Minnesota Headhunter

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This is a “what’s going on” here at Minnesota Headhunter. Blog posts of interest, event announcements and links to Be Your Own Headhunter presentations.

You can also scroll down past this to see posts in chronological order.

Blog Posts (recent/popular)

• Managing Your IT Career: MinneBar 8 Video

• Most In Demand IT Certifications - March 2013

• Minnesota Job And Career Fair 2013

• Minnesota IT Jobs Most In Demand By Title

Speaking

• May 9: TCHRA Spring Conference 2013

• Oct 13-15: Minnesota SHRM

Events

• June 7: Social Media Breakfast Minneapolis St Paul #56

• July 25: Minnesota Recruiters Conference

Be Your Own Headhunter – Job Search Webinar

• No live sessions scheduled until mid June. Please view the session posted.

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3 Minnesota Companies Rank In 100 Best Places To Work In IT 2013

Computerworld released their 2013 100 Best Places To Work In IT and 3 Minnesota companies make the list again.

I say again because these same companies always seem to be on the list (see notes below).

They are (click links for more stats and info):

#12 General Mills (2012 #4)

Why you want to work there:

Top 10 ranking: No. 1 for benefits

Amazon Associates Shuts Down Minnesota Affiliates Over Internet Sales Tax

Today Amazon Associates sent a notice (click image above or scroll down for the text) to its Minnesota affiliates ending their relationship. This is in response to the new Minnesota Internet sales tax that starts July 1, 2013.

Minnesota Recruiter Jobs

The following have been added to the Minnesota Recruiter Jobs page:

• Senior Recruiting Coordinator - Full Time Job - Best Buy

• Corporate Recruiter - Full Time Job - Best Buy

• Technical Recruiter - Sourcing Recruiting Manager - Full Time Job - General Mills

• Talent Acquisition Specialist - Full Time Job - Code 42

• Contract Recruiter - Full Time Job - Andersen Windows

• Recruiting Assistant - Full Time Job - General Mills

How to post a job (it’s free)?

Send the content (preferably in Word) along with a link or email for folks to apply to paul@mnheadhunter.com

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Conversation With A... Startup CEO: “But Paul, I Don’t Have Time To Recruit”

A couple of months ago I had a “moment” while chatting with a Minnesota angel investor... this would be a really good conversation to blog about. Problem was (is) I need to be careful to take out names and not give out info that could lead back to the person and I need their permission to use some of what we spoke about.

Most folks have been OK with me talking about our conversation so this is my first try with this...

This week I had a Minnesota startup CEO say to me:

“But Paul, I don’t have time to recruit.”

And I sat there with a blank stare trying not to react. My mind is yelling:

“Whaddya mean you don’t have time?!?!?!?!”

I have heard this multiple times this year and each time I do my best not to react.

Reasons given range from: raising money, coding a beta, managing the team, product development... you know, all the things that a startup CEO does.

I get that... I get that all of that is important.

So is recruiting.

TV Interview... “I Quit” Is More Common As The Economy Gets Better

 

I was invited out to FOX 9 to talk about the the latest BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey showing 2.25 million folks quit their job in April, a 7.2 percent jump from March and just below February which was a multi year high.

There is starting to be a more noticeable churn within the job economy. Some folks are leaving one job for another and some... many more than a year ago are leaving a job without a next one lined up.

Yeah, that’s right... quitting without a next place to call “home away from home”.

Do I recommend this?

Want To Learn Ruby on Rails? Check Out Rails.MN

Last night I attended my first Rails.MN (@RailsMN) user group meeting.

This is not a typical user group meeting where developers demo, talk about what they are working on... cool tools they are building… a place to show how smart they are.

Rails.MN is more of a learning lab and a great opportunity to pick up the Rails skill set.

Derek Rockwell (@DerekRockwell) is leading the group with tutorials, hands on learning. The current learning series is on Building OpenCamp (a project management tool).

Minnesota Morning... InformationWeek Interviews, Kidblog And Spark Edition

Yep... it has been a long time since I wrote one of these and it is yet another attempt at getting back into writing. I think I found one of my “blocks” to this, so much to write and not enough time to do it.

So I decided to write what I can when I can and stop thinking about it.

I hope this time around it sticks.

InformationWeek interviews

A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by Kevin Casey (@kevinrcasey) of InformationWeek (thanks to Jennifer McClure for the referral) to work on a couple of articles with him.

I need to write up a couple of blog posts to go along with each of these with some additional thoughts I have but for the moment... click these links to see the articles:

IT Job Interviews: 8 Tips To Avoid Disaster

8 IT Hiring Trends You Can't Ignore

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Managing Your IT Career: MinneBar 8 Video

The video below (and deck below that) is from my MinneBar 8 presentation “Managing Your IT Career v5”.

What do I mean by v5? This was the 5th year of doing a career related presentation at this event.

I had a room that sat 40 but as you see in the beginning and as the talk went on folks were standing and sitting on the floor with around 70 taking in the session.

