This might be something alumni are more interested in, although anyone is welcome to check it out!
Best,
Holly

TWO NETWORKING GROUPS IN WILLIAMSVILLE

The Williamsville Department of Labor (4175 Transit Road – behind Chili’s/FWS) is now offering two networking opportunities per week.

This is an opportunity to get together with other Western New York jobseekers and share resources, contacts, and job leads. Statistics show that 70-80% of available jobs are never formally advertised, but are filled by word of mouth. Networking is a good way to find out about job possibilities, share job search ideas and resources with others and remain motivated and positive during your job search.

Meetings are facilitated by DOL employment counselors, and we welcome your participation in one or both groups!

TUESDAYS, 11:00am-12:00pm THURSDAYS, 2:30pm-3:30pm

For more information or to register, please send an email to Barbara.Deike@labor.ny.gov or call (716) 851-2659.


Top 10 Reasons to Participate in a Networking Group

1. Networking is the MOST EFFECTIVE job search strategy
“I think your networking group is really helping me. Since I've gone to your group meetings I've had FOUR interviews in 2 weeks. That’s more than I had for a year!” – Member of Williamsville group

2. Find out what job search strategies other people are using

3. Get job leads from other participants
“Guess what? I have two interviews next week!!!! Thanks for all you do for us - I'll miss you when I'm back to work!”

4. Practice your job search skills

5. Avoid feeling isolated by meeting with other jobseekers

6. Discover your marketable skills and what makes you special

7. Get additional assistance from a DOL Employment Counselor
“You are like having my own private "insider" at the Labor Dept. I hope you understand how much your assistance means to me.” – Member of Williamsville group

8. Find out about job fairs and other opportunities
“Thanks for all your help - you guys are doing a great job helping people there. This was my first time out of work since I got out of school 15 years ago and it wasn't fun. Its’ good to know that there are people like you that are taking their time to help people.” – Member of Williamsville group

9. Get motivated to step up your job search efforts

10. Celebrate when group members (and you!) get a job!

Check out this position. It was posted on UB Alumni Association Linkedin.com Group.

Job Description:
Forging Engineer
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Forging Engineer needed for Direct Hire positions in New Jersey and Ohio.
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Summary: Searching for skilled Forging Engineers with Metallurgy, Materials, Mechanical, and/or Product Engineering backgrounds for custom and closed die Forging and Machining companies in New Jersey and Ohio.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Define forging dimensions and input weight, to insure meeting final form.
• Design forging layout and tooling, metallurgical instructions, etc.
• Plan sequence of operations and specify procedures to meet customer specifications.
• Analyze processes for continued improvement such as the removal of unnecessary material or reduction of cycle time.
• Work with production regarding design concepts to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
• Act as a technical assistant to sales and engineering to develop new parts.
• Compile data for preparing sales estimates.
• Prepare bids, process specifications, test and progress reports, and other supporting documents that may be required.

EXPERIENCE:
• The successful candidate will have experience with the forging of products for markets such as aerospace, agricultural, heavy truck, material handling, pipe fittings, firearms, military, mining, etc.
• Minimum of a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering, Materials or Metallurgical Engineering, or related Technical Discipline,
• Will have experience with Estimating, reading and interpreting blueprints, writing routine reports and correspondence, etc.
• Will have practical "hands-on" knowledge of mechanical devices within the Forging and custom machining industries,
• Will have excellent understanding of SolidWorks software, and a full understanding of the design and processes with forgings,
• Will be experienced in the production of forgings made from stainless steel, carbon steel, aluminum, super alloy, titanium, etc.
• Experience with cleaning, heat treat, magnetic particle inspection, E-Cote, familiarity with the NCA 3800 Quality system, etc.

SALARY
• Hiring salary range will be open and dependent on level of experience candidate brings to the table, with fantastic benefits package, vacation, bonus, etc.

HOW TO APPLY
• Interested and qualified candidates should submit a Word formatted resume, employment references, and salary history to natalie@txmq.com AND Melissa@txmq.com for immediate consideration.
• TxMQ would like to extend thanks to all applicants, however, only those that may qualify for the position will be contacted for a preliminary interview screening.

Key words: forge shop, forging hammers, forging presses, hot forgings, open die forging, closed die forging, ring rolling, warm forging, metallurgist, program manager, engineering manager, aerospace, defense, nuclear, medical device, turbines, marine, jit, technical, materials engineer, cad, modeling, plating, die casting, eaf, induction furnace, forming, npi, tooling, process improvement, facilities, lean manufacturing.

