How should I dress for a Skype interview?

http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2012/12/should_i_wear_a_suit_and_tie_j.html

When can "comp time" be used?

http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2012/11/when_can_comp_time_be_used.html

Untenable stress in the workplace

http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2012/11/untenable_stress_in_the_workpl.html

Stay-at-home mom re-entering the workforce

http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2012/11/stay-at-mom_re-entering_the_jo.html

Planning a maternity leave

http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2012/10/maternity_leave_questions_for.html

Presenting a degree in progress

http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2012/10/presenting_a_degree_in_progres.html

Job Doc chat - Monday, October 15, 2012

http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2012/10/job_doc_live_at_noon_pattie_hu_13.html

Biology or nursing?

Biology or nursing - which major is better?http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2012/10/biology_or_nursing.html

401(k) options when leaving a job

http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2012/09/401k_fund_options_when_leaving.html

Role at SeeWhy is a JavaScript Engineer!

Java Engineer

Java Engineer opportunity at Seewhy.com in Boston.  Must have 1-2 yrs of Java exp.  Cool company.  Contact psinacole@firstbeacongroup.com!

Can you turn around a bad hire?

Read my comments in the AMEX Open Forum!

http://www.openforum.com/articles/can-you-turnaround-your-bad-hire

No payment, no diploma

http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2012/08/no_payment_no_diploma.html?comments=all#readerComm

The "fine print" of employee referral programs

http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2012/08/the_fine_print_of_employee_ref.html

Job Doc Chat - August 6, 2012

http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2012/08/job_doc_live_at_noon_pattie_hu_9.html

Where can I find networking events?

http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2012/08/where_can_i_find_networking_ev.html

LinkedIn Tips

Thanks to Hopkinton Networkers for a great meeting this morning.  Please invite me back next summer!  It was fun!  Here is the LinkedIn info that I promised! 

http://www.boston.com/jobs/bighelp2009/september/articles/linkedin_tips/

Outside sale rep for Burlington, MA-based company.  Must have tech/storage sales exp.  $120-160K targeted earnings.  $200K is doable.  Collegial and flexible work environment.  Regional travel only.  This employer encourages work/life balance.  Contact psinacole@firstbeacongroup.com.

Pushing politics in the workplace

Interesting question posed by a reader.  http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2012/07/pushing_politics.html

Ilegal to ask?

Illegal to ask?  Check out my Job Doc blog from this week.http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2012/06/illegal_to_ask.html

Account Mgr - PT with flex hours, Worcester-area

Account Manager

Professional office requires a reliable, hard-working and PC literate Account Manager. Must have prior office experience.
Overview:Working in a busy insurance office, you will be the "go to" resource for client and broker requests. Insurance experience strongly preferred. Benefits experience a plus.

Some light reception and office management work. Must be able to multi-task. Must be PC proficient and have a natural orientation to be helpful and provide outstanding service to our clients.

We offer flexible hours (9am - 2pm or 10am - 3pm). The position is 4 days per week and we are flexible with which 4 days you work.

Pay is $18-$20 per hour. This is not a benefits eligible position.

The client’s office is located in the Worcester area.

Requirements -Office experience in a professional environment.

Able to work independently.

Attentive to details.

College degree preferred.

Strong telephone manner.

Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written.

Willing to do what it takes for co-workers, clients and prospects.

Insurance license required at some point, though not immediately.

Resumes to psinacole@firstbeacongroup.com.

Temping but frustrated

From today's Job Doc blog!  http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2012/06/temping_but_frustrated.html

Recruiter verifying your salary - a new MA law (or not)?

A job seeker says recruiters are advising them of a new law... true or not?

http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2012/05/asking_about_a_candidates_sala.html

Flex time, PTO... sounds good until termination

Employers beware of PTO "banks".... esp at termination time!http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2012/05/q_i_will_be_leaving.html

Sales Channel Consulting Senior Manager - San Francisco and San Jose

Organization: Accenture Management Consulting

Location - San Francisco and San Jose 

Level: Senior Manager

Travel: 80-100%

If you join Accenture you can make great ideas happen for some of the world's most dynamic companies. With broad global resources and deep technical know-how, we collaborate with clients to cultivate ideas and deliver results. Choose a career at Accenture and enjoy an innovative environment where challenging and interesting work is part of daily life.

