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

[Jim Kinney]

This is no way pre-epts the post meeting noms and glugs at Meltons either
:-)
On Apr 20, 2011 5:33 PM, "arxaaron" <arxaaron at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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>
>>
>> As always, this information is also posted at
>> <http://ale.org>
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