Why not make two posts in one day :)

We have July meetings coming up in the larger area.

The Ohio Oracle User Group in Columbus
finally got around to posting their meeting date: July 19 (RSVP by July 17).
http://www.ooug.org/meeting20070719.html

The Greater Cincinnati Oracle User Group is meeting on July 25:
http://gcoug.org/

Finally, the Indianapolis Oracle User Group is having a full day of Oracle performance training with Cary Milsop (the Hotsos guy) on July 26:
http://inoug.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=88

a N.E.T.W.O.R.K

I saw this posting and think its highly effective for social networking!

A N.E.T.W.O.R.K. of Words to Help You NETWORK
Top 7 Things You Need to Know About Business and Social Networking
By
Vincent Wright

1. N – Network – No network, no gain. Positively said: The better your network, the greater your gain. Networking is networking – online or off, entrepreneur or warehouse worker, doctor, lawyer, student, teacher, child, or grandparent – to advance from where you are to where you want to go, you need help and the best help you can get on earth is the hands of others. To get their hands, you need to network with them.

2. E – Energy – To network with people, you need to put some energy into your networking. Put twice as much energy into your networking as you want to get out of it. Energy makes you shine. If you don’t let your light shine, no one will notice you. If no one notices you, you can’t network. If you can’t network, you can’t get their hands. Show people that you and your light are present and available to help them GET MORE!

3. T – Thoughtfulness – THINK of others! There is no getting around the great importance of thinking of others. What good is a networker who doesn’t think of others? What do they need? When do they need it? Where do they need help? How much help do they need? What else do they need? If you can’t give them what they need at the time that they need it, what else can you give them instead? A referral? A lead? Guidance?

4. W – Work – Ok. So, you’ve done all the right things in growing your network. You’ve thought about people you know and the people they know, you’ve considered that people in networks want to connect with you, they want your energy, and you’ve started assembling your network. But, there’s still the most important thing to excel at: WORK. Your WORK must be EXCELLENT! (Not perfect. Just EXCELLENT! You’re networking because you can’t be perfect and because you want to be excellent in some area of your life.)

5. O – Organize – Organize your work, your network, and your networking. How can a network of people be sustained without it and you being organized? It can’t! Not for long, anyway. Organization is the key to reducing the stress of life. If you’re not organized, network with someone who can help you in this area, too.

6. R – Recruit – Very few people know what the word “recruit” actually means. But what it means is of TREMENDOUS value to you: “To nourish the core”. If you’re weak, stressed, empty, broke, un-centered, inexperienced, or aging, YOU MUST LEARN HOW TO RECRUIT PEOPLE TO HELP YOU!

7. K – Knowledge – Keep adding value to your knowledge by keeping your knowledge current, up to date. Who wants information that’s stale, disorganized, incomplete, ill-informed, or poorly formed. Read stuff. Learn stuff. Shape stuff. Share stuff with LOTS of other people in your NETWORK.

Writing the Best Job Description

Job Description
Think of your job description as an advertisement for your job. Make sure that it is appealing, accurate, and detailed enough to interest the most qualified candidates.
Tips for writing the best job description:
Describe the responsibilities and roles for the position you are seeking to fill. Be specific.
Outline the specific requirements you are looking for — but be aware that sometimes the best candidates may not match every single one.
If your company is not well known, describe it here.
Job seekers most often search using keywords. Make sure your job description includes the relevant terms that a job seeker would use to find your job. Example keywords: “product manager”, registered nurse, java, finance, associate, advertising
Include any benefits or perks of the job including 401k, flex time, profit sharing, stock options, etc.
Represent your job well
Job seekers can see who they know at your company to get more information, so make sure your coworkers are using LinkedIn so they be available to help sell the position to people in their networks.
Include your own profile and recommendations with the job listing so job seekers can see why they want not just the job, but the opportunity to work with you!

Text-Based Searching

Text-Based Searching

The Foundation Of
Resume Search Theory
The foundation of resume search theory
is built upon the understanding and
appreciation of the intrinsic limitations of
attempting to find candidates through
text-based searching of resumes.

Limitations of Text-Based Searches:

1. A person and everything about them is reduced to a text-based document
2. Most candidates ARE NOT proficient in creating resumes
3. Candidates still believe shorter and concise resumes are still better
- Thus, very experienced candidates are EXCLUDING valuable information OUT of their resumes
= Word based searches are conducted to retrieve human beings represented by paper
There are qualified candidates in every database that you search that are excellent matches for your positions…yet, the searches you run may not ever pull up their resume.

Don’t assume that if you did not find candidates that match your requirement in a given database, that the database does not contain well qualified candidates.