IT Job Opportunity-

Location: Buffalo, NY
Rate: 65/hr
Duration 3 Months min. but likely 6 months


Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or equivalent in experience and education.
B. A minimum of two year's business application development (Java preferred) and web development (HTML, XML, CSS, JSP/ASP) experience.
C. A minimum of one year’s experience in Portal technologies.
D. Experience in Content Management Systems a plus.
E. Strong knowledge of Relational Databases and the SQL programming language; Oracle knowledge a plus.
F. Excellent understanding of GUI design with a focus on Human Computer Interaction and usability requirements.
G. Strong understanding of Object Oriented Analysis and Design including the Unified Modeling Language.
H. Experience working with web services preferred; experience developing web services a plus.

Bert Munk
Corporate Recruiter
bmunk@inergex.com

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is continuing to offer a Design Competition for Universities for the 2010-2011 academic year and has added new design categories.
The Competition challenges individual students or teams of students (undergraduates and graduates) from U.S. colleges and universities, working under the mentorship of a faculty advisor, to address challenges in four broad areas:
-Airport Operations and Maintenance,
-Runway Safety/Runway Incursions,
-Environmental Interactions of Airports and
-Airport Management and Planning.

Students must have a faculty advisor.
Cash prizes are given to first, second and third place winners in each category. The first place winners will present their design solutions at a national aviation event in the summer of 2011.
Competition guidelines and full details are available at: http://FAADesignCompetition.odu.edu
Student and faculty participants in last year’s Competition overwhelmingly found participation in the Competition to be a valuable educational experience. Many cited the opportunity to interact with and confront industry professionals and experts on solving a modern, real world issues affecting airports to be a rewarding and purposeful experience. Participants can engage in the Competition in many ways — for example, as part of a design class, independent study, or a student professional society project.
Please share this email with anyone you feel would have an interest in the Competition.
Contact: dross@odu.edu; (757) 766-5210

Thank you to one of our successful alumni for sharing this article. :)


