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FEATURED PLACEMENT
Shelly Shen,
Project Finance Analyst
Solar Technology
This leading global electronics company reached out to Redfish Technology to find a Solar Project Finance Analyst. The Solar Division is a growth area of the company, and the Director of Strategy relies on this position to provide strategic financial analytical support. The ideal project manager candidate would have experience in utility-scale solar and performance of due diligence, while demonstrating excellent communication skills and customer satisfaction orientation. The solar team produces world-class products and technology and is a global leader in solar cell production. It was imperative to find a match for the company's technical needs and its strong culture of dedication to improving people's quality of life and a commitment to innovation, quality, value, and design through advanced technology.
Redfish recruited Shelly Shen for her solar and energy industry tenure and for her well-honed skills working with customers and bankers on financing solar energy projects. Shelly is obtaining her CFA, and is very familiar with state and federal incentive programs, possesses proven quantitative analytical and research skills, and expertise in financial modeling and pricing. Shelly has an impressive track record in her positions within a Global Fortune 500's Green Energy Project Finance Department and previously at a leading global energy company as a Financial Analyst and Commercial Associate. She has an M.B.A. from Texas A&M and a B.S. in Finance from the well-reputed Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.
"Working with Ryan Thomson at Redfish Technology has been a great pleasure. He is very active, diligent, and easy to work with. He communicated with me constantly to work together toward the position and update the information as it changed. In addition, Ryan went out of his way in helping and advocating for both my needs and company's needs. He also follows up with candidates regarding the position afterwards. I enjoyed working with Ryan and consider him a close colleague from my experience." - Shelly Shen
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UPCOMING CONFERENCES
Twin Cities AutoShow
Mar 11-18, 2012
Minneapolis, MN
IT Leaders Conference
Mar 11-13, 2012
Phoenix, AZ
Int'l Battery Seminar & Exhibit
Mar 12-15, 2012
Fort Lauderdale, FL
EHX The Integrator Event
Mar 15-17, 2012
Orlando, FL
Energy Biz Leadership Forum
Mar 19-21, 2012
Washington DC
PV America
Mar 19-21, 2012
San Jose, CA
Cleantech Forum
Mar 26-28, 2012
SF, CA
Enterprise Connect
Mar 26-29, 2012
Orlando, Florida
6th Energy Storage Summit
Mar 26-28, 2012
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REDFISH MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
March 2012 |
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Greetings!
Save the Date - Earth Day. We are excited to announce that we will participate in the 'Career Opportunities in the Energy and Clean Technology Sector' panel on Sunday, April 22nd. The panel is part of the 'Green Economy Jobs and Entrepreneurial Opportunities in the Energy Efficiency and Clean Tech Sector' expo taking place at New York's Green Festival®.
Every month we provide you with a perspective straight from the expert recruiters here at Redfish. Hear from Greg this month on whether job boards and social media can take the place of recruiters. Let us know what you think!
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REDFISH TECHNOLOGY TO PRESENT 'CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ENERGY AND CLEAN TECHNOLOGY SECTOR' AT THE GREEN FESTIVAL NY
Save the Date!
Redfish Technology (www.redfishtech.com), nationwide high tech and clean tech search firm, has been recruited by UrbanGoGreen to participate in the 'Green Economy Jobs and Entrepreneurial Opportunities in the Energy Efficiency and Clean Tech Sector' exposition. The event is part of the Green Festival®; the 'Career Opportunities in the Energy and Clean Technology Sector' panel will take place on Earth Day - Sunday April 22nd at 12:00 at the Javit
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Redfish will provide insights into the CleanTech job market on the Career Opportunities panel. The panel will explore energy and green technology job opportunities, job skills necessary, and the latest green trends in employment and small business creation.
"Redfish is thrilled to be a part of such an inspired event," said Rob Reeves, CEO of Redfish Technology. "We've been recruiting for exciting green energy and CleanTech companies and talent for nearly a decade, and in high tech for close to two. We look forward to expanding our ESCo and CleanTech connections within the New York green technology community. The panel will be a great opportunity to share CleanTech recruiter insights and perspectives on the green technology job markets and the talent recruiting challenges."
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JOB BOARDS AND SOCIAL MEDIA MAY REPLACE RECRUITERS ...OR WILL THEY?
By Greg Schreiner, Clean Tech Recruitment Manager
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Many people believe that job boards are as useful as recruiters, and may even replace them. Companies post jobs on Monster and niche boards. Job seekers are using social media to target their next job. Anyone can post a job pitch on YouTube, the world's second largest search engine. Networking is viral, right? So why work with a recruiter?
Ironically, using the internet and working with a recruiter are quite opposite methods of locating the talent you need. And yet both are useful of course.
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FINDING AND HIRING THE RIGHT IT STAFF
By Alicia Stein
Many middle-market CIOs lack the resources-staff and budget-to fulfill all of their organization's IT initiatives. Even though the last recession displaced millions of workers, it still remains difficult for CIOs to find individuals with the right mix of talent and skill.
Things are so bad that nearly one in four CIOs who attended our recent Midsize Enterprise Summit West conference said their staff lacks the necessary IT skills. So, how do middle- market IT leaders overcome this resource challenge? Experts said they must develop creative leadership tactics while pursuing IT consultants and outsourcing firms to fill current gaps.
Many middle-market IT leaders are having a tough time finding staff that contain the "whole package" to cover IT needs that run from printers to support issues to networks, data delivery and storage, cloud, ERP and e-mail. Professional recruiters are leaping at the opportunity to help CIOs fill these positions.
