IBM Recruitment Fair – MSU Campus

IBM RECRUITMENT FAIR – MSU CAMPUS
MSU Alumni Career Services
03/08/2010 @ 1:30-3:30 p.m. and 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Job Fair
IBM’s Michigan Delivery Center is growing and has nearly 60 upcoming openings for Application Services Specialists!
Some of the skill sets in demand: Web Developers (Java/J2ee, C?++, C#, HTML, .Net), Mainframe (Cobol, Powerbuilder, Assembler, IMS, JCL, CICS), DBA (Oracle, DB2, SQL) or Application Testers, Business Intelligence/Datawarehouse (Cognos, Informatica, Datastage), Lotus Notes/Lotus Notes Domino, SAP (ABAP, Basis, Configuration, Hyperion, EDI, Project Management within Application Development.

Do you have experience with one of these skill sets? We want to meet you! Join us for an: IBM Open House Monday, March 8, 2010 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Michigan State University Varsity “S” Club Rm., Career Services Center in Spartan Stadium

Remember to bring your resume and a friend. Candidates must be willing to commute to IBM Michigan Delivery Center in East Lansing, MI.

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Location: MSU Varsity Alumni ‘S’ Club 235 Spartan Way East Lansing MI 48824 (map)

Contact Info:
John Hill
517-420-6389
hilljohn@msu.edu

Cost: Free

Inside Edge: Molly Fletcher talks about why she recruits MSU students

An American (Spartan) Hero

Ryan Miller, an East Lansing native, got his first pair of hockey pads when he was eight years old in 1988.  In 2010, he became Winter Olympics 2010 Ice Hockey Tournament MVP (Most Valuable Player).  Leading Team USA to a 5-1 record and a Silver medal, Miller showed his Spartan pride with a picture of a dog with a block “S” on the back of his helmet.

However “heroic” Miller is on the ice, he’s even greater off of it with The Steadfast Foundation, his charity that supports the victims and families that become afflicted by cancer.

If you’d like to support The Steadfast Foundation or Ryan Miller in his normal habitat (the Buffalo Sabres of the NHL), do so with the pride of Michigan State for one of our favorite Spartan Hockey players.

Eve of Ignition Spring Edition: New website, Capital Green to perform & winner to take home $500!

Eve of Ignition has a new online home, spotlightcampus.org. On the site, you can find the easy online submission form. Our first batch of 8 finalists have been announced & are available at the website.

However, because of the awesome amount of interest in submissions that came out of the excitement of the weekend, Spotlight Campus has decided to extend the deadline to include 2 more finalists. So, if your idea is still lingering out there, we are giving you until Sunday night at 5 to submit. So do it…now.

Also, Capital Green, MSU’s A Capella Group, will be giving us an awesome musical performance at intermission.
Finally, as an added bonus, MSUFCU has sponsored to sweeten the deal. They have provided $500 for the winning idea! Thanks MSUFCU!

When: THIS Wednesday, March 3rd
Where: The Hatch, located next to the Technology Innovation Center above Barnes and Noble.

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Doors open at 6:30. See you all there!

Here is the new, shorter, teaser video for the event: (note that url in video is wrong..its spotlightcampus.org)

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Building a Professional LinkedIn

Stop Babies and Puppies: Getting Clichés Out of Ads

Advertising can be an art form; but can also be tasteless and cliché. Trying to avoid clichés in ads, the AICP (Association of Independent Commercial Producers) created a group and website called “Stop Babies and Puppies”.  This group and the AICP are promoting a contest for ads that avoid being clichés and using things (like babies and puppies) that are just ploys to get attention. Their slogan is “make art, not clichés.” The AICP awards those ads that display unique qualities in a number of areas, such as cinematography and visual effects. In 2009, the Coca-Cola “Heist” ad was given an award for visual effects and the Altoids “Promotion” ad won an award for production design.

This group/website is an interesting way to promote advertising that not only captures the audiences’ attention, but also creates something artful and interesting.  According to the AICP press release about “Stop Babies and Puppies”, they are looking to “challenge the advertising and marketing industry to push the creative bar higher.”  Matt Miller, the president and CEO of AICP said, “The goal of the campaign is to push the industry to think before taking the ‘path most traveled’… With the industry standing together and strong we will eradicate clichés in advertising.”

I think the campaign is a great idea.  “Stop Babies and Puppies” is attention grabbing and gets people thinking about what advertisers are putting out there: is this message original?  Does the message stand out, or does it fade into the background of dismissible clichés?

Take that to the next recruiter you approach: how are you going to stand out and not be cliché?  What are the “babies & puppies” for selling yourself to a recruiter?