The video starts about 7 minutes into the session that started with this...

I asked, “So what do you want to know?”

And there was silence.

I said, “This is going to suck if you do not ask questions.”

This was the first question asked, “Why do recruiters suck so bad?”

To which the room broke in laughter so what you see is me deep in the weeds of answering the question and some follow up for about 8 minutes.

This was a very informal talk. Yes, “dude”, “sucks” and a couple of inappropriate words were used. More than I would like to have... but it happens sometimes.

And I was a little fired up that day.

Minnesota Recruiter Jobs

The following have been added to the Minnesota Recruiter Jobs page:

• Retail Recruiter - Full Time Job - Wilsons Leather

• Talent Acquisition Manager - Full Time Job - The Schwan Food Company

• Campus Recruiting Specialist - Full Time Job - Deloitte

• Sourcing Specialist II - Full Time Job - CenterPoint Energy

• Sourcing Specialist - Full Time Job - Target

• Recruiter - Full Time Job - Superior Consulting Services

• Recruiter - Full Time Job - Life Time Fitness

• Recruiting Manager - Full Time Job - U.S. Bank

• Corporate Recruiter - Full Time Job - Eagle Creek Software Services

How to post a job (it’s free)?

Send the content (preferably in Word) along with a link or email for folks to apply to paul@mnheadhunter.com

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Minnesota Recruiter Jobs

The following have been added to the Minnesota Recruiter Jobs page:

• Corporate Recruiter - Full Time Job - Pearson VUE

• Recruiter - Full Time Job - Medica

• Sr Talent Acquisition Specialist - Full Time Job - NativeX

• Corporate Recruiter - Full Time Job - Best Buy

• Recruiter - Full Time Job - Fairview

• Recruiter - Full Time Job - Cargill

• Senior Corporate Recruiter - Full Time Job - Equus Computer Systems

• Recruiting Manager - Full Time Job - Robert Half Technology

• Senior IT Recruiter - Full Time Job - Robert Half Technology

How to post a job (it’s free)?

Send the content (preferably in Word) along with a link or email for folks to apply to paul@mnheadhunter.com

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Most In Demand IT Certifications - March 2013

WantedAnalytics analyzed 800,000+ jobs in March 2013 and came up with a list of the Most In-Demand Certifications for Tech Jobs.

What I really want to know… what is the percentage of jobs asking for them and what is the trend?

Here in Minneapolis I am seeing less requests for certifications. That may be because I am working with more start up and tech small tech companies than I did in the past.

The req’s my colleagues send from large/enterprise companies (to see if I can lend a hand) seem to have fewer of these being asked for than a year ago.

Hmmm…

Here is the list:

1. Project Management Professional (PMP)
2. Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
3. Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
4. Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
5. Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
6. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)
7. Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
8. Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
9. DoD 8570 Certification
10. Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
11. Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
12. ITIL Foundation certification (v3)
13. Certified Scrum Coach
14. IBM Rational Unified Process Certification (RUP)
15. Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)

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Minnesota Job And Career Fair 2013

April 18, 2013 the Minnesota Recruiting and Staffing Association is hosting their 4th annual job, career and skills summit and I will once again be one of the speakers.

This will be the 3rd time for me speaking at their event and I am really looking forward to this one as MNRSA is reaching out to our military veterans to help them in their job search process.

To be able to talk with these folks… means a lot to me and I look forward to saying thank you to them.

The event is free to attend and open to all job seekers.

Last year 700+ attended and the feedback was very positive.

I will be speaking from 10:00 am to 11:30 am and doing my “Be Your Own Headhunter” presentation. I will be showing folks how I would be do a job search using LinkedIn, job boards, networking, Twitter and Facebook along with some strategy tips including how to market oneself, when to follow up, finding contact names and more.

It is an aggressive approach or as many have called it either a “wake up call” or a much needed “kick in the pants”.

Lead Ruby Developer | Minnesota IT Job

Full Time Minnesota IT Job

Northeast Minneapolis

FourCubed

I am working with FourCubed, a 10 person 9 year old Minneapolis based technology company servicing and building software for the gaming and poker industry. The company was listed on the Inc. 5000 in 2011 and is continuing to grow.

We are looking for 2 Ruby on Rails Developers… 1 lead developer and 1 intermediate developer. Not sure which you are? Lets talk about it.

You'll be scaling out technology that is tracking over 1 million game players on a daily basis in an industry that is poised to grow by leaps and bounds in the next 5 years.

They are open with the tech stack and encourage their developers to experiment with cutting-edge technologies, be creative and “code outside the lines”. We are looking for intelligent, strategic, analytical people.

They respect personal freedom and provide a collaborative and open work environment. You will not be micro managed and they offer flexible onsite/offsite results-oriented scheduling to help with life/work balance

You respect others, want to explore new ways of doing things, challenge and be challenged.

