[ale] [ANNC] ALE CENTRAL MTG. for Thursday, April 21st, 2011

[arxaaron at gmail.com (arxaaron)]

Our speaker, Ari, informed me that he will be bringing
light refreshments to the meeting as well!

Edibles are, of course, the best form of SWAG. :-)

On 2011/04/15, at 16:40 , Aaron Ruscetta wrote:

> The feature presentation for our ALE Central Meeting
> at 7:30pm on Thursday, April 21st, 2011 will be:
>
> "Landing that Liberating Linux Job"
> presented by Mr. Ari Waller, Vice President of Recruiting,
> Thompson Technologies.
>
> Synopsis:
> -- The presentation will be an overview of the current employment
> market for Linux IT professionals and FLOSS developers with
> attention to trends being seen in the Linux Administration, LAMP
> Development and the over all OpenSource (FLOSS) Technology
> market in the Atlanta area.  Based on these trends of supply and
> demand, we will discuss points of resume and interviewing, as
> well as job hunting tips and strategies, with additional Q & A
> welcomed. We will also discuss how to work with recruiters
> effectively, with a focus on how to help recruiters be more
> effective for you.
>
> Bio:
> -- As the Vice President of Recruiting, Ari Waller is responsible
> for providing management and recruiting leadership for
> Thompson Technologies, where he has been employed for
> nearly 15 years.  Despite the fancy title, Ari's professional
> passion is technical recruiting, and he takes a "very hands"
> on approach in the day-to-day staffing operations with his
> team.  Ari joined Thompson Technologies in 1996 as a
> technical recruiter and has progressively expanded his duties
> and expertise. As one of the lead technical recruiters, a role
> which he held until his promotion to Manager in 2005, and
> Director in 2006, Ari has personally placed over 600 technical
> professionals nationally and locally in a variety of skills sets.
> He is responsible for the overall recruiting and sourcing strategy
> for Thompson Technologies' in the local Atlanta area and
> Nationally.  He also has Account Executive responsibilities
> for strategic client relationships.
> -- Ari has been residing in the Atlanta area for the past 15
> years with his wife and three children, with one more child
> on the way in July.
>
> =============
> The meeting will be held at Emory Law School in our
> usual Gambrel Hall, room 1C venue.
> Our meeting time frame is 7:30pm to ~9:30pm
> Directions to Emory Law School can be found at
> <http://ale.org/?page_id=2>
>
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