The Marine Environmental Research Institute (MERI) is hiring someone with writing, technical and graphics skills at the MERI Center for Marine Studies in Blue Hill, Maine. Meanwhile this Tuesday the Bangor Chamber of Commerce is showcasing business advice from L. L. Bean, Black Dinah Chocolatiers, and yes, Shipyard Brewing Company.
Wind deadline is 18 May, requires “strong social media skills” and a laptop (sounds like an NMD student to me). Also two internships in the health sector.
Check out these summer opportunities from past NMD grads, media organizations–deadlines soon!
Apr 282011
If Slashdot is to be believed, Google and Microsoft have begun an “epic” hiring war. And nude coders have never been more in demand.
“Looking for a new job? Then Google and Microsoft have 6200 roles globally this quarter up for grabs, the first salvos in a costly war for talent. Google alone will hire 6200 engineers, executives and sales staff this year — its biggest intake ever. This story details where the biggest bucks and most fun jobs are to be had and how you can apply for them. There’s even a job for an Xbox PR person — fancy being paid to play with toys all day?”
Another company hiring is AVOS, run by the founders of YouTube, which just purchased the bookmarking site Delicious: http://www.AVOS.com/jobs
Of course, different companies have different…perks.
Nude House, a Buckinghamshire computer software and naturist company, is looking for coders who aren’t afraid to let a few Cheetos fall where no Cheetos have fallen before. The company would like to become the first all nude tech business. From the article: “Company spokesman Chris Taylor told The Register: ‘As far as I am aware this is not only the first UK office job for naturists in web-coding or web-selling, but is also the first worldwide facility for naturists to earn substantial sums of money from work that incidentally provides them with the capability to work entirely without clothes.
Want to try a helping of edible landscape? Mosey over to LongGreenHouse this Friday and Wednesday for a permaculture field day.
The downside: no pay. The upside: save the Internet. Apply by 22 April.
The Vermont Lake Monsters, to be exact, a Minor League baseball team located in Burlington. And the Boston Red Sox are looking for interns for their TV and Video Production department.
Jan 142011
For many of us our parents encourage us to attend college and get a higher education so that we can have a choice of what we would like for ourselves in life an not just have to settle for what we can get. When i first when to college I was filled with the idea when I got out I’d have a leg up on the rest of the world, that I’d have to beat employers off with a stick and choosing a my career would be like choosing which gift to first unwrap at christmas; exciting, somewhat expected, and always with careful and thoughtful deliberation. A year out of school and I quickly found out that was not the case at all. Instead of exploring new areas and growing into adult hood I found myself back in my old room and in many ways back into adolescence. Now don’t get me wrong I would not change my college experience for anything, not only was I expose to classes of people I wouldn’t normally interact with and create strong bonds and important relationships, college helped me view the world beyond myself, brought my attitude and intelligence to a higher level, and help form me into a daring, risk taking, creative person. Still I wish my income could reflect those four years that help me grow so much. Though I understand that times are tough and I am not the only person with such ‘after college shock’ and what’s helping me get through this difficult time for our nation is in fact my background in higher education. I’m realizing that to be an adult is to tackle responsibilities that may not make you happy while still pursuing that thing that motivates you.
The link above is a link to my blog for a documentary film I’m working on about this very subject. Titled: Overqualified At first this film was going to be a broad documentary about what it means to be a college graduate in todays economy but as things evolved it has become more to focus about a certain individual named Rachel. Rachel graduated top of her class in both high school and college, she is driven, smart, articulate and struggling, like may of us are. I won’t go into more detail because that is what the blog is for. If you have the time check it out, give me some feed back and hey if you feel like supporting a local filmmaker and fellow black bear, donate a dollar or two.
- Graphic artist wanted for high-profile comic novel
- Logo needed for environmental research course
- French Web site looking for student artists
Lewiston/Auburn is hosting it’s first ever film festival sponsored by various local establishments as well as MPBN. This is a great opportunity for students to get their work shown and be apart of bringing exposure and culture to a part of Maine that is definitely on the raise as far as the arts go. Being a past student of the Camden film fest I can attest that there are some very talented filmmakers in the UMaine community, here is your chance to get your film shown and maybe open up some future opportunities.
