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Sunday, September 30, 2012
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Saturday, September 29, 2012
5 Ways to Make Customer Service a Priority
5 Ways to Make Customer Service a Priority
Posted by Meredith Estep on Fri, Sep 28, 2012 @ 12:45 PM
If you want your business to be successful, you must produce happy, satisfied customers. How do you do this? By making customer service a priority for your company, starting from the main persons in charge to every employee on staff. Check out these five ways to make customer service the priority of your business.
Keep Service at the Forefront
If you want your employees to focus on customer service, then you have to focus on it as well. Keep customer service at the forefront of training and staff meetings. Mount your service philosophy on the wall where all of your employees will see it daily. Present the example of customer service to your staff, by getting out of the executive office and onto the customer floor, where you can interact with your customers directly.
Identify Customer Expectations
Providing customer service means meeting customers? expectations. However, you cannot be successful at this task until you know what those expectations are. Determine what your customers want from your business ? by asking them. Use customer feedback cards or simply spend a week or two talking to your customers when they come in. Through this process, you can identify expectations and then develop a service philosophy that will meet them.
Empower Employees to Offer Best Possible Service
When employees are empowered to provide the best service, they understand how important service quality is to your business. Employees should rarely, if ever, tell a customer they cannot meet their needs. Even if the answer to a customer?s request must be ?no,? service reps should be prepared with a myriad of alternatives that meet needs and remain within the parameters of company policy. If an employee doesn?t know the answer to a customer?s question, he should know exactly where to go to get that question answered.
Recognize Efforts
If service is to be a priority for your business, excellent service efforts must be recognized. There are many ways to recognize outstanding service within your company, from presenting awards and recognition at staff meetings to holding friendly contests among your service team. Any type of award can work, from cash bonuses to recognition in front of the rest of the staff. When employees know their efforts won?t go unnoticed, they will be more likely to give their best effort every single day.
Link Customer Service to Your Bottom Line
Finally, make sure employees understand the importance of high quality service by linking customer service to your bottom line. In most cases, happy customers are the ones that will be more likely to return to your business, purchase more products and service, and tell their friends and family about your company. If you can, use a chart with actual numeric values, showing the direct association between customer satisfaction and your bottom line.
Customer service should be the priority of every business today, but some companies don?t know how to pass that priority down to the rest of the staff. Through these ideas, and many others your management team may develop, customer service can be the reason all of your employees come to work every day and put forth their best effort for your company.
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Local Real Estate Scams on the Rise : Tahoe Sierra Board of Realtors
You are here: Home ? TSBOR ? Local Real Estate Scams on the Rise
IMPORTANT!?Please be aware, the following scams are going on in our area:
Renting on behalf of the owner or posing as the owner. The scam artist claims to be helping someone else rent the property. They might be sick, or overseas, or just too busy to do it themselves for whatever reason. Sometimes they will break in and change the locks to show the home. ?Once the scammer collects first, last, deposits and fees they skip town. The renter then discovers the home wasn?t for rent. The owners or renters may have been away for business or pleasure, or it?s a vacation home, or it could be a foreclosed property. ?Note:?Agents check your listings often, if an agent calls to say the key in the lockbox isn?t working, this could be a tip off that the locks have been changed.
Nigerian Rental Scams. This scam is a variation of other scams but differs in that it takes place on the internet and the scammer doesn?t need to be present and may never have been to the property. This scam is especially dangerous because it targets both property owners and renters. Homeowners list their homes for sale with real estate agents, who then list the homes for sale in the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) and also with public search websites, which allow individuals to query homes for sale via the Internet. Nigerian scammers find homes listed for sale on these public search sites, copy the pictures and listings verbatim, and then post the information onto Craigslist under available housing rentals hoping someone will be willing to wire them the first and last month?s rent, security deposits, and assorted fees. Once the money is wired to the scammer, they show up at the house, see the home is actually for sale, are unable to access the property, and their money is gone.?If you happen to see something on Craigslist that looks scammy, you should send an email to abuse@craigslist.org and give them as much detail as you can about the listing. Make sure you include URL (or 8 digit post ID number) in your email.Renting with the intent of renting to others. This scam works just how it sounds. A scam artist rents a property so they can show it to other prospective renters. They?ll collect first and last month?s rent, security deposits and any fees or charges they can squeeze out of their victims before skipping town with the loot. There have been reports of a single property being leased or rented to dozens of people before the crook vanished with their money.