Accenture is a leading provider of management consulting services worldwide. Drawing on the extensive experience of its 16,000 management consultants globally, Accenture Management Consulting works with companies and governments to achieve high performance by combining broad and deep industry knowledge with functional capabilities to provide services in Strategy, Analytics, Customer Relationship Management, Finance & Enterprise Performance, Operations, Risk Management, Sustainability, and Talent & Organization.

Accenture Channel Management professionals have a specific focus on delivering client solutions in areas such as:

• Strong analytical skills in the areas of customer/partner segmentation, cost-to-serve and channel optimization analytics
• Building the organization strategy and operating models for Commercial Areas to effectively target the growth opportunities
• Channel Resource Optimization Analytics for all channels including Web, VAR, Inside Sales and Direct Sales
• Technology enabled process and solution architecture to enable routes- to-market at speed
• Working experience in Sales and Marketing organizations in B2B , B2C and B2B2C organizations

Key responsibilities may include:

• Identify and build successful client solutions, working collaboratively across Accenture's service lines and operating groups to bring the right resources to bear
• Manage all day-to-day aspects of work stream activities functioning as a work stream lead
• Help identify and develop client relationships and new business opportunities
• Manage engagements various sizes, with responsibility for financial performance as well as content
• Develop insightful analysis and candid recommendations when faced with ambiguity
• Scope and frame engagement approaches, design and drive insightful analysis, and deliver implementation recommendations
• Develop primary and secondary research plans as well as analysis plan design
• Present analysis and recommendations to clients, from day-to-day contacts up to C-level management
• Oversee relationships with third party vendors and agencies
• Lead and contribute actively in firm and practice development initiatives/intellectual capital
• Train/mentor teams of consultants and business analysts

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 4 years of Sales, Marketing and/or customer data analytics experience
• Bachelor's degree

Preferred Skills:

• Work experience within the Communication, Media and Technology industries strongly preferred

• Operational or strategic exposure to sales/marketing organizations

• Analytical and quantitative skills
• Sales/Customer strategy experience
• Customer targeting strategy creation and Customer Experience Definitions
• MBA or Advanced degree

Professional Skill Requirements:

• Proven ability to build, manage and foster a team-oriented environment
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Excellent leadership and management skills

• Demonstrated executive presence, with the ability to authoritatively and convincingly articulate value propositions, credentials, and best practices
• Demonstrated focus on value and ROI  

Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.  No relo.

Accenture is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Level 4

Primary Location USA-CA - San Francisco

Other Locations USA-CA - San Jose

Organization Consulting

Advice for a career changer

Advice for a career changer.  From today's Job Doc blog!

http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2012/05/advice_for_a_career_changer.html

Follow me on twitter @psinacole

Happy Birthday (or not!)

Read on for my advice on how to celebrate birthdays in the workplace!http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2012/04/birthdays_in_the_workplace.html

Young professional moving to Boston

Advice for a young professional relocating to Boston - April 16th Job Doc blog! http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/jobdoc/2012/04/young_professional_moving_to_b.html

