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FEATURED PLACEMENT
Christopher Geheran,Senior Web Developer
Customer Loyalty/Retention Software
This revolutionary financial products software company has called upon Redfish Technology to fill many software development roles. Aiming to democratize the markets, level playing field, provide loyalty and capital to companies and deliver much needed liquidity to companies. The company has created a web and social media platform that allows public companies to sell stock in their companies directly to consumers, creating more loyal customers. The company possesses an innovative, technology-centric culture; it is well-funded and growing. Profoundly understanding the technical needs, culture and mission of the company, Redfish Technology knew a winning match immediately when we met Christopher.
Christopher Geheran is a savvy and focused web developer with over 12 years of experience building complex, data-driven web sites and applications. He worked as a lead front-end developer / manager and subject matter expert for Barclays for 4 years on their iShares products; he previously built and managed an Ecommerce Technology Team for Express.com. He has a knack for creating simple, elegant solutions for complex business challenges. Christopher's work has been recognized by employers including receiving the 'Who Made It Happen' and 'Brand Hero' awards by Bloomingdales and Express.
"Once a technology resume goes public, many job inquiries come through. I would say only about 30% of those calls are worth a follow-up. When I first spoke with Rob Reeves at Redfish, I expected an impersonal 5 minute conversation. Instead, Rob was very thorough and asked all the right questions. Rob understands the specifics of what his clients are looking for and was able to quickly match my skill-set with a fantastic opportunity. I am extremely grateful for Rob's diligence; he placed me with a company that fit the culture, technology, and goals I was looking for. Thanks!" - Christopher Geheran
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UPCOMING CONFERENCES
AWEA Wind Power Finance and Investment Workshop Apr 12-13, 2012
New York, NY
Photovoltaics Summit Apr 17-18, 2012
San Diego, CA
Plug-in Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Apr 18-19, 2012
San Diego, CA
Concentrating Solar Thermal Power
Apr 18-19, 2012
San Diego, CA
Green Economy Jobs and Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Apr 21-22, 2012
New York, NY
East Coast Game Conference
Apr 25-26, 2012
Raleigh, NC
IBM Impact
Apr 29- May 4, 2012
Las Vegas, NV
Solar Summit
May 1-2, 2012
Phoenix, AZ
Interop LV
May 6-10, 2012
Las Vegas, NV
CTIA
May 7-10, 2012
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REDFISH MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
April 2012 |
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Greetings!
 Even if you can't be in New York for the Green Festival 'Go Green, Get Green: Career Opportunities in Green Energy and Clean Technology' panel at noon on Sunday, April 22 (Earth Day), you can participate! Read on!
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GREEN ECONOMY, JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES EXPO
Send Us Your Burning Questions!
 Rob Reeves, CEO and long-time Executive Recruiter at Redfish Technology, will be speaking at the Green Festival's The Green Economy, Jobs and Opportunities Expo, to be held at the Javits Center in New York on Sunday April 22, 2012 at noon at Stage A. Rob will discuss career opportunities in Energy and Clean Technology, sectors hiring, job skills necessary, and the latest hiring trends. Send us your questions in advance.
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Meet the All-Star Line-Up for the
Energy, Clean Technology Career Opportunities Panel:
Redfish Technology, Con Edison, Quadlogic, and the Green Bronx Machine
 An All-Star group comes together at the 'Go Green, Get Green Panel' on Earth Day (April 22, 2012) at New York's Javits Center. The panel is part of the 'Green Economy Jobs and Entrepreneurial Opportunities in the Energy Efficiency and Clean Tech Sector' event being held at the Green Festival®. Participants include industry leaders: Redfish Technology - CleanTech Talent Acquisition, Con Edison - Energy/ESCO, Quadlogic - Smart Meters, and Green Bronx Machine - Urban Agriculture/Green Economy). |
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PLATE SPINNING, THE ART OF SUCCESSFUL RECRUITING
By Leah O'Flynn, Executive Recruiter, Technology Division
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Plate spinning is an intense physical and psychological feat; it is both an art form and a methodology. Professionals focus on spinning numerous plates, simultaneously, while performing any number of acrobatic maneuvers, balancing goals, and bringing moving parts to a graceful crescendo. Sounds like recruiting, doesn't it?
Plate 1: Good recruiting starts with truly understanding the company.
The recruiter is usually the candidate's first introduction to the company and the open role. And she strives to make it count the first time, every time. This means understanding the company's mission, their financials, what growth stage they are in. It means knowing the culture and unique opportunities associated with this and only this company. The recruiting professional will understand the management structure, and the various players. She will help align the company's hiring goals to the market place trends in order to facilitate successful long-term hiring. She becomes a champion for this company.
Plate 2: In-depth knowledge of the role is critical.
This includes but goes way beyond the job description. Job descriptions are pretty flat most of the time, but an excellent recruiter will have spent the time getting to know the hiring manager and his or her team. She knows the personalities and culture, and she has a firm grasp on the technical and soft skills - not only those formally requested but also those that are needed to be the successful candidate. She earns herself an advisory position and imparts her observations about what will attract the talent necessary to achieve the team's goals.
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JOB SEARCH 101: WITHOUT A WELL-WRITTEN RESUME, YOU WON'T GET RESULTS
By Christina Archer, Executive Recruiter, Resume Writer, Social Media Consultant and Author
I often hear candidates say they've been applying for numerous jobs, but all they receive is an auto-responder message from the employer or recruiter, stating their resume has been received. As a candidate, you need to realize that you won't get answers to every application; neither employers nor recruiters can respond personally to each and every resume they receive.