New Mortgage Scam ? Has your mortgage really been sold??The fraud plays off the frequent sales of mortgages. Banks buy and sell residential mortgages all the time, meaning the bank you sign up with may not be the bank you end up making payments to for the entire term of your loan. Villains know this. The attorney general?s office in Nevada says two men set up a business to steal homeowners? mortgage payments by fraudulently claiming the homeowners? bank had sold their mortgage.
Lead Generation Scam.?This scam involves a lead sent through a lead generation program.?Usually a foreign dignitary requires assistance in purchasing a home.?The scam is they need you to purchase it for them and will pay you back plus extra.
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Suspicions ignored as bosses let chemist work on
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick speaks with reporters in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Patrick says he expects criminal charges will be brought in an investigation of misconduct by a state lab chemist who admitted faking drug sample results, forging signatures and skipping proper procedures. Patrick said he shut down the drug lab soon after learning of admissions chemist Annie Dookhan made during an interview with state police at the end of August. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick speaks with reporters in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Patrick says he expects criminal charges will be brought in an investigation of misconduct by a state lab chemist who admitted faking drug sample results, forging signatures and skipping proper procedures. Patrick said he shut down the drug lab soon after learning of admissions chemist Annie Dookhan made during an interview with state police at the end of August. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick speaks with reporters in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Patrick says he expects criminal charges will be brought in an investigation of misconduct by a state lab chemist who admitted faking drug sample results, forging signatures and skipping proper procedures. Patrick said he shut down the drug lab soon after learning of admissions chemist Annie Dookhan made during an interview with state police at the end of August. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick speaks with reporters in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Patrick says he expects criminal charges will be brought in an investigation of misconduct by a state lab chemist who admitted faking drug sample results, forging signatures and skipping proper procedures. Patrick said he shut down the drug lab soon after learning of admissions chemist Annie Dookhan made during an interview with state police at the end of August. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
BOSTON (AP) ? Chemist Annie Dookhan was "Superwoman," a colleague at a Massachusetts state crime lab used to joke. She seemed unstoppable in her quest to please prosecutors, police and her bosses, testing two to three times more drug samples than anyone else, working through lunch and not bothering to put in for overtime.
"The kind of person, if you owned your own business, you would want to hire her," a supervisor would later tell police.
At least as far back as four years ago, some colleagues and higher-ups had their suspicions about the way she seemed to plow through so many cases so fast. One supervisor complained he never actually saw her in front of a microscope. But her superiors let her work on.
Now, the startling explanation has come spilling out: Dookhan told investigators she faked test results on drug samples and cut other corners.
The scandal has created a legal morass of monumental proportions, with tens of thousands of drug cases in Massachusetts thrown into jeopardy.
Dookhan, 34, is still under investigation by the state attorney general and has not been charged, and investigators have offered no motive for the fakery. She has not responded to repeated requests for comment.
The fallout could be huge.
Gov. Deval Patrick ordered a shutdown last month of the Boston lab, and the scandal has led to a firing and two resignations, including that of the state public health commissioner, whose department oversaw the William A. Hinton State Laboratory Institute before it was transferred to the Massachusetts State Police over the summer.
A war room of sorts is being assembled to pick through Dookhan's cases and determine which ones have been compromised.
Law enforcement officials say Dookhan tested more than 60,000 drug samples involving 34,000 defendants in her nine years at the lab. More than a dozen defendants are already back on the streets as authorities try to determine whether Dookhan's actions tainted the evidence in their cases, and more could be sprung. Authorities say more than 1,100 inmates are doing time based at least in part on Dookhan's work.
"It's incalculable the damage she's done ... not to say all the time, money and energy it's going to take the commonwealth," said defense attorney Bernie Grossberg, who has already had one client get out of prison and is being inundated with calls from others.
It remains to be seen if any lab supervisors face criminal consequences.
