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Assistant Regional Vice President for Student Development
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Message from Region Vice President
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Conferences & Trade Shows
Spring is finally here, and with the warmer weather (hopefully), everyone is starting to get invites to trade shows and conferences. A quick rundown for me includes the IIE Regional (March) and National (May) conferences, a material handling show in Chicago in March, two logistics shows (Orlando and Baltimore). Heck, I even got one for this year's packaging show in Las Vegas for September! Needless to say, most of these are in fun, exciting cities where you'd love to travel to and explore. The conference centers are well equipped, and well suited for making you feel at home. The hard part for many is justifying to their bosses the cost of attendance.
So what do you get out of these conferences & trade shows? There are three main benefits...
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Webinars online
One of the latest features offered by IIE is the library of webinars, available to members to review. Simply log onto the IIE website, go to the "training" tab, and scroll down to "webinars". Or you can click here.
Upcoming webinars of interest:
Leadership's Role in Sustaining a Lean Transformation
Wednesday, March 16, 2 p.m. Eastern time
Presenters: Sreekanth Ramakrishman, advisory engineer/scientist & learning specialist, IBM Center for Learning and Development; Michael Testani, learning consultant, portfolio manager & master black belt, IBM Center for Learning and Development
Reserve your webinar seat.
Constructive Communication for Transformational Leaders
Wednesday, March 30, 2 p.m. Eastern time
Presenters: Michael Testani, learning consultant, portfolio manager & master black belt, IBM Center for Learning and Development; Richard Orth, learning consultant, IBM Center for Learning and Development
Reserve your webinar seat.
The webinars page holds over 80 webinars to date, on such topics as Careers, health Systems, Lean, Six Sigma and Process Improvement. Just click and go! It's an especially useful tool for IIE professionals outside the boundaries of the 10 professional chapters. It's also useful for students seeking further guidance on careers and potential duties in IIE.
Take advantage of the efforts of IEs, as we all try to improve ourselves, our companies, and the world in general.
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Mark your calendars!
IIE Northeast Regional Conference
March 25-27
Northeastern University
Boston
The IIE Northeast Regional Conference is scheduled for March 25-27 at Northeastern University in Boston. Registration materials will be sent out soon.
In addition to numerous speakers, Larry Aft from IIE will conduct a one-day Six Sigma Yellow Belt training session for any interested professionals and students.
Speaker List:
- Dr. Ron Shapir - Human Factors
- Professor James Benneyan - IEs in the Healthcare System
- Bob Siebeneicher - IE Career Quest© Workshop (networking, resumes, etc.)
- Kevin Drevik - Your first 100 days: Career and finance decisions when starting out
Visit Northeasten University website
Please join our facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/2011-IIE-Northeast-Regional-Conference/123575981046547. Updates will be posted here.
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Jobs, jobs, jobs!
I noted in the last several month's newsletter that the IIE website has an extensive job board, which is updated daily with IE specific positions throughout the Northeast. These positions range from entry level to CEO, and are located in just about every state(from Delaware to New Hampshire, Maine to Pennsylvania). As of Feb. 22, these states had the following number of open positions sent to IIE:
Delaware - 1
New Jersey - 15
New York - 46
Pennsylvania - 28
Massachusetts - 21
Connecticut -24
Rhode Island - 0
Maine - 1
Vermont - 2
New Hampshire - 6
The website also had roughly five times that many job postings that it aggregated from other search engines.
Take advantage of this opportunity, or let your peers know. Also make sure you stay in touch with your local chapter, as they may have additional postings. IIE Career Center ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Networking with other professionals is often the best way to find out about new opportunities, gain important references and to learn from the experience of others. As a member of IIE living in the Northeast, you have a number of online networking opportunities:
Professional and student members of IIE
Facebook.com
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March 2011
South Jersey-Delaware Valley
Date: March 16
Joint Site Tour
Central CT Chapter
Date: TBD
AHL Hockey Game
Contact & RSVP:
Brian Nathanson
Reading PA Chapter
Date: March 14
Dinner Meeting - Art of Negotiations
Contact & RSVP:
Tom Flock
(610) 376-5473
Univ. of Pittsburgh Chapter
Date: March 19
E-Waste Drive
Contact & RSVP:
John Migliozzi
April 2011
South Jersey Delaware Valley
Date: April 20
Joint Technical Meeting with SJMCA-ASQ
Contact & RSVP:
Tom Massapollo
Reading PA Chapter
Date: April 18
DMAIC Discussion with John Nothelfer
Contact & RSVP:
Tom Flock
(610) 376-5473, ext. 255
Rochester NY Chapter
Date: April 27
E cubed fair at RIT (partner with student chapter)
Contact & RSVP:
John Kammerlen
Rochester NY
Chapter
Date: April TBD
Site Tour - Wegman's
Bakery
Contact & RSVP:
John Kammerlen
Lancaster-Harrisburg PA Chapter
Date Apr TBD
Joint APICS event
Contact & RSVP:
Jeremy Rank
(717) 751-4133
Central CT Chapter
Date: TBD
Meeting with WNEC
Contact & RSVP:
Brian Nathanson
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