BECOMING A DF PROFESSIONAL

Many who are just starting out routinely ask about how
to start a successful career in digital forensics. These
individuals range from completely inexperienced to
individuals who have 15 years experience in the information
security profession and are looking for a fresh job. Regardless
of your background, starting out with new skills may seem
intimidating. Here are some thoughts on how to prepare you
to take the plunge into digital forensics.
/ Why Is Becoming A Digital Forensics
Expert Challenging?
Science is usually based on that for each science that certain
rules will exist that do not change over time. DNA can help
match identity. Gravity will not change. Water molecules can
be a liquid, solid, or a gas. None of these sciences change on a
yearly or even daily basis.
However, with digital forensics, it does change. It radically
changes month by month as new technology is released or
introduced to the world. Just a simple service pack update to
a machine could change everything that you used to know
about it. The forensic artifacts could and have completely
changed as a result. You can never assume that what works
today to solve cases will still work a month from now. In
addition, the amount of data being produced yearly is growing
fast. It is growing faster than we can keep up with. How can
we expect to be able to analyze it all?
For digital forensics, the science is constantly changing
and the data potentially used in our analysis is growing
exponentially. Digital Forensics is a very challenging fi eld to
remain an expert in. So where should you begin if you decide
to become an expert in digital forensics.
/ Do You Have A Passion For Digital Forensics?
Do You Have A Capacity To Learn?
There are two factors that I personally look for when I’m
talking to an individual who is just starting out. The fi rst is a
passion for computer forensics and incident response. The
second one is a very large capacity to learn. This individual
realizes that everything is consistently changing and that
they’re always seeking opportunities to educate themselves.
These individuals are never truly satisfi ed. They are always
chomping at the bit to get that additional experience so they
are moving forward.
Formal education is great and should be sought if possible.
However, in the computer forensics world, there is more
unknown than is known. As a result, regardless of background
or education, the best in the digital forensics fi eld are experts
who jump right in when they encounter something that is new
that they have not seen before.
/ Do You Have A Desire To Be An Expert?
The individuals I have seen succeed in any career are those
who crave to become an expert in their jobs. Not only do they
show this in their professional life, I routinely witness that
So, You Want To Be A Digital Forensics Professional!
Do You Have What It Takes?
by Rob Lee
/ ENTRY
THE FIRST IS A PASSION FOR
COMPUTER FORENSICS AND
INCIDENT RESPONSE.
THE SECOND ONE IS A VERY
LARGE CAPACITY TO LEARN
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/ FEATURE
they have this desire in their out-of-work lives as well. For
example, if an individual decides that this summer they will
finally learn how to play golf, they would dedicate the time
required to not only learning it quickly, but also achieving
a level of mastery. By the end of the summer they are not
competing with the pros, but usually they are playing “bogey”
golf and consistently shooting under a 100. This is a huge
accomplishment in that little time frame.
This is not random luck. Usually this individual has these
types of moments littered through their life. It isn’t that they
are talented. They are just tenacious and their desire to learn
is so great it overcomes the usual point where most people
might give up.
During interviews, I seek these individuals out through
conversations not involving technology. I can usually get
the individual to discuss the year where she learned to
snowboard in a season. Or where the individual had to learn
basic French because he liked a foreign exchange student.
Typically these individuals will be successful at anything they
choose to do.
The hard part here is that this is a personality trait, not a
skill. This is a trait I happen to seek when I am looking to hire.
It just happens to be a good sign of future success.
/ Do You Have The Right Background?
What skills and experience and skills do you need? I would
definitely recommend that someone should become an
expert at the Microsoft Windows operating system family.
Windows operating systems are extremely complex and
challenging to analyze despite their ease of use for the end
user. Since 90% of the systems we are investigating are
Windows-based, everyone in the field kind of has to have
that core. Understanding completely where evidence exists
on a windows operating system is crucial. You should also
know how to find evidence if your automated tool fails
as well. Knowledge of both the file system and operating
system is crucial to your future success as a digital forensics
professional. The core area is currently Windows, so I would
start with the mastery there.
Once you have mastered the core areas in one operating
system, I usually recommend that individuals develop a
specialty niche area to become an expert in. There is a great
need for experts in mobile device forensics. Mobile device
forensics would therefore be a very good niche area for
obvious future demand.
/ Get Certified In A Reputable Digital
Forensic Certification
The debate over whether to get certified is over. Most
career fields have a gateway test that will enable you to
practice your chosen profession. Regardless of the color
of certification, I personally feel that in order for the
profession to be recognized on equal footing with other
fields, we need a gateway test. The certifications serve as
a way for individuals to independently show their skills
meet the minimum standards through testing. Simply
taking and passing a test does not make you an expert,
but it helps establish you are credentialed with the basic
foundations of the profession. For our peer professions
to take us seriously, certification and testing of personnel
should take place. As a result, become certified in one of
the popular certifications.
Since 90% of the systems
we are investigating are
Windows-based, everyone
in the field kind of has to
have that core
/ MORE INFO
http://blogs.sans.org/computer-forensics/
http://computer-forensics.sans.org
Handbook of Digital Forensics and Investigation by Eoghan Casey
Windows Forensic Analysis DVD Toolkit, Second Edition by
Harlan A. Carvey
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/ FEATURE
Digital / ForensicS
/ Where Would Someone With Forensic
Skills Find The Best Opportunities Today?
It comes down to location. Look where your large government
centers are found, for example, Washington D.C., London,
Singapore, or Canberra. These locations should probably
be the first on your list of locations that have the highest
concentration of digital forensic specialists. For large
corporate forensic jobs, look to business capitols and
trading centers such as Hong Kong, Dubai, Chicago and New
York City. Smaller cities would also be possibilities if the
individual concentrates on working for local law firms, local
law enforcement, or remote fortune 500 corporate locations.
To get your career starting faster though, I would consider
moving to one of the larger cities or government centers.
/ Want To Know Where The Growth Opportunities
Are For Digital Forensics?
From my perspective, there are two growth areas for
professionals in digital forensics. First, commercial firms are
realizing that they need internal digital forensic and incident
response experts to help with ongoing and eventual incidents.
Everyone is at risk these days. These companies are seeing
that they need incident responders and a dedicated computer
forensic capability for eDiscovery and operational forensics
associated with security operations. They agree they need to
grow their own teams.
The second area where I see the largest future growth
in digital forensics is in e-discovery. E-discovery has
traditionally focused on email and documents retrieval and
production with a sprinkle of digital forensics. I see that
sprinkle growing to a flood for digital forensics. We are
starting to see e-discovery litigation requesting records
of chat sessions, social networks, and twitter. E-Discovery
lawyers have been handicapped with the thought that many
case-changing digital forensic artifacts are deemed too
difficult or costly to produce. However, it is theoretically
possible with digital forensics today to ask specific
questions that could alter the outcome of important cases.
For example, a USB device was discovered outside the main
door that contained stolen data on it. You could scan the
enterprise network easily to identify which workstations
that specific USB device had been plugged into and possibly
show specifically who placed the stolen files on the device.
With e-discovery and digital forensics moving closer together,
more cases will be won by those utilizing a technical digital
forensics team than those who use the simple document
retrieval e-discovery methods currently being used.
In the end, I always tell individuals that in order to succeed
in digital forensics you must have.
• Passion for digital forensics
• Capacity to learn
• Desire to become an expert
Even if an individual does not have the complete
background yet, I would usually take the risk at giving an
individual a chance to prove themselves if they can clearly
show that they have the first three traits. For more specific
advice for your situation, please feel free to contact me
(see our 360 page). /
For large corporate forensic
jobs, look to business
capitols and trading centers
such as Hong Kong, Dubai,
Chicago and New York City
/ Author Bio
Rob Lee is a Director for MANDIANT
(http://www.mandiant.com/), a
leading provider of information security
consulting services and software to
Fortune 500 organizations and the U.S.
Government. Rob is also the Curriculum
Lead for Digital Forensic Training at the
SANS Institute (http://forensics.sans.org/). Rob has more than
13 years experience in computer forensics, vulnerability and
exploit discovery, intrusion detection/prevention, and incident
response. Rob graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy
and served in the U.S. Air Force as a founding member of the
609th Information Warfare Squadron, the first U.S. military
operational unit focused on Information Operations. Later, he
was a member of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations
where he conducted computer crime investigations, incident
response, and computer forensics. Prior to joining MANDIANT,
he directly worked with a variety of government agencies
in the law enforcement, Dept. of Defense, and intelligence
communities where he was the technical lead for a vulnerability
discovery and exploit development team, lead for a cyber
forensics branch, and led a computer forensic and security
software development team. Rob also coauthored the
bestselling book, Know Your Enemy, 2nd Edition. Rob earned his
MBA from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Finally,
Rob was awarded the “Digital Forensic Examiner of the Year”
from the Forensic 4Cast 2009 Awards.
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An example of using social media to land your job!

