IT: Jobs Landed

My job is twofold: as Manager of Business Development, I build relationships with potential referral partners who will be able to send customers to our business.  I helped charter a new chapter of BNI (Business Networking International) to help cultivate these relationships with other business professionals.  I am a member of the Livonia Chamber of Commerce and participate in many networking activities through the Chamber.  As Manager of Website Projects, I am responsible for taking website design projects from sale to launch.  I manage communications with our clients to ensure that their needs are met and that our programmers understand the requirements of the project.  I am also responsible for Social Media Marketing and E-Mail Marketing strategy for our clients.

I work with a team of software developers, providing Open source Software solutions to our clients, consulting and delivering customized software and portal solutions.  

As Compuware's first Garden Manager, I feel so fortunate to work and play in the heart of Detroit's downtown corridor. Lafayette Greens is Compuware's first urban garden, sitting on the site of the former Lafayette Building, at the corner of Michigan, Shelby, and Lafayette. About a half-acre of land, the garden features raised beds with a multitude of organically-grown, beautifully delicious produce, including a small orchard on the Michigan Ave! A living, green, edible space, right in the heart of the city!!! And, as a self-proclaimed quality-control agent, I have the happy job of ensuring what we grow tastes great, and is distributed throughout the community. Most of the produce we grow goes to Gleaners Community Food Bank, and the rest goes to volunteers.

Urban agriculture drew me to Detroit.  In college, I found myself reading and writing a lot about the values inherent in growing food for oneself, within one's community, and in cooperation with nature.  My move to Detroit directly responded to my collegiate understanding of food justice: I had great academic sense surrounding the topic of urban agriculture, community supported agriculture, and organic growing, but I had no physical experience.  My Detroit experience has, and continues to, legitimize my undergraduate work.

Detroit offers such amazing richness, life, and culture when it comes to food.  Naturally, this solidified my desire to stay in the city: with local farmers markets (Eastern Market, Wayne State, and more!), the many great garden projects of the city (D-Town Farms, Earthworks Urban Farm, and Georgia Street to name a few), and the wide variety of restaurants, I am happy to say I've found "home." 

I currently work as an HR Administrator specializing in Staffing for Netarx, LLC. In March of 2010, I started with the company as an HR intern and eventually  gained a full time position with the company after just a few months. As a company, Netarx is driven to continuously expand its growth and improve itself by setting new challenging goals every  quarter. Due to this corporate vision, employment opportunities have flourished in my tenure with the firm. Entry level positions in particular have been created that have given new hope for recent college graduates in the state. There is immense growth opportunities for every employee in the company; internship and apprenticeship programs have been created to promote from within.
 
This company has proven that the portrayal of Michigan as a dismal economic state is merely a perspective.  For young professionals that are seeking full-time opportunities with an excellent firm, Netarx has proven to me that authentic careers do exist and to leave Michigan to find them is a choice rather than a necessity. The best part of my job is that I am helping to recruit talented individuals in Michigan that will give the company strength from within and in addition keeping the talent pool alive in the state.

I am responsible for sourcing and delivering ready candidates to Account Managers throughout the central region for contract and direct placements. I source candidates via CDI's recruiting database, referrals, job postings, and migrations. I interact with candidates on all issues including benefits, salary, availability, relocation and offer of employment. Once hired perform new hire sign up orientation with employee. I mentor and develop junior recruiters to assist them in achieving their objectives. Assist recruiters in the recruiting processes including resume formatting, reference checks, interviewing and employee maintenance. Lastly, I align with Sales team and act as “go to person” for various clients in the absence of Account Managers and interact with clients/hiring managers for submittal feedback, interview scheduling and follow-up.

I work closely with a dedicated group of professionals to provide top-quality data analysis and visualization for top-tier companies and governmental organizations. Our management team has twenty-plus years of experience at some of the most respected corporations, advertising agencies, marketing research firms and information technology companies. I enjoy the intellectually challenging and fast-paced nature of the work, as well as the brilliance and dedication of my colleagues. I discovered the position through a close associate in my independent design firm, Watermelon Design, who had held the position previously.

I work with Michigan organizations to help solve business problems through the use of enabled technologies. In our current economic climate, businesses are trying to become more competitive, differentiate, and increase customer recruitment and retention. We are partnered with over forty different technology vendors that provide solutions ranging from customer service applications to patient notification systems. These partnerships allow us to deliver solutions and applications that really do HELP businesses. I enjoy my position because the technology/solutions are always changing, so I’m constantly learning. I also get to spend a lot of time socializing and getting to know other Detroit area professionals. I never have two days that are exactly the same and get to spend most of my time helping customers address their business communication challenges. Unlike most other jobs, it never gets monotonous AND I am in complete control of my income.

I am responsible for generating revenue for Fortune 500 clients throughout the midwest via ROI incurring internet media technology services.

Mi6 Group was formed by myself and a group of high level sales executives that all reached a crossroads in their career and decided to form a company to provide sales and business outsourcing services to assist other companies by filling their gaps caused by cutbacks and downsizing. I have a background in IT, so my role within Mi6 is to provide the technical credibility during our sales process, along with taking any training courses specific to a client’s product/technology.  I also maintain and implement all internal IT infrastructure, as well as designing and maintaining our website and social media networks.?

Ruck Technologies was founded with my long time friend Tom Kowalski. We decided our first project would be music software, called Fetch My Music, which allows users to stream music files from their computer to another internet capable device like a cell phone through a Facebook interface. After completing the project, we decided to focus on more commercially viable ventures. We are currently developing several projects including a mobile marketing service that is integrated with social media and some internet technologies for various clients.

My responsible is to find students that have gone through IT training at Global Information Technology a job within Michigan. Currently I have been able to place several students with employment with major companies. In order to do this, I write students’ resumes, to highlight the necessary skills to find employment, I meet with students one on one to discuss interview techniques and perform mock interviews with students so they are comfortable to meet with companies in Michigan to  “sell” their skills. I conduct job workshops that students attend to discuss topics involved in a job search. I continue to build relationships with Hiring Managers at companies and local Recruiters to seek out job opportunities for students. Most importantly, I build student’s confidence and motivate them to move on with their career. This an opportunity for me to use my skills to spend a considerable amount of time with assisting unemployed students with finding a new job. It feels good to share my experiences.

I also consult at Global Information Technology pertaining to Human Resource needs including creating company policies, employment laws, development of a detailed recruitment process for internal new hires and recruited candidates for our clients.

I work with enterprise clients helping to manage their existing communication network infrastructure and managing the relationship with the different vendors.

My job is to qualify job openings with clients, locate, screen and facilitate interviews/meetings with hiring managers for IT positions across the country.

My Account Executive Position includes: Spend majority of the time engaging in IT staffing sales to establish and develop new client relationships primarily with Tier 1 vendors; Making cold calls, connect with hiring managers and build corporate relationships; Ability to communicate effectively with Recruiting team; Maintain a pipeline of prospects sufficient to achieve assigned targets or exceed targets; Establish relationships at appropriate client levels to identify strategic / technology IT staffing needs; Participate in negotiations of contracts per company policies; Obtaining Job Orders/Job requirements from direct clients and Prime Vendors; Forwarding the job requirements to the Recruiting team to identity resources

I handle the Troy, Royal Oak and Birmingham territories for Brooksource and am responsible for managing current clients as well as landing new business and getting our company name out there. When it comes to locating IT resources, I strive to have my clients look to Brooksource as a valuable partner. I’m on the road as much as possible trying to build relationships with companies in my territory. I also partner with a recruiter who is constantly meeting and networking with the best talent around Metro Detroit.