The governor said Thursday it was troubling that Dookhan and her supervisors "did not seem to understand the gravity" of her actions.
"I fully expect, and indeed I will say I hope that there are charges, and I think that all of those who are accountable for the impact on individual cases need to be held accountable," Patrick said.
The governor has not said how much money he expects the state will have to spend dealing with the crisis, but on Thursday his budget chief, Jay Gonzalez, wrote to district attorneys, court administrators and other state officials asking for an initial estimate of the costs expected as a result of the lab breach.
The letter also seeks a description of the "scope, nature and timing" of the anticipated work.
Dookhan's alleged confession and the missed warning signs were detailed in state police reports obtained this week by The Associated Press.
As early as 2008, a supervisor noticed Dookhan's testing numbers were high. He spoke to her superior, but nothing happened. In 2009, the supervisor took his concerns to another superior, saying he never saw Dookhan in front of a microscope.
In 2010, a supervisor did an audit of Dookhan's paperwork but didn't retest any of her samples. The audit found nothing wrong. The same year, a fellow chemist found seven instances where Dookhan incorrectly identified a drug sample as a certain narcotic when it was something else. He told himself it was an honest mistake.
In one incident detailed by state police, a lab employee witnessed Dookhan weighing drug samples without doing a balance check on her scale.
Dookhan was handling a staggering number of samples. An average chemist could test 50 to 150 samples a month, but Dookhan was doing more than 500, according to monthly reports, a lab employee told police later.
At one point in 2011, a top official even gave Dookhan a special project to try to slow her down.
Other lab employees worried about their own jobs and their prospects for promotion because their productivity wasn't as high as Dookhan's.
She was eventually suspended from lab duties after getting caught forging a colleague's initials on paperwork in mid-2011. Dookhan resigned last March as the Public Health Department investigated.
Over the summer, police interviewed Dookhan at her home, and she admitted faking test results for two to three years, forging signatures and skipping proper procedures, according to the reports.
Dookhan said she cheated by "dry labbing," or identifying a drug sample as a narcotic by looking at it instead of testing it. She said she routinely tested only five out of every 25 samples, and deliberately turned a negative sample into a positive for narcotics a few times.
At least one defense attorney has also accused her of overstating the weight of some of the seized drugs to expose defendants to heavier penalties.
Dookhan told police she just wanted to the get the work done and never meant to hurt anybody.
"I screwed up big-time," she was quoted as saying. "I messed up bad, it's my fault. I don't want the lab to get in trouble."
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Can a plug-in change your politics?
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The Balancer plug-in provides a cartoon character that indicates the balance of your browsing, from conservative red to liberal blue.
By Alan Boyle
If you were told that your online reading habits lean toward the conservative or liberal side of the political spectrum, would you seek out more diversity? Or would you stick with the sources who agree with your point of view? Inquiring researchers want to know ??and to find out, they've created Balancer, a free plug-in for Google's Chrome browser.
"The top question that I'm most interested in is, can having real-time feedback about your online news reading habits affect the balance of the news that you read?" said Sean Munson, an assistant professor of human-centered design and engineering at the University of Washington.
Balancer determines whether your reading diet is fair and balanced by recording your visits to websites on a "whitelist" of 10,000 news sources and blogs. Each website has a rating on the liberal-to-conservative spectrum, typically based?on previous research ? for example, the studies that University of Chicago researchers Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse Shapiro have conducted on media bias and slant. (One of their studies, from 2010, rated the San Francisco Chronicle as the most liberal U.S. newspaper and the Washington Times as the most conservative.) Munson developed ratings for additional news sources, based on the other websites they linked to. (Yes, Cosmic Log is on the list, along with every other news website you've probably ever visited.)
When the Balancer plug-in is installed, a button is added to the browser bar that shows you a cartoon character balancing a conservative-red and a liberal-blue block on a stick. The comparative size of the blocks serves as an indication of how balanced your news diet is. If the stick is tilted way to one side, the cartoon will suggest websites from the other side that would bring your score into balance.
Some of the participants will get the verdict from Balancer right away; others will have to wait for a month while the plug-in gathers control data. That way, Munson and his colleagues can gauge the effect of real-time monitoring.
