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IN THIS ISSUE
Staffing & Employment News
Tech Trends: Tech Talent War
Green Trends: UHV Transmission
The Anatomy of a Job Description
Hire the Right Candidate: Set Bait, Cut Bait
How To Evaluate a Job Offer
Redfish Named Leading Executive Search Firm
Hot Opportunities
FEATURED PLACEMENT
Mandy Lewis,
Account Executive - Cloud Computing 
  

Mandy Lewis 
This exploding cloud computing systems integrator and application developer has migrated hundreds of thousands of users in 100 countries from legacy, on-site systems to cloud applications. Responsible for building a national sales organization and growing the revenue and profitability, the VP of Sales, North America requires leading sales talent with the ability to educate customers on how to best embrace the cloud, guide them through the IT transformation, and support them with exceptional customer service.  With explosive growth in sales of over 12,000% and in headcount at over 650% from 2008 to 2010, Redfish understands that acquiring top sales talent expediently is integral to the strategy.

Mandy has an MBA from the University of Chicago where she was President of the Graduate Women in Business group. She has over 7 years of experience selling Software as a Service and has achieved the #1 Sales Representative in the Americas region recognition in multiple years. Mandy is an expert at the full sales cycle, from prospecting through close, and also has sales consulting, product roll-out, and marketing experience. Redfish identified and directly recruited Mandy for her exemplary enterprise sales track record, C-Level sales & collaboration, international experience, team building skills, energy and ambition. 
 
"The recruiting process went very smoothly while working with Joanna Edwards at Redfish Technology. She quickly differentiated herself and Redfish from other recruiters that I came across in my search with her professionalism and attention to detail. She helped me prepare for each step in the process efficiently and was able to answer my tough questions along the way. I am very excited about my new role and would never have found it if not for Redfish. Thank you very much!" - Mandy Lewis
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UPCOMING CONFERENCES  

 

InterSolar North America

July 12-14, 2011
San Francisco, CA

 

Green Data Center Conference
July 19-21, 2011
Boston, MA

 

Cloud Control Conference

July 19-21, 2011
Boston, MA 

  

Electrical Vehicle Summit

July 25-27, 2011
Los Angeles, CA

 

Int'l Green Computing

July 25-28, 2011
Orlando, FL 

 

SEPA Utility Solar Conference
July 26-27, 2011
San Diego, CA

  
  

REDFISH MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

July 2011

Greetings! 
 

Despite some gloomy numbers, there is a talent war on in some sectors. To address that, and help managers ensure their job offers are accepted, please attend our upcoming webinar:

Join us on July 26th at 10:00 AM Pacific Time for a 30 minute webinar. To celebrate our first webinar, we are making a special offer to hiring managers. 

 

The Redfish Team

STAFFING & EMPLOYMENT NEWS
Gloom and confidence, contradictory predictions on hiring and profits

The Employment Report for June has been called "moribund" and "abysmal". On the eve of the report however, ADP predicted month-to-month strength in private payroll data, estimating a 157,000 gain. Other analysts also predicted better gains, projecting 125,000 in June. Instead, the BLS reported private payrolls at 75,000 and overall nonfarm payrolls at 18,000 due to declines in government sector employment.
TECH TRENDS
Tech Talent Wars
 

The talent war is in full force in places like Silicon Valley and New York City. Wired.com recently published an article showing the talent tug of war between top Silicon Valley tech companies like Google, LinkedIn and Facebook; there is a steady stream of migration between the big names. The competition for top sales people and engineers as "extraordinary".

 

Read more.Red Arrow 

GREEN TECH TRENDS
Ultra High Voltage (UHV) Transmission Could be Our Renewable Energy Interstate

By John Whitney AIA

 

Viable renewable energy resources are available throughout the U.S. including solar, wind, hydropower, and geothermal, at a more competitive levelized cost than fossil fuels or nuclear, however challenges of intermittency and transmission need to be overcome. China has taken the lead in development of ultra high voltage (UHV) transmission lines, but in the U.S. depressingly little activity can be observed.

 

THE ANATOMY OF A JOB DESCRIPTION,
AND OTHER POINTERS
Ryan Thomson
Ryan Thomson
By Ryan Thomson, Executive Recruiter,
Clean Tech Talent Division
  
Your job description is an administrative and legal document, serving to establish a description of an employment work contract.
 
In terms of recruitment, it is a valuable marketing tool that you should use to get the word out about your company and attract the attention of the talent you are seeking.

HIRING THE RIGHT CANDIDATE: SET BAIT, CUT BAIT
By Shannon Tinker, Guest Blogger
Shannon Tinker
Shannon Tinker
 

An improving job market isn't all roses and smiley faces. Supply and demand in a growing market leads to losing more candidates to competing opportunities. Closing the right candidate really requires little or no sales ability whatsoever and is remarkably simple. Really?  

 

Read more.Red Arrow 

 

Don't miss the upcoming webinar

"Closing Candidates: A How To in a Hot Job Market."

July 26th, 10:00 AM Pacific

HOW TO EVALUATE A JOB OFFER

Congratulations on the job offer! Are you going to take it? Hopefully you did your research up front and you know that it is a good company, with a culture and mission that excites you. What about the compensation package? Does it stack up? You'll need to evaluate a lot of aspects in order to give a response in a short period. Get going!

 

REDFISH TECHNOLOGY NAMED A 2011 LEADING EXEUCITVE SEARCH FIRMLeading Providers 2011


Redfish has been recognized Forbes "2011 Investment Guide" as a top recruiter out of more . Redfish recruiters are experts in the cleantech and high tech industries and are therefore able to recruit top talent quickly and efficiently.

 

HOT OPPORTUNITIES
  
GreenTech Division
Green Careers
Priority Green Job Opportunities from Redfish Technology
 

This week's top green career opportunities are in Solar, Smart Grid, Clean Energy Systems, Energy Storage, Energy Efficiency, Performance Contracting, and Renewables. We are recruiting for Sales Director, Engineering Director, Lead Engineers, Analysts, and Managers.

  
View &/or Subscribe to our Priority Green Jobs (Updated Weekly).
Redfish HighTech Division
High Tech Careers

Priority High Tech Job Opportunities from Redfish Technology

 

This week's top high tech career opportunities are in Enterprise Software, Web Middleware, Routing-Switching, Cloud Services, Web Security, Video Conferencing, Software as a Service. We are recruiting for Senior Account Executives, Sales Representatives, Business Development Reps, Product Marketing Managers, Sales Engineers, Developers, and Program Managers.
  
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