http://www.sodexocareersblog.com/2010/07/social-media-how-i-networked-my-way-to.html

Story about how someone used social media tools to land a job at Sodexo.
Best,
Holly

Article:
How to write your resume with quantifiable results.
http://newgradlife.blogspot.com/2009/10/resume-writing-sample-resumes-resume.html

Companies are looking for potential employees who can help them generate revenue, reduce cost, and/or increase efficiencies. Thus resumes should include quantifiable results of accomplishments. However, some job seekers have a hard time quantifying their accomplishments. Below is a 5 step approach job seekers can follow to enhance their resumes.

1. Determine which Accomplishments to Highlight: Review the reasons why you were hired, the problems you solved, and/or tasks you completed in your previous positions.

2. Identify Appropriate Metrics: Review how your performance was measured to determine the appropriate metrics that can highlight your results. Sample metrics are below for various professions:

• Operations – inventory turns, out-of-stock rate, service levels, product rejects, warranty costs, customer satisfaction, and raw material costs
• Finance/Accounting – COGS, gross margin, SG&A and operating expenses, operating margin, DSO, cash flow
• HR – absenteeism and turnover
• Project Management – time, cost, and quality
• Web Design – pages/visit, average time on site, clickthrough rate, and cost per thousand impressions
• Marketing – brand penetration, cannibalization, customer retention, and market share
• Sales – pipeline, closing ratios, new business, and quotas
• Customer Service – customer complaints, consumer satisfaction index, average call time, and dropped calls
• Collections – overdue accounts and collection costs

3. Quantify Your Results: Determine the percentages and/or amounts (which include dollar figures) for the metrics you selected. For example, the initiative increased revenue from $100M to $150M or by 50% ($150/$100M – 1).

4. Combine Your Accomplishments with Quantifiable Results: Below are examples for various professions:

• Operations – Streamlined processes resulting in a 25% increase in inventory turns, a 15% decline in product rejects, and a $30M decrease in warranty costs.
• Finance/Accounting – Successfully implemented restructuring initiatives resulting in a 10% decrease in COGS from $683M to $613M, a 10% increase in operating margin, and a 60 to 40 days reduction in DSO.
• HR – Implemented new policies resulting in a 10% decrease in both employee absenteeism and turnover.
• Project Management – Completed all of the project tasks 30 days ahead of schedule saving the company $5M or 25% in actual expenditures.
• Web Design – Successfully revamped company website resulting in a 35% increase in pages/visit, 10% increase in average time on site, a 1% to 3% clickthrough rate increase, and a $30 to $20 reduction in cost per thousand.
• Marketing – Developed growth strategy for a brand with the goal of increasing global revenue by 72% or from $29M to $50M within two years.
• Sales – Implemented a referral system, resulting in $0.48M additional revenue or a 33% increase in new business within local retail division.
• Customer Service – Resolved 92% of customer complaints on the first call resulting in a 11% increase in Consumer Satisfaction Index (CSI) scores.
• Collections – Developed new initiative resulting in a 68% decline in overdue accounts and a $48M decrease in collection costs.

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5. Provide Numbers for Amounts: Provide numbers for budget, number of people supervised, revenue of company or department, and so on. For example replace this statement, “Serve as a general manager for the beverage category while working with companies such as Kraft,” with this one, “Serve as a general manager who presides over a staff of 50 direct reports and a $500M beverage category while working with vendors such as a $37B food company.”