Personality profile
There's one more data-mining twist: When you sign up for the plug-in, you'll be asked a set of questions about personality attributes: Do you consider yourself liberal or conservative? Are you the life of the party? Do you often forget to put things back in their proper place? The answers to such questions add a dimension to Munson's research.
"It's possible that different personality attributes predict reading behavior, as well as how amenable someone is to being persuaded to change reading habits," he told me. "We have found that some people do in fact seek out diversity, but there are also some people who are 'diversity-challenged' when it comes to online news reading."
The plug-in was developed at the University of Michigan, where Munson earned his doctorate, and works only with the Chrome Web browser. It misses out on anything you read via other browsers, including mobile apps. Funding for the project came from the National Science Foundation.
When Munson put his own reading habits to the test, he was surprised to find out how slanted his news diet turned out to be. So he's curious to find out how inclined other people might be to change their ways. "Even self-discovery is a valuable outcome, just being aware of your own behavior," he said in a news release. "If you do agree that you should be reading the other side, or at least aware of the dialogue in each camp, you can use it as a goal: Can I be more balanced this week than I was last week?"
Of course, most people probably think they're already fair and balanced, no matter how their political views look from the outside. So far, a few dozen people have signed up for the Balancer experiment, but Munson and his colleagues hope to sign up many more between now and the November elections.
Eventually, Munson's findings may influence the design of online search engines and recommendation websites. Today, your browser may ask if you're "feeling lucky." Someday, it just might ask if you feel like hearing a different opinion.
But wait, there's more:
By now, you're probably asking, "What about privacy?" A browser plug-in that keeps track of your reading habits and matches them up with your personality may sound like a big wet kiss for Big Brother. Munson's aware of the concern: He said the plug-in has been designed to anonymize all the data coming in, and will only keep track of the sites on the 10,000-website whitelist. Any other data ? including records of your visits to the naughty parts of the Internet???will go no farther than your own computer, he said.
"We did that partly to minimize the traffic on our servers, and also to protect privacy," Munson told me. "We've tried to collect as little data as necessary for the study."
Do you trust him on that? What do you think about the idea of tracking your Web browsing for research purposes? (Let's face it: That's being done all the time for commercial purposes.) And what do you think about the idea of fair and balanced news browsing? Feel free to go on the record with your comments below.
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Bizarre tumor case may lead to custom cancer care
This 2008 picture provided by Georgetown University shows Richard Schlegel, M.D., Ph.D., left, and research associate Aleksandra Dakic, Ph.D., in his laboratory at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington. A discovery allows doctors to grow "mini tumors" from each patient's cancer in a lab dish, then test various drugs or combinations on them to see which works best. Although the approach needs much more testing, researchers think it could offer a cheap, simple way to personalize treatment without having to analyze each patient's genes. "We see a lot of potential for it," said Schlegel, one of the study leaders. "Almost everyone could do it easily." (AP Photo/Georgetown University)
This 2008 picture provided by Georgetown University shows Richard Schlegel, M.D., Ph.D., left, and research associate Aleksandra Dakic, Ph.D., in his laboratory at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington. A discovery allows doctors to grow "mini tumors" from each patient's cancer in a lab dish, then test various drugs or combinations on them to see which works best. Although the approach needs much more testing, researchers think it could offer a cheap, simple way to personalize treatment without having to analyze each patient's genes. "We see a lot of potential for it," said Schlegel, one of the study leaders. "Almost everyone could do it easily." (AP Photo/Georgetown University)
It's a medical nightmare: a 24-year-old man endures 350 surgeries since childhood to remove growths that keep coming back in his throat and have spread to his lungs, threatening his life. Now doctors have found a way to help him by way of a scientific coup that holds promise for millions of cancer patients.
The bizarre case is the first use in a patient of a new discovery: how to keep ordinary and cancerous cells alive indefinitely in the lab.
The discovery allows doctors to grow "mini tumors" from each patient's cancer in a lab dish, then test various drugs or combinations on them to see which works best. It takes only a few cells from a biopsy and less than two weeks to do, with materials and methods common in most hospitals.