Inside Tech Sales and Support Admin'r - Hopkinton, MA

The Company Founded in 1994, Clark Associates, Inc. is a customer-focused sales and service representative of high quality electrical apparatus manufacturers. Our specialty is providing technical solutions and equipment for power quality needs as well as low voltage and medium voltage electrical distribution systems. We have knowledgeable and experienced personnel located in offices throughout New England and upstate New York who can help solve a wide variety of electrical distribution needs. Visit www.rmclark.com for more information about the company. We have established a collegial office work environment in downtown Hopkinton, MA. We may be relocating but we will remain in Hopkinton, MA area (or a surrounding town). The Role The Inside Technical Sales and Support Administrator will handle a wide variety of technical sales duties. These include: - Review product specifications, drawings and RFQ's. - Develop and transmit equipment quotations. - Track and follow up open quotes, negotiate and secure orders. - Use of pricing tools (Eagle, Bidman, C3) and printed price sheets. - Develop and transmit marketing campaigns via ACT -- Swiftpage. - Attend factory training twice per year (within US). - Develop special reports (e.g. UPS equipment end user / order contacts for conversions). - RMC website updates. - Other duties upon request. This role will also handle some administrative duties in coordination with the Sales Administrator. These include: - Handle incoming and outgoing phone calls, emails, mail and faxes. - Maintain files for customers, quotations, orders and factories. - Log in and file order confirmations and invoices. - Handle order status details, shipping info and tracking. - Copy, file and distribute mail to Clark personnel. - Admin support for outside sales. - Maintain office supplies, literature, catalogs. Reorder as required. - Assist with monthly reports, open quote logs. - Enter orders on factories via order form or online tools (Eaton Vista). - ACT data entry and data base maintenance. - RPMS data entry and reports. - Monthly commission reports. - Create, enter and maintain POs and invoicing for RMC buy / sell. - Other duties upon request. This is a full-time position with a work schedule of 8:30am -- 5:00pm, Monday -- Friday. Overtime hours may be required on an as-needed basis.

Hopkinton Crier article

Thanks to the Hopkinton Crier for picking up this article also!

If you are not following me on twitter, you are not really looking for a job!

Follow me on twitter! http://twitter.com/psinacole

Hopkinton firm provides HR services

Thanks Metrowest Daily News!

Too much information online!

Here is today's Job Doc blog! Read on to find out who is looking at your Facebook profile!

Tech/Pre-Sales Engineer

The Company (www.seewhy.com)

SeeWhy was established in 2003 and has headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts and Windsor, London. SeeWhy delivers a breakthrough in website conversion technology by providing marketers with the real-time, automated website analytics and re-marketing tools necessary to immediately reach out to website visitors at the moment that they abandon their online purchase or form. SeeWhy’s Conversion Manager provides one of the highest and most easily attainable ROI's of any online marketing initiative, generating 10 times the revenue of traditional email marketing campaigns.

The company’s target markets are online marketers and ecommerce executives in ecommerce and online businesses.

Due to continued success and growth, SeeWhy is hiring an engineer to contribute to business growth in the USA and also penetration of the European, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) market place.


The Role
This role will be the primary technical resource in the US to own SeeWhy’s customer implementations. This role has three primary areas of responsibility, as outlined below:

1. technical expertise – must be able to tag customer websites, check and trace data, configure service and troubleshoot for each customer, provide guidance on campaign best practices, configure customer’s email system and assist with monitoring and administration of SeeWhy architecture
2. customer relations skills – ability to translate technical requirements and specifications to non-technical audience, develop rapport with customer, be responsive, communicative and helpful with customer issues or concerns
3. project management skills – ability to adhere to deadlines and time-sensitive targets, must be able to think sequentially and logically and be able to “own” and solve hurdles with customer implementations

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
__________________________________________________________________________

• Four-year college degree in computer science or related field

• Three–five years of related experience; technical knowledge of the leading e-mail service providers and e-commerce platforms is key, preferably in the B2B space

• Knowledge and experience of SaaS implementations

• Working knowledge of HTML, Javascript, SQL (e.g., MySQL, Oracle, Sybase, MS SQL Server) and Linux/Unix

• Must be able to communicate well (both verbally and in writing) with customers

• Must be able to work effectively in deadline-driven, results-oriented role

• Expertise and experience with configuring email interfaces including follow-up troubleshooting and testing

• Must be able to understand dashboard metrics, including abandonment rates, number of recoveries, value of recoveries

• Communicate best practices with respect to email campaigns, including design and content

• Able to multi-task and to handle multiple priorities, across different time zones and locations is essential (without dropping the ball, while maintaining a sense of humor!)

• Enthusiastic and adaptable approach to work – some flexibility will be required due to international time-zones, must be able to work independently

• Additional responsibilities as needed


If interested, please contact (email preferred):

Patricia Hunt Sinacole
First Beacon Group LLC
psinacole@firstbeacongroup.com
www.firstbeacongroup.com

(508) 435-9889
(508) 435-9779 (fax)
(508) 380-0830 (cell)

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