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Senior Technical Consultant [posted 5/11/09] System Administrator [posted 5/11/09] System Engineer [posted 5/11/09] Application Specialist [posted 5/11/09] Project Manager, Physical Security Area [posted 5/8/09] Pre-Sales Engineer (DoD) [posted 5/8/09] Credentialing Sales Position [posted 5/8/09] Technical Consultant [posted 5/8/09] Web Application Interface Developer .Net Developer .Net Developer (09-704) Program Manager Implementation Consultant Program Manager: Telecommunications / Customer Operations (Bilingual – Spanish) Staff Accountant Ajax Web Developers (filling 4 positions) Government Accounts Executive |
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Workforce Development Committee: Ready to Work
Special topic: this month only! Title: Using Social Media to Grow Your Business and Personal Brand Speaker: Jennifer Abernethy, President of The Sales Lounge The seminar will cover social media tools including FaceBook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. You will leave feeling empowered by discovering how to leverage today's social media.
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June WIT.Connect: Government Leaders at the Helm — A New Era
The face of government is changing in this new era of transparency and collaboration. Our panel of government executives will explore a range of topics: technology, balancing innovation with security, the promise of the new media, the greening of government, acquisition, and key workforce challenges. In addition, they'll address the implementation of the Recovery Act, their key leadership challenges, and making the federal government the "employer of choice". Panelists:
Moderator: Lisa Wolfe, Program Director, Federal News Radio 1500 AM Click here for speaker bios. Join us for a celebration of WIT's 15th birthday during the networking reception prior to our program. WIT's annual election of the Board of Directors and Officers will also take place during the reception.
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Workforce Development Committee: Meet the Company — Small Business
WIT's Meet the Company Series provides an intimate setting to facilitate the relationship between WIT members and technology companies to better understand the company's business, strategies, and culture. At this special Small Business event, WIT is showcasing four small businesses: Phase One Consulting Group: Since 1997, Phase One has supported an impressive portfolio of clients with its strategic and tactical modernization initiatives. Phase One's clients are typically large organizations of 70,000 or more employees with budgets exceeding $15B that benefit from a multifaceted and proven approach that has resulted in top-rated and award winning Enterprise Architecture programs. Sleight-of-Hand Studios: A woman-owned business located in Fairfax, VA. SOH aligns its clients' visual communications with their business strategies. Sleight-of-Hand Studios clients are businesses, associations and nonprofits who want to create brand awareness and build collaborative and social web strategies. To accompany its web solutions, Sleight-of-Hand Studios offers brand consulting, graphic design, desktop publishing, and photography. Find Sleight-of-Hand Studios on the web at www.sohstudios.com. Virtuo Group Corporation: Virtuo Group provides Migration and Consolidation Solutions for all enterprise technology infrastructures across many platforms. To complement its Migration Solutions, Virtuo Group provides a broad range of technology services in the areas of Program/Project Management, IT Department Support, and Application and Database Development and Support. XIO Strategies: A Vienna, VA-based woman-owned business, it specializes in end-to-end supply chain management and communications consulting services to government, military and commercial organizations. XIO works with organizations both large and small to effectively analyze existing business processes, manage technology deployment, conduct research and training, create marketing materials, and develop communications programs during periods of change. For more information, visit www.xiostrategies.com.
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Workforce Development Committee: Resume Seminar
This workshop is the third in a series that aims to give you practical techniques and tools to survive and thrive in a challenging workplace. Four professional coaches will show how to transform your resume into a powerful tool to help you stand out from the competition. You will also learn how to craft a resume that describes your professionalism crisply but with authenticity and texture. In this highly interactive workshop, you will learn:
To fully participate, you must bring three copies of your resume and come prepared with thoughtful answers to these questions:
Marshall Brown and Anne Hull will discuss ways to create a powerful resume followed by small group facilitation with Margaret New and Janet Spadola.
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Workforce Development Committee: Ready to Work
This monthly session includes an encouragement network hour led by Ardell Fleeson followed by a job search skills practicum. Workforce Development Committee member Phyllis Kolmus will facilitate.
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Workforce Development Committee: Meet the Company — Global Strategies Group (North America) Inc. and TAC
WIT's Meet the Company Series provides an intimate setting to facilitate the relationship between WIT members and technology companies to better understand the company's business, strategies, and culture. Global Strategies Group (North America) Inc. The Analysis Corporation
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10th Annual Women in Technology Leadership Awards Winners Announced Women in Technology announced the winners of the 10th Annual Leadership Awards at an awards gala at the Hilton McLean on May 21, 2009. In its tenth anniversary year, the 2009 Leadership Awards honored women who have excelled as mentors, leaders and role models in their professional endeavors and communities,and embody the WIT mission. "Each year WIT presents the Leadership Awards to an exceptional list of extraordinary women and this year proved to be no different," said Sue Liblong, president of WIT. "The awardees are pioneers in their organizations and in the local technology community and embody this year's theme 'Changing the Face of Technology'. We are honored to include them among a decade of WIT's leading women." Winners were recognized in the following categories:
Winners were thoroughly reviewed and selected by the nominations council, which includes a WIT board member, the chair of the leadership awards committee, and two former leadership awards winners and local executives who are not members of WIT.