Although the approach needs much more testing against many different types of cancer, researchers think it could offer a cheap, simple way to personalize treatment without having to analyze each patient's genes.
"We see a lot of potential for it," said one study leader, Dr. Richard Schlegel, pathology chief at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington. "Almost everyone could do it easily."
An independent expert agreed.
For infections, it's routine to grow bacteria from a patient in lab dishes to see which antibiotics work best, Dr. George Q. Daley of Children's Hospital Boston and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute said in an email. "But this has never been possible with cancer cells because they don't easily grow in culture," he said.
The new technique may reveal in advance whether a person would be helped by a specific chemotherapy, without risking side effects and lost time if the drug doesn't work. "Pretty nifty," Daley wrote.
In the case of the 24-year-old, described in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine, lab-dish tests suggested that a drug used to treat a type of blood cancer and some other unrelated conditions might help.
It's not a drug that doctors would have thought to try, because the man technically does not have cancer. But his lung tumor shrank after a few months of treatment, and he has been stable for more than a year. He still has to have operations to remove throat growths that keep coming back, but only about once every five months.
The man, an information technology specialist in suburban Washington who asked to remain anonymous to protect his privacy, has recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, or RRP. It's usually due to infection at birth with certain types of a virus, HPV, that causes genital warts.
The condition causes wartlike growths in the throat, usually around the voice box. These growths usually are noncancerous but can turn malignant, and even benign ones can prove fatal if they spread to the lungs. The main treatment is surgery, usually with lasers to vaporize the growths and keep them from choking off the airway or making it hard to talk.
About 10,000 or more people in the U.S. have the disease, said Jennifer Woo, president of the RRP Foundation. Woo, 29, is a medical student at Georgetown and one of the researchers on the study. She also has the condition but said it is confined to her throat and has required only about 20 surgeries so far.
The man in the study has a much more serious case.
"I was diagnosed when I was 3 or 4. At first, I had to have surgery every 7 to 10 days," the man said in a phone interview. "I get short of breath and my voice will get more hoarse."
Two years ago, the growths to his lungs became extensive and life-threatening, and his physician, Dr. Scott Myers, described the condition at a meeting of Georgetown hospital specialists. "It's crushing the airway," Myers said.
Doctors suggested that the new lab method pioneered by Schlegel and others might help. It borrows an idea from stem cell researchers: adding mouse cells for nourishment, plus a chemical that prevents cell death to an ordinary lab culture medium. That enabled healthy and cancerous cells to keep growing indefinitely.
Researchers grew "mini tumors" from the man's lung mass and from healthy tissue and screened various drugs against them. One proved ineffective. Another worked against the tumor but at too high a dose to be safe. The third did the trick.
A similar approach could let doctors screen drugs for cancer patients.
"What could be more personalized than taking this person's cell, growing it in culture, finding a drug to treat them and then treat them?" said Doug Melton, co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. The Georgetown method gives an answer quickly enough that it could save lives, he said.
Tyler Jacks, a cancer researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and former president of the American Association for Cancer Research, said the next step is to show that this could work for many different cancers and that it leads to better outcomes in patients.
"It seems to have worked in this one instance, but other tumors might prove to be more challenging," he said.
The National Institutes of Health paid for much of this work and has already sent research teams to Georgetown to learn the method. About a dozen other universities have done the same, Schlegel said.
So far, his lab has grown prostate, breast, lung and colon cancer cells.
Georgetown University is seeking a patent on the method.
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AP Science Writer Malcolm Ritter contributed to this report from New York.
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Medical journal: http://www.nejm.org
Throat disease: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/pages/laryngeal.aspx
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Are Paid Surveys An Affiliate Program?
Getting paid for surveys is one way to make money online. This is a real business model to make money.
Affiliate marketing is another way to make money on the Internet. Affiliate marketing is also a business model.
Is there a way to combine taking paid surveys and affiliate marketing to make money? The answer to that is yes.
I personally know people who have started their own affiliate program using the paid survey business model. They then recruit new members to take surveys provided for them by incentive companies using paid surveys.
