, videotext libraries, floppy diskette copy utility, and tape archival program for tape streamer. Technical Support for datacenter and lab operations group.

Ford Aerospace and Communications Corporation

Programmer/Operations Support

Design and development of system utility software, maintenance of system software, administration and maintenance of UNIX systems.

Languages and Operating Systems

C, FORTRAN, Basic. Various Assembly languages UNIX sh/csh . SunOS, and Solaris 2.X.

Education

University of Phoenix

BSB-IS, Business and Information Technology, 2002 3.9/4.0 GPA

De Anza College

AA, Liberal Arts

Certifications

Neville-Clark ISO 9000 Certified Auditor

Prince2 Foundation

ITIL Foundation

Activities

Mayor, Lafayette, Colorado

City Council Member, Lafayette, Colorado

Telecommuting Trends and Techniques

Here is the latest news on Telecommuting Trends and Techniques: Yesterday being Labor Day in America, a time when many (except myself and a handful of other type A personalities) were not working yesterday.

CIO.com ran a great article on “How to Negotiate a Flexible Work Schedule”.

IndustryWeek reported that the U.S. is lagging in Telecommuting policy, behind Europe and Australia, despite the available technology and infrastructure.

Perhaps the closing sentence is an indicator for why Europe and Australia have embraced telecommuting. “The U.S., however, cited “employee retention” as the biggest motivator for implementing a flex-work environment (23% of companies surveyed). More than 55% of companies in Australia and France cited “increasing employee productivity” as the biggest motivator.”

Trying to keep good employees from leaving, versus choosing to be most productive and in life balance are two very different values. What are your thoughts on this study? Is there a dramatic difference from your experience in the global workforce approach to telecommuting?

Telecommuting Resources:
HFCN Jobs | Telecommuting Yahoo Group | Telework Coalition | Telework Advisory Group |

Dawn: CEOSpace | Doostang | Facebook | Frappr | Hi5 | Jobster | Konnects| Lijit | Linked In | MyBlogLog | MySpace | Naymz | Ning | Ryze | Stumble | Tribe | Twitter | Viadeo | Xing | Yahoo | Zaadz

HFCN Social Network Groups: LinkedIn | Ryze | MySpace | Ning | Hi5 | MerchantCircle |
HFCN Yahoo Groups: Jobs | HR/Recruiters | Telecommuters | LI HFCN | LI2TheSecret | Careers |