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WIT Announces 2009-2010 Board Slate The slate of officers and directors for the upcoming WIT year (July 2009 - June 2010) is listed below. Elections will be held at our June 18, 2009 WIT.Connect at the McLean Hilton. Click here to register for the event. We encourage everyone to attend the event and to vote. If you will not be able to attend, and would like to vote, please contact the WIT office at 703-683-4003 or staff@womenintechnology.org and an official ballot will be emailed to you. Please note that any additional eligible candidates for the Board may be nominated by any twenty (20) General Members of WIT by submitting a nomination in writing to the Secretary (Jean Leonard, jean.leonard@QinetiQ-na.com) not less than twenty (20) days before June 18 (by Friday, May 29). Board Members Nominated for Election:
Appointed Positions 2009-2010 Term:
Continuing Board Members:
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Join Us at NVTC’s HOT Ticket Awards Please join NVTC at their Hottest Party of the Summer — the HOT Tickets Awards! Come celebrate the best and brightest regional technology companies poolside in your Hawaiian casual best at Bobbie Kilberg's home on June 24 from 6:30–9:00 p.m. Special discount for WIT Members — receive the NVTC member rate of $75, a savings of 25%! For additional information or to register, please visit NVTC's website at www.nvtc.org/events. Follow the "Women in Technology" registration link to receive your WIT member discount. Please email events@nvtc.org with questions or for help registering.
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WIT Member One of Virginia's Most Influential WIT member Brenda Blisk, CEO of the Blisk Financial Group at Spire Investment Partners in McLean, is one of 28 women who received the first "Influential Women of Virginia" award from Virginia Lawyers Weekly. The awards were presented on May 14 in Richmond, Virginia. According to Virginia Lawyers Weekly, "The awards recognize the outstanding efforts of women in all fields, including law, business, health care and education. The honors are given to individuals who are making notable contributions to their chosen professions, their communities and society at large."
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Call For WIT Leadership Nominations: Get Involved Today Women in Technology (WIT) is pleased to invite nominations for WIT leaders. There are many exciting positions open for the coming fiscal year. This is a great opportunity to join the leadership team, increase visibility for you and your company, and help us grow the WIT organization. The term of office varies from one to two years depending on the position. An open nomination procedure is held to generate the best pool of qualified candidates. You may self nominate or forward this on to other WIT members to nominate themselves for any of the open positions. Click here for a list of open positions. If you would like to apply for a leadership position, please review the in-depth job descriptions at: www.womenintechnology.org/files/WIT_leadership_descriptions.doc Submit your completed application with your resume to: staff@womenintechnology.org You can find the application at the WIT Web site: www.womenintechnology.org/files/LeadershipApplication.doc Please indicate "Nomination for ________ Position" in the subject line. If you have questions about any of the positions listed above or would like to be considered for other leadership roles in the organization, please contact one of these members of the Nominating Committee:
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Pros in Marketing/Sales/Editing Needed: Help Launch the WIT "Bunyan Book" and Learn Leadership Secrets of WIT Award Winners WIT has identified the "Bunyan Book" as an initiative for this year. This book—profiles of women who have been honored with a WIT Leadership Award—is not only underway; it's going full steam ahead. Why this project at this time? May 2009 marked WIT's 10th Leadership Awards ceremony and the 15th anniversary of WIT — so the timing couldn't be better for interviewing and profiling every winner of the past WIT Leadership Awards, from 1999 to 2009. We aim for the book to:
We have an immediate need for volunteers to join our Marketing/PR subcommittee:
Volunteers are also needed to assist with Sales/Distribution:
Here's what you'll get in exchange: an insider's view of these women's leadership secrets and insights, and your name in the acknowledgments.
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Join LinkedIn and Take Your Networking Online WIT is now an official group on LinkedIn, and is looking for you! Join the WIT group, and take your networking online! Either go to www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=55459 to find the page or, when you're logged into LinkedIn, go to "Groups" on the left side of your screen. Then search for "Women in Technology" (use the quotation marks) in the search field on the right side of the screen. It should appear with Brianna Carroll Boyle as the owner. If you have any questions, please contact her at brianna.boyle@verizon.com. |
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