I also know people who have joined paid survey companies such as Cash Crate and make money in three ways.
1. Take surveys and get paid for completing them.
2. Recruit new members and make money when the new member takes a survey. This is how paid surveys become an affiliate program.
3. Earn commissions when your new members also recruit members who take surveys. This is known as a 2-tier affiliate program.
So what is the best way to do this?
Taking paid surveys personally generates guaranteed cash flow. Recruiting new members to take surveys is easy if you know how to use the Internet to do it. The downside of this is you never know for sure which members are going to take a survey, so you?re not guaranteed any money until they complete one.
However, if you stick with this long-term you well eventually recruit enough members to complete surveys on a regular basis that you will earn commissions every month.
You?ll also find a certain number of these members that will go out and recruit new members of their own. This can end up generating you a large number of affiliates who are taking surveys and you are earning a smaller commission on the second level.
Generally paid surveys are not thought of as affiliate programs. The affiliate business model is thought of more from companies such as Amazon, ClickBank, and Google Adsense.
ClickBank is a large digital information affiliate program. Amazon is the largest retailer in the world and has an excellent affiliate program for both digital and physical products.
In the Google Adsense affiliate program you get paid when people click on ads. Google pays out hundreds of millions of dollars in commissions and you have no doubt seen some of these ads on websites or when you?re using the Google search engine.
Cost Per Action programs (CPA) is another form of affiliate marketing. You earn money by getting people to perform a specific action such as completing a lead form.
When you join an affiliate programs such as Cash Crate you are really using the CPA business model. You promote a landing page and encourage people to join the program by filling out a short sign-up form.
Then when they take surveys and recruit new members who take surveys you make money. This makes paid surveys an affiliate program.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Ice Cream Sandwich update now available for AT&T's Sony Xperia Ion
At long last, the illustrious Android ICS refresh can finally be enjoyed by proud owners of that AT&T-branded Xperia Ion. Naturally, this long-awaited update brings a slew of new features over to Sony's 4.6-inch handset, including an enhanced browser, offline reading mode, the beloved facial unlocking method first introduced with Ice Cream Sandwich and the promise of improvements in mobile hotspot / WiFi speeds. Additionally, AT&T says there are other tweaks in calendar and email that should, in theory, help you stay better organized, while the Maps and YouTube should also perform better "when rotating between portrait and landscape views." Sound good? You'll find all the setup details at the source below, and don't forget to tell us how it's playing out for you.
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Archbishop McCarthy Goes Back to School in ShoreTel Style | Zen ...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.?()?ShoreTel? (NASDAQ:SHOR), the leading provider of brilliantly simple unified communications platforms, including business phone systems, applications and mobile UC solutions, empowers students and teachers as they begin a new school year, fueling Archbishop McCarthy High School?s communication solution.
?ShoreTel Mobility allows schools to integrate leading and loved smartphones and tablets securely, simply and cost-effectively.?
The simplicity and savings offered by ShoreTel Mobility helped allow the Roman Catholic college preparatory school to fully implement its iPad program, which equips every student with an iPad to access their textbooks, take notes, complete assignments, and submit homework. McCarthy is one of the first schools in South Florida to implement this program. Additionally, every teacher at the school also has an iPad with ShoreTel Mobility, which they use for telephone communication in place of a traditional desktop phone. Additionally, classrooms are outfitted with computers that run ShoreTel Communicator.
Students, parents, and staff are benefitting from McCarthy?s active and open approach to learn and communicate beyond the confines of classroom walls. Since deploying the ShoreTel solution, the school has realized significant savings on everything from monthly telephone bills to cost avoidance of having to purchase desk phones and wire the buildings. Parents are happy with the improved communications with teachers and the ability to reach the right person in a timely way. And teachers have the assurance of knowing that they are receiving messages faster and are able to effectively interact with each other and parents.
The high school sought out estimates from several other companies, but ultimately chose ShoreTel because the enterprise mobility solution offered the best product, best app for the iPad, fax server and, of course, the aforementioned savings. ShoreTel Mobility has enhanced productivity and efficiency and provided improved communication abilities for parents, teachers and students alike.