Check it out here: http://www.lafilmfestival.org/
Student Administrative Aide wanted–apply by September 17 2010.
Starting your own online business? It sounds like this open source software makes it easy.
http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/1245213/PrestaShop-13-Beginners-Guide?from=rss via Byline johhnyb writes “PrestaShop 1.3, Beginner’s Guide by John Horton does exactly what is suggested by the title in that it provides a comprehensive and detailed guide to novices looking to set up their own online shops. While it is aimed at total beginners it never talks down to the reader and neither does it merely scratch the surface of the topic requiring you to go off and search for the real valuable information somewhere else. This book takes you from clueless beginner (which I undoubtedly was) to someone equipped with the knowledge, resources and additional support to be quite confident in setting up an effective online retail presence (which I believe I now am).” Keep reading for the rest of johhnyb’s review.
Good news for any students needing access to books etc. from Amazon (via Matt Leavitt and Owen Smith).
This is pretty great, all people with a .edu address gets a year of free amazon prime!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/student/signup/info
tell everyone!
Might be helpful advice for anyone looking to beef up a resume or portfolio.
aus writes “I’ve been doing web development for about 10 years now. It’s been very good to me, but I want to do more than write HTML, PHP, JavaScript and CSS. Since the job market isn’t all that great right now in the US, it would seem that volunteering some time on an open source project would give me the satisfaction I’m looking for. The problem is finding a project that wants/needs help that I would also be interested in. I’ve tried browsing around on Sourceforge and Freshmeat … is there a site somewhere that I’m not aware of that has classifieds where open source project maintainers post ‘job’ listings?”Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Might be helpful advice for anyone looking to beef up a resume or portfolio.
aus writes “I’ve been doing web development for about 10 years now. It’s been very good to me, but I want to do more than write HTML, PHP, JavaScript and CSS. Since the job market isn’t all that great right now in the US, it would seem that volunteering some time on an open source project would give me the satisfaction I’m looking for. The problem is finding a project that wants/needs help that I would also be interested in. I’ve tried browsing around on Sourceforge and Freshmeat … is there a site somewhere that I’m not aware of that has classifieds where open source project maintainers post ‘job’ listings?”Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Jul 122010
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Jul 052010
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Ready money for anyone willing to party like it’s 2007.
The Faculty Development Center, a division of Information Technologies, is looking for a new part-time employee as a Microsoft Office Trainer. This position would be perfect for someone who already has a job at UMaine (full-time or part-time – faculty, staff, classified) and just wants to expand the career and earn extra income.MS Office Trainer This position requires developing and conducting training programs on MS- Office 2007 for the faculty and staff (Excel, Powerpoint, and possibly Access).
Candidate must have exceptional and strong command over MS -Office 2007 and excellent communication skills. Overall computer proficiency is a must, previous teaching or trainer experience is desirable. The ideal candidate will demonstrate patience and experience working with users at all levels of computer and desktop application knowledge.
More information: http://www.umaine.edu/it/employment/professional/mstrainer.php
Please forward this to anyone who might be interested. Thanks,
Andrei
Ready money for anyone willing to party like it’s 2007.
The Faculty Development Center, a division of Information Technologies, is looking for a new part-time employee as a Microsoft Office Trainer. This position would be perfect for someone who already has a job at UMaine (full-time or part-time – faculty, staff, classified) and just wants to expand the career and earn extra income.MS Office Trainer This position requires developing and conducting training programs on MS- Office 2007 for the faculty and staff (Excel, Powerpoint, and possibly Access).
Candidate must have exceptional and strong command over MS -Office 2007 and excellent communication skills. Overall computer proficiency is a must, previous teaching or trainer experience is desirable. The ideal candidate will demonstrate patience and experience working with users at all levels of computer and desktop application knowledge.
More information: http://www.umaine.edu/it/employment/professional/mstrainer.php
Please forward this to anyone who might be interested. Thanks,
Andrei
One cause of the pay gap between men and women may be how women approach negotiations, researchers say.
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