That’s as if you went fishing for a day in the ocean and didn’t catch any fish, and saying there were no fish in the ocean!
Challenges to finding candidates
• Candidates often don’t mention every technology, skill and experience they have
• All candidates don’t express the same type of experience in the same words
• Employers often don’t use the same job titles for the same job functions
• Candidates don’t create their resumes thinking how you will search it
Always Remember:
Just because you haven’t found the qualified candidates you need in a database, it does not mean there are no qualified candidates in the database - You just didn’t find them.

This should bother you – and drive you to refine and alter your searches to dig them up.

• All searches return results, so in theory, all searches “work” - but not all searches are created equal
• Who is to judge what a “good” search is?
• No single search will return all qualified candidates in the database
• Some of the best candidates actually have the worst, or at the very least, uninspiring resumes that may not appear to be obvious or strong matches to your requirement
• Realize that candidates that are easy for you to find are easy for other recruiters to find.
• This causes difficulty for you to create interest in your opportunity and closing down the candidate
• Try to find the candidates your competitors can, as well as the ones they can’t
• There are diamonds in the rough
• “Call first and ask questions later!”
• Appreciate that every change made to a search alters the search results somehow
• Goal #1: To be better than the competition at manipulating resume databases
• Goal #2: To feel confident that after you’ve searched a database for a particular requirement, that there is literally no candidate you didn’t find, and that your client and/or competitors could not find someone that you did not.

Boolean Searching

Recruiting Effectively

The primary method to find information in a database is to conduct a "search" through text-based searching.

The most advanced and configurable form is Boolean searching.

Boolean searching is named after a British mathematician, George BooleFormulated precise queries using true/false connectors and "operators" between conceptsThis has become the conventional way searches are conducted on computerized systems

Primary operators or "Boolean Operators":

And
Or
And
Not
Near
*
And
=

narrows search and retrieves records containing all of the words it separates %uF0E0 e.g. unix and oracleOr = broadens search and retrieves records containing any of the words it separates %uF0E0 e.g. unix or oracleNot = narrows search and retrieves records that do not contain the term following it %uF0E0 e.g. unix and not oracleNear = finds words within 10 -15 words (depending on the database) of each other %uF0E0 e.g., unix near oracle (retrieves records that contain unix and oracle in any order and within a 10 - 15 word radius of one other.)* = Wildcard Truncation. This expands a search term to include all forms of the root word%uF0E0 e.g., admin* retrieves administer, administrator, administration, administering, etc." " = indicates an exact phrase;%uF0E0 e.g. "project manager"( ) - groups words or phrases when combining Boolean phrases;%uF0E0 e.g., (oracle or "sql server") and (solaris or linux)

Oracle Applications RICE Functional Designer

Permanent Employee of Kforce Technology Solutions. Top Salary, 401K, Full Benefits.

Job Openings: 35 (Really 35 Jobs left for permanent hire at Kforce)

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RICE Functional Designer
Skill Requirements:
Gather and document functional requirements for a particular RCE object. Facilitate and participate in functional design meetings with key process team resources. Assist in defining and reviewing the functional requirements for the application, specifically the gaps that are filled by customizations. Design individual RCE components per the RCE inventory. Confirm the completeness and consistency of the design deliverables. Resolve any inconsistencies discovered. Inform the RCE team lead of any issues that may affect other areas of the project. Participate in quality reviews to ensure traceability of the designs to the requirements. Participate in the transitions of the customization functional designs to the technical designers. Create RCE Functional Designs. Provide functional guidance to the RCE technical designer for the RCE work units. Conduct functional design walkthrough with technical designer. Conduct Peer Reviews for quality assurance.

Contact Josh Kitchen at Kforce dot com

937-449-1749

937-416-3456

jkitchen@kforce.com

Permanent Oracle Project Manager - Dayton, OH RMAX - 681730

Oracle Project Manager Dayton, Ohio

This job reports to the Manager, Operations Relocation is not provided and travel is not required. This is a Full-Time position, working 1st Shift.
Number of Openings for this position: 1

Job Skills/Requirements
- Oracle Applications Implementation Experience - Responsible for developing and leading assigned IT projects.
- Perform a variety of Project Management functions
- Develop work estimates and scope documents
- Coordinate, prioritize and assign specific tasks and projects.
- Tracks and review work progress and processes
- Provide analytical support for business
- Provide guidance to staff to ensure the effective implementation and maintenance of same.
- Position requires technical experience and project management skills necessary to manage projects from inception to completion with minimal direction from supervisor.
- 5 years experience in project management
- Skill in assessing and prioritizing multiple tasks, projects, and demands
- Ability to work innovatively and effectively on multi-disciplinary problems with other professionals
- Skill in working within deadlines to complete projects and assignments
- Skill in assessing, analyzing, identifying and implementing solutions to complex problems.
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, MIS or other related field is required
- Certification: Program Management Professional is desired Benefits: Medical Insurance, Life Insurance, Dental Insurance, Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Days, Paid Holidays, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, 401K Plan, Pension/Retirement, Educational Assistance, Special Incentive Plans