Minnesota Recruiter Jobs

The following have been added to the Minnesota Recruiter Jobs page:

• Recruiter 4 - Full Time Job - Oracle

• Associate Recruiter - Full Time Job - Pearson

• Recruiter 3 - Full Time Job - Wells Fargo

• Recruiter - Full Time Job - Digital River

How to post a job (it’s free)?

Send the content (preferably in Word) along with a link or email for folks to apply to paul@mnheadhunter.com

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Minnesota IT Jobs Most In Demand By Title

Wanted Analytics used a recent report on cities seeing the most growth in IT jobs, Minneapolis was on the list, and did a little research to see which jobs were most in demand.

There are a few interesting points to note for Minneapolis (sorry St Paul friends, but you know you are included)…

- With Project Manager and Senior Project Manger both on the list we know this is good news for the IT community. This means we have a lot of work going on now and down the road. Good news for all in IT.

- Business Analyst and Senior Business Analyst same as above

- Software Engineer and Web Developer: I am mighty curious about what skill sets are listed with those jobs. it also leads me to believe that my Recruiter and HR friends could do a better job of listing the skill set needed… I wonder how many false positives candidates are seeing in searches. For example, a JavaScript developer is likely clicking on Web Developer and finding PHP jobs. That is a rant for a future blog post.

Here are the IT job titles by rank for Minneapolis, MN:

Study: Best Paying Jobs For Two And Four Year Degrees

Over the next couple of months I am doing a number of presentations with high school seniors and college students who have not yet declared a major.

I am giving them a recruiter perspective on what the job market looks like today, a few years down the road and how they can best prepare themselves.

Two of the most frequently asked questions from the high school kids are, “What jobs pay the most?” and “Do I need to go to college… do I need a four year degree?”

I tell them (in my opinion) money is not everything and that they should be life long learners… those both tend to get “eyes rolling”.

I get where they are coming from… I was the same way at their age.

I do talk about finding something they can be passionate about and how the STEM fields are in high demand.

Do I think they need to further their education? Absolutely and always.

In doing some research I came across this 2013 study from CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists Intl (EMSI):

Best-Paying Jobs For Two-Year and Four-Year Degrees

From the press release:

Minnesota Recruiter Jobs

The following have been added to the Minnesota Recruiter Jobs page:

• Recruiting Manager - Full Time Job - Randstad Sourceright

• Sr Corporate Recruiter - Full Time Job - Datacard Group

• Director of Recruiting - Full Time Job - ShopNBC

• Senior Recruiter - Full Time Minnesota Job - C.H. Robinson

How to post a job (it’s free)?

Send the content (preferably in Word) along with a link or email for folks to apply to paul@mnheadhunter.com

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Minnesota Recruiter Jobs

The following have been added to the Minnesota Recruiter Jobs page:

• Technology Recruiter - Full Time Job - Thomson Reuters

• Technical Recruiter - Full Time Job - JAMF Software

• Recruiter - Full Time Job - Datalink

• Senior Recruiter - Full Time Job - Buffalo Wild Wings

• Sr Technology Recruiter - Full Time Job - Target

How to post a job (it’s free)?

Send the content (preferably in Word) along with a link or email for folks to apply to paul@mnheadhunter.com

Check out Minnesota Recruiters. An informal group of 3,100+ corporate, consulting and search firm recruiters - you must be in Minnesota to join.

 

   
 

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Minnesota IT Jobs With Minnesota Non Profits

The following new Minnesota IT jobs have been added on the Minnesota Non Profit IT Jobs page:

• Technician II - Full Time Job - Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis

• Computer Technician - Full Time Job - PCs for People

• Information Systems Officer - Full Time Job - ServeMinnesota

• Web - IT Administrator - Full Time Job - Alzheimer’s Association of Minnesota-North Dakota

• Help Desk Supervisor - Full Time Job - YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities

 

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Minnesota Recruiter Jobs

The following have been added to the Minnesota Recruiter Jobs page:

• Staffing Specialist - Full Time Job - CHS

• Recruiter - Full Time Job - Tarmac

• Sr Talent Acquisition Manager - Full Time Job - Select Comfort

• Talent Acquisition Partner - Full Time Job - Select Comfort

• Talent Acquisition Coordinator - Full Time Job - Thomson Reuters

• Senior Recruiter - Full Time Job - The Schwan Food Company

• Recruiting Coordinator - Full Time Job - ABRA Auto

• Associate Talent Acquisition Specialist - Full Time Job - Ecolab

• Talent Acquisition Coordinator - Full Time Job - Mortenson Construction

• Associate Recruiter - Full Time Job - Ameriprise Financial

• Corporate Recruiter - Full Time Job - Nash Finch

• Senior Recruiter - Full Time Job - Graco

• Recruiter - Full Time Job – Ecolab

How to post a job (it’s free)?

Send the content (preferably in Word) along with a link or email for folks to apply to paul@mnheadhunter.com

Check out Minnesota Recruiters. An informal group of 3,100+ corporate, consulting and search firm recruiters - you must be in Minnesota to join.

 

   
 

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