?ShoreTel has helped us spend more time with the students. Before I had to spend more time in my office to get phone calls or instant messages,? said Richard P. Jean, Archbishop Edward A McCarthy High School principal. ?Now I can be anywhere on or off campus and easily be reached. Same with the teachers, if a teacher is out of their classroom and I need to get a hold of them I just call them. Communication has increased substantially.?
Archbishop McCarthy High School Customer Testimonial on Implementation of ShoreTel
?We are well aware that schools are under pressure to modernize classrooms and infrastructures, while simultaneously dealing with shrinking budgets,? said Kevin Gavin, chief marketing officer at ShoreTel. ?ShoreTel Mobility allows schools to integrate leading and loved smartphones and tablets securely, simply and cost-effectively.?
McCarthy High is in the Archdiocese of Miami, Florida. Founded in 1997, the school is located in nearby Southwest Ranches, and has over 1,500 students enrolled. Regularly named one of the nation?s Top 50 Catholic High Schools, and recently ranked 6th among top private schools1, McCarthy offers 15 AP courses and a dual enrollment program with Saint Thomas University, and reports that 99 percent of last year?s graduates are attending college.
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ShoreTel, Inc. (NASDAQ: SHOR) is a provider of business communication solutions whose brilliantly simple unified communications platforms, applications and mobile UC solutions promise a new rhythm of workforce engagement and collaboration. With costly complexity eliminated by design from its award-winning, all-in-one IP phone system, UC and contact center solution, and its industry-leading hosted phone system, workers enjoy a freedom and self-reliance that other providers can?t match. Users have full control to engage and collaborate,?no matter the time, place or device, for the lowest cost and demand on IT resources in the industry. ShoreTel is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., and has regional offices and partners worldwide. For more information, visit shoretel.com or shoretelsky.com.
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THE RACE: Politics infuse Obama, Romney speeches
President Barack Obama addresses the 67th session of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
President Barack Obama addresses the 67th session of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Former President Bill Clinton introduces Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, at the Clinton Global Initiative, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Former President Bill Clinton introduces Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at the Clinton Global Initiative convention in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
President Barack Obama had an audience and megaphone that Republican challenger Mitt Romney could only envy: addressing an array of global leaders as the head of the world's largest economic and military power.
It doesn't get much more presidential-appearing than that.
Most U.S. chief executives come to enjoy their time upon the world stage, despite the ever-present laundry list of intractable problems.
They mostly don't have to worry about a contentious Congress and they can ignore, at least for a time, the roar from domestic critics? and turn instead to issues affecting all humankind.
On the other hand, the immediate audience is a group of foreign leaders who can't vote for you and have little influence over the course of American electoral politics.
But as Obama addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, the U.S. election six weeks ahead loomed close ? both physically and thematically.
Romney, joking that "a few words from Bill Clinton can do a man a lot of good," spoke at a global forum also in New York sponsored by the former president, an active Obama supporter.
Obama dealt with foreign-policy issues that have cropped up in a U.S. campaign otherwise focused on the economy.
He denounced attacks on U.S. missions in Libya and elsewhere, but also the anti-Muslim video triggering them, calling it "cruel and disgusting" ? but constitutionally protected.
Obama said time for diplomacy to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions was running short and boasted of toughest-ever sanctions now in place, indirectly addressing Romney's charge he'd been lax on Iran.
He also denounced "those who turn their backs on the prospect of peace" between Israelis and Palestinians, a dig at Romney's expressions to donors doubting the Palestinian commitment to peace.
Obama later spoke to Clinton's forum while Romney headed to Ohio to join running mate Paul Ryan on a bus tour.
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WB to bring electricity, sustainable fuels to poor | Eco-Business.com
Pledging assistance toward a problem that affects more than a billion people mired in poverty, World Bank Group President Dr Jim Yong Kim announced today that the World Bank will join a United Nations initiative aimed at increasing the poor?s access to electricity and clean household fuels. The effort also will expand renewable energy and enhance energy efficiency.
Dr Kim will co-chair a multi-stakeholder advisory board with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that will provide strategic guidance to the Sustainable Energy for All initiative, launched by Ban Ki-moon last fall. A UN General Assembly resolution named 2012 as a year devoted to sustainable energy for all.
