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The Roanoke Valley .Net User Group was formed to support the .NET users in the Roanoke Valley and beyond. It is associated with the International .NET Association (INETA). The International .NET Association provides structured, peer-based organizational, educational, and promotional support to the growing worldwide community of Microsoft® .NET user groups. RVNUG meets the first Thursday of each month at the County of Roanoke Public Safety Building 5925 Cove Rd. www.rvnug.org.
The Roanoke Valley SharePoint User Group (RVSPUG) was formed to support SharePoint administrators, users, and developers. RVSPUG meets the fourth Wednesday of each month at the County of Roanoke Public Safety Building 5925 Cove Rd. www.rvspug.org.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession. ACM provides the computing field's premier Digital Library and serves its members and the computing profession with leading-edge publications, conferences, and career resources www.acm.org.
Career News:
Tactics for Today’s Job Market
Computerworld, May 12
Dave Willmer, executive director of Robert Half Technology, shares his suggestions for negotiating a rapidly changing job market for IT professionals. Willmer offers advice on how to target new potential employers, how to patch over possible employment gaps on a resume, how to tell a convincing story to recruiters and how to take advantage of Internet resources to meet new employers.
First of all, target each employer carefully. It's important to customize all of your application materials, not just the cover letter, for each job opening. In your communication with employers, use natural, direct prose that provides a good sense of your personality. During an interview, use authentic answers rather than canned responses.
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U.S. High-Tech Jobs Grew Again In 2008
Tech Careers (via EE Times), April 21
According to the Cyberstates 2009 report released by TechAmerica, overall U.S. high-tech employment increased by 77,000 jobs in 2008, marking the fourth consecutive year of job gains. During a weak final quarter of the year, U.S. high-tech employment declined by only 0.6% while total private-sector employment declined by 1.3%. The Cyberstates report, which is based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, provides 2008 national data on tech employment as well as 2007 national and state-by-state data on high-tech employment, wages, wage differentials and employment concentration.
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Department News:
The department is in the process of drafting the catalog for 2010-2011 which will become effective for students declaring their program of studies starting summer of 2010. Students already in the AAS or a career study should follow the catalog in force when they started the program of studies.
