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Hi, Geeks! April 25, 1997 If you know your GUI from your CGI - and who doesn't these days? - you may wish to take a peek at Organic Online. They're one of the new breed of "cyber-agencies", who provide design for Web pages and ads. I was intrigued by their need for "Conceptualists" and "Visualists". But they seem to want normal humans too. They'll keep your resume on file for six months and let you know if anything comes up. It's probably done by a robot. Organic Online is based in San Francisco. On the right coast is Boston's Strategic Interactive Group, who are also on the lookout for would be Webmasters. (I much prefer the term Webführer, which, to my English ears, sounds more authoritative...). According to Investor's Business Daily, they have a website. Unfortunately, neither InterNic nor I could find it. Nonetheless, a cursory search of InfoSpace will find you their address. (695 Atlantic Ave, Boston, MA 02111-2623. Tel: 617-737-2020) Apply to Kathleen Biro via snailmail. Icentric Internet April 24, 1997 Icentric Internet looks pretty interesting. They "provide an "almost" free account for a resume generation tool integrated with email services accessible anywhere in the world along with popular search engines and web site monitoring tools." We were intrigued by the "almost free" bit and dug into the site a little further. Hitting the free account button generates a registration form and a PIN. It also generates a request for a " ONE TIME administration fee of $25(US) or $30(CAN) to ensure that your account will remain available for a year. " Hmmm! Yes. For your $25, you get:
There are also a couple of other "utilities", such as a reminder service. We checked the "announcements" section, which is where people post their availability for jobs, and to be honest, it was a bit thin. Still, all in all, it seemed like an honest attempt at providing a value-for-money service. But someone else can go first... April 23, 1997 In his book The Age of Unreason, Charles Handy, a professor at the London School of Economics notes how dramatic changes are transforming business, education, and the nature of work. We can see it in astounding new developments in technology, in the shift in demand from manual to cerebral skills, and in the virtual disappearance of lifelong, full-time jobs. Written in the mid-eighties, Handy predicted the emergence of what he termed "portfolio man", by which he meant an individual with an array of skills which are differently "packaged" depending on the needs of different employers or "clients" This is a useful concept to adopt when you are actively engaged in the "hunt". It involves a constant re-evaluation of the skills you possess in the light of the would-be employer's needs. There is an interesting discussion of this notion in A Hitchhiker's Guide to Job Security, by Tupper Cawsey, Gene Deszca and Maurice Mazerolle. In it, they argue that "the concept of the portfolio career is significant because it provides a new way of viewing our relationship to work. Many of us have the perspective of "job" equals "career". However, if there are no "jobs" it is easy for us to be frozen into inaction. "Rethinking the structuring of work into projects provides much more flexibility to the individual and to the organization, with the possibility of mutual gain. "For example, the individual can earn his/her way into ever increasing skilled contracts, while at the same time organizations can have work done, perhaps even a long term relationship, without the long term commitment." 200 Letters April 22, 1997 200 Letters for Job Hunters is now available online. International consultant and author, William S. Frank, says this updated version of 200 Letters could cure your writer's block and help you get moving on the road to a new and better job. "200 Letters for Job Hunters promises to shorten your search for a new, hopefully better employer," says Frank, president of the renowned Colorado-based outplacement firm CareerLab. Published by Ten Speed Press, the 348-page 200 Letters now can be accessed by any job candidate at http://www.careerlab.com/ letters/default.htm. Frank's collection of 'Red Hot Cover Letters' can also be found on America Online at keyword 'Career Center.' Frank says, "Very few people write well. Drafting a letter on your own can be a tedious, time-consuming experience." With more than 50,000 copies sold since its publication in 1991, Frank says offering the book on the World Wide Web is a great way to reach many a frustrated writer. The 200 letters (actually 239) are divided into twenty categories, ranging from "Announce Job Changes" to "Negotiate a Pay Raise" If you have difficulty finding the correct form of words for that all-important missive, this is an excellent resource. FONT SIZE=+3>BioTechnology Apil 21, 1997 The recent cloning of Dolly the sheep focused worldwide attention on the broad scientific field of biotechnology. This is a burgeoning field, which will continue to grow in size and scope for the foreseeable future. If you have an interest in biotech, an excellent resource is Bio Online, which claims to be "the most comprehensive Internet site for information and services related to biotechnology and pharmaceutical research, combining resources of the biotechnology companies, biotechnology centers, research and academic institutions, industry suppliers, government agencies, and non-profit special interest groups." The site has several sections, including a Career Center, which not only contains job listings, but also has sections devoted to Career Management Articles (by Search Masters International), a Job Hunter's Guide and a Career Discussion Forum. Many of the jobs listed are scientific in orientation. Nonetheless, this field supports all disciplines in its infrastructure. Much of the advice available at the site, however, has general application to Career Management and Job Search, and, as such, is definitely worth checking out. If for no other reason, this site is a good source of market intelligence on the biotechnology industry and can provide advanced warning as to which companies are most likely to be in the market for employees or contract workers.
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