If you do not get a response, re-evaluate your target and approach. It may be that you did not meet the exact specifications for a position. It may be that your resume isn't properly presenting your experience, talent, and qualifications. As a job seeker, your resume is your marketing brochure, with the goal of selling your skills and experience. I review many resumes that simply list in chronological order, all of the positions an individual has held over the span of their career. Does that really market you?
A quality resume has to spotlight and focus on your most relevant skills and experience, to the position you are targeting. One of the biggest mistakes I see candidates regularly make, is creating a one-size fits all resume, and actually thinking this will land them interviews. It can't.
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HIRING BEST PRACTICES AND THE EEOC
Follow the Guidelines!
In some countries it is standard to include a photo on your resume, as well as your marital status, age, and other juicy tidbits that are considered to be completely out of the professional and legal employment scope in the United States. Including that kind of information when applying for a job seems hard to imagine here in the United States.
Interestingly, the vast majority of LinkedIn profiles include a photo, and the career branding columns are full of advice on what kind of photo to use. Momentum towards social media and personal websites as the supplement or replacement for a resume means more personal information is being broadcast than in the case of your traditional U.S. resume.
Despite the personal information gathered about candidates from such venues, and in spite of the natural curiosity when meeting new people, there are topics where you should tread carefully.
U.S. law is very serious about protecting rights and prohibiting discrimination. Interview questions, recruiting practices, and hiring processes in the United States may not discriminate against potential workers on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.
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STAFFING & EMPLOYMENT NEWS
Disappointing Jobs Report, But Confidence and Strong Numbers Elsewhere
Friday's jobs report disappointed with only half (120,000) the jobs created in March compared to the month previous. ADP had announced just prior that the U.S. private-sector employment rose by 209,000 in March. For the three months through February, an average of 245,000 payrolls was added monthly, marking the strongest gains since 2006.
Goods-producing industry employment rose 31,000 after a 29,000 gain in February. For the latest month, manufacturing increased 37,000; construction dipped 7,000; and mining inched up 1,000. Inventory building was a key driver of growth in the October-December quarter.
The unemployment rate nudged downward to 8.2 percent from 8.3 percent - a fall of nearly a full percentage point since the summer. The U.S. economy grew 3 percent in the final quarter of 2011, the best pace in a year and a half.
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CLEAN TECH TRENDS
Solar's Banner Year
Last month Solar had exciting fanfare with the USSMI report announcing that the solar industry was the fastest growing industry in America for the second year in a row!
Solar more than doubled in the U.S. in 2011 with growth of 109% in the number of PV installations, reaching 1,855 MW up from 887 MW in 2010. Twenty-eight individual PV projects of over 10 MW were completed in 2011, a marked rise from only two in 2009.
Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA®) attributes growth in the U.S. solar industry to policies that are working to open new markets and remove barriers for solar. He stated that "The industry is now poised for years of multi-gigawatt growth and the creation of tens of thousands of new jobs."
The number of individual PV systems installed in the U.S. in 2011 rose to 61,000, making a grand total of more than 214,000 operating systems in the U.S.
U.S. growth in demand coincides with challenges panel makers face to earn a profit in the face of huge supply and weakened margins. The WilderHill Clean Energy Index .ECO fell by approximately 49% last year, but have gained back about 12% this year.
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TECH TRENDS
Job Cuts, Hires, Innovation Sectors and Tech Job Hot Spots
 Even as job numbers are improving, some big technology companies are cutting jobs. Yahoo!'s announced it would be laying off two thousand workers in an effort to become more profitably focused on Core Media and Communications, Platforms, and Data. HP plans on organizational realignment to improve performance and drive profitable growth across the entire HP portfolio. Google cut several thousand contractors (temporary workers) but those cuts aren't included in official layoff numbers. Other companies that have announced or are contemplating layoffs include IBM, Sun, AMD, Applied Materials, Akami, Symantec, and Cisco. Nonetheless, nationwide, planned job cuts declined in March to the lowest level since May 2011, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
The sectors that may absorb some of this tech talent includes: clean tech, alternative energy, biotech, new media, and web 2.0. Big companies that are currently hiring include: Achaogen, Geron, Bio-Rad Labs, Kelly Scientific, Adap-tv, techVenture, and FaceBook. There are also a large number of small start-up companies that are hiring, some working on entirely innovative value propositions and some contracting for functions the big guys have outsourced.
Tech growth is largely in mobile, search, and more broadly communications, where U.S. companies are world leaders. Tech recruiters are thriving, as these sectors lead the growth.
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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 for - Wind I&E Technicians, Solar Engineers, Solar QA, Hybrid Vehicle Controls Systems Engineers, Fuel Storage Composite Tank Design Engineer, Energy Efficiency Business Development Manager Senior Manager of Development Energy Business, 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: SaaS VP of Sales, Director, Digital Ad Sales, 3D Modeling Sales Application Engineer, GRS Regional Sales Manager, Mobile Developers, Interactive Product Designer, Python Mobile Marketing Developer, eCommerce Ruby On Rails Senior Backend, and much more.
(Updated every Tuesday).
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Redfish Technology
Nationwide Recruiters in IT and Clean Tech
416 S. Main Street, Suite 201, Hailey, ID 83333 - Tel. 208-788-8260
360 Thames Street, Newport, RI 02840 - Tel. 401-398-2929
142 N. Milpitas Blvd., Suite 104, Milpitas, CA 95035 - Tel. 408-475-8260
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