"Some traits that we are seeing most IT departments lacking now are mostly on the software side-networking, media, wireless-so we are doing a lot of work in finding IT professionals to fit those roles," said Rob Reeves, the CEO and president of high-tech recruiting firm Redfish Technology.
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HOW JIM GOT A JOB,
or The Long and Winding Road to Employment
This is a thought provoking info-graphic on today's hiring process.
It describes a fictional person's job search starting online and spending a bunch of time filling out forms, only to get an automated email (Ug, yes another one of those - we use them too!) and a long wait. Success at last, someone from the employer he applied to calls about a different job. Next is a lengthy wait, then interview, then another waiting period, then another interview with an on-the-spot offer, followed by a wait and an official offer with a different title, manager and salary than was verbally offered!
While the road to new or re-employment can be long and twisty, does this process ring true for you? What crazy hiring processes have you been involved in?
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STAFFING & EMPLOYMENT NEWS
How Strong is the Recovery?
+ Online jobs advertised grew in February, January and December, according to the Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine® (HWOL). The Supply/Demand rate stands at 2.9 unemployed for every vacancy.
"In a positive sign the Supply/Demand rate dipped below the 3.0 level for the first time since November 2008," said June Shelp, Vice President at The Conference Board. "This reflects both significant gains in labor demand as well as drops in unemployment levels since the end of the recession. Labor demand is up 227,000 over the past three months, continuing to narrow the gap between the unemployed and available jobs. With the monthly level of job demand around 4.4 million, labor demand is back in line with the pre-recession series high in 2007."
+ The U.S. Economy added 227,000 jobs in February. This is the third consecutive month of gains over 200,000. December and January numbers were also revised upwards.
- The employment rate has declined to 63.9% as of February this year; as a comparison that rate peaked in 2000 at 67.3%. This is due to discouraged workers leaving the workforce, job seekers who haven't found employment, and the retirement of the aging workforce.
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CLEAN TECH TRENDS
Energy Efficiency Leading Renewables Sector, in Real Investment and Jobs Potential
In the United States, energy efficiency/conservation measures to improve local buildings can create jobs, lower utility costs, and improve the environment. This potential has led to a lot of venture capital investment and mergers & acquisitions by managed service companies in various energy service companies (ESCOs). ESCOs provide energy sourcing, energy efficiency assessments, weatherization, HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) tune-ups, cool roofs, rain barrels, and turf replacement.
U.S. buildings consume an estimated 70% of our electricity, so making them more efficiency has a big impact. Energy efficiency benefits include reduction of carbon dioxide pollution. Energy efficiency and conservation help utilities' control power generation expenses as well as comply with new environmental regulations. And jobs will be created, jobs that offer people a career path in the utility sector, a chance to pursue rewarding work, and the ability to support a family and revive local economies. A new report entitled "Clean Power, Good Jobs. Realizing the Promise of Energy Efficiency in Los Angeles" outlines how we could get there in LA.
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TECH TRENDS
Mobile Future in Focus - Annual ComScore Report
"2011 was a pivotal year for the mobile industry, marked by the dramatic rise of smartphones in the mainstream, the burgeoning of tablets and other web-enabled connected devices, and a cultural shift toward cross-platform digital media consumption. With mobile becoming an increasing part of comprehensive digital marketing strategies, it becomes more important than ever to understand how the current trends are shaping the mobile environment, with an eye to what lies ahead for 2012."
The key findings of this report go to Smartphone adoption, the platform war, the surge in application usage, and the retail disruption of the technology.
Factoids:
* Nearly 42% of U.S. mobile subscribers now user smartphones.
* Mobile media usage has surpassed the 50% penetration mark.
* Google Android has captured almost half of the U.S. smartphone market, Apple iOS has nearly 30%.
* Mobile applications usage now equals mobile browsing; categories most accessed include health, retail, commerce-related categories such as electronic payments and auction sites.
* More than 50% of U.S. smartphone users have done a mobile retail search while inside a store, nearly 20% of users scan barcodes, and 12.5% compared prices via their mobile in while in-store.
* Mobile users accessing job listings has grown 74% in 2011 over 2010.
* 77% more U.S. smartphone users accessed social networking or blog destinations via their mobile device year over year.
* Tablets are taking fourth place in digital media consumption after TV, PCs, and smartphones.
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HOT OPPORTUNITIES
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Priority Clean Tech Job Opportunities from Redfish Technology
This week our top recruiting priorities are Senior Mechanical Design Engineer & Senior Sales Executives - ESCO, Business Development Managers - Energy Efficiency, QA/Systems Test Engineer & Hardware & Software Engineers - Solar, I&E Technician - Wind, Inside Sales Rep & Designer - Solid State Lighting, Director OEM & Sales Engineer - Smart Technology, and more.
View/Subscribe to our Priority Green Jobs 
(Updated every Tuesday).
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Priority Tech Job Opportunities from Redfish Technology
This week our top recruiting priorities for: VP of Technology - SaaS, Senior Software Engineers - Mobile, Javascript Engineers - Digital Media, Front-End Developer - Financial Software, Project Manager - Digital Media, Systems Admin - Loyalty Software, VP of Operations - Advertising, Managing Director East Coast - Cloud, Account Executives - Mobile, Digital, High Tech, and more.
(Updated every Tuesday).
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Redfish Technology
Nationwide Recruiters in IT and Clean Tech
416 S. Main Street, PO Box 700, Hailey, ID 83333 - Tel. 208-788-8260
360 Thames Street, Newport, RI 02840 - Tel. 401-398-2929
142 N. Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035 - Tel. 408-475-8260
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