?Ending poverty and ensuring sustainability are the defining challenges of our time,? Kim said. ?Energy is central to both of them.?
An estimated 1.3 billion people do not have access to electricity, and 2.7 billion depend on wood, charcoal, dung, and coal to cook meals and heat their homes.
Dr Kim praised the UN Secretary-General for ?bold vision and leadership? in taking on the challenge. The Sustainable Energy for All initiative calls on governments, businesses and civil society to achieve three goals by 2030: achieve universal access to energy, including electricity and modern cooking and heating fuels; double the renewable share of power produced and consumed from 15 per cent to 30 per cent; and double the energy efficiency improvement rate.
?Providing sustainable energy for all could be the biggest opportunity of the 21st century,? said the Secretary-General. ?Sustainable energy is the golden thread that connects economic growth, social equity, and a climate and environment that enables the world to thrive. This initiative is bringing together governments, the private sector, and civil society in a partnership that?s delivering real results.?
Dr Kim committed the World Bank Group to mobilize its knowledge and policy expertise to increase the impact of its financing of energy projects, which has been just over $8 billion in each of the past two years.
Specifically, the Bank Group will be providing technical assistance to help several countries develop comprehensive energy access programs. The Bank Group also will seek to leverage additional funds by seeking at least $2 of financing from other sources for every $1 the World Bank provides. It will partner with multilateral institutions, bilateral agencies and private sector investors for more funding.
?This is a grand coalition, like that driving the Millennium Development Goals,? Dr Kim said. ?Donors, middle-income countries, and low-income countries all make commitments tailored to their distinct capacities and resources. Each country, company, organization and industry contributes in its own way?whether it is increased funding, new policy incentives, new methods or technologies, or new partnerships.?
Thus far, 61 countries have opted in to the initiative, while businesses, investors and donors have committed a total of $50 billion towards achieving the initiative?s three goals.
Source: http://www.eco-business.com/news/wb-to-bring-electricity-sustainable-fuels-to-poor/
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Kean/Singer Student Loan Literacy Legislation Clears Committee ...
Legislation sponsored by Senators Tom Kean, Jr. (R-Union) and Robert W. Singer (R- Ocean) designed to help high school students better understand the financial obligations they are incurring when taking out student loans to finance their post-secondary education has been approved by the Senate Higher Education Committee.
The bill, S- 2150, requires the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA) to develop a document containing student loan repayment information on state, federal and private student loans, and mandates that document be disseminated by school districts and nonpublic high schools to students.
Kean said that student loan debt presents challenges to new graduates that they may or may not have foreseen when choosing what institution to attend or degree to pursue.
?Americans citizens are now in greater debt for student loans than they are their cars or credit cards,? said Kean. ?It is straining our economy and severely crippling the financial stability of graduates just starting out in life during an economic downturn. Just as important for young people as having access to education financing is having access to information that spells out explicitly what the loans mean for their personal finances after graduation. Young people and their parents need to make smart choices about their education based in part on how the debt they will incur helps their job prospects and earning potential after graduation.?
Singer said that for most high school graduates, student loans are the first major financial transaction they will make in their lives.
?Student loans are being taken out by young people who likely have never incurred a major financial obligation in their lives and have limited financial literacy,? said Singer, who sits on the board of Georgian Court University in Lakewood. ?They need to have a grasp of what loan repayment will mean for them prior to deciding where they go to school, what they will study, and how much money they will borrow. We cannot just expect that a teenager is going to grasp what it means to finance an education costing tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars without illustrating it for them.?
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Tesla unveils faster electric car charging station
HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) ? Tesla Motors Inc. is unveiling a solar-powered charging station that it says will make refueling electric vehicles on long trips about as fast as stopping for gas and a bathroom break in a conventional car.
CEO Elon Musk said at a news conference Monday night at the company's design studio in Hawthorne, Calif., that the company's roadside Supercharger already has been installed at six highway rest stops in California.
Musk says the stations are designed to fully charge a Tesla sedan in about an hour, and that a half-hour-long charge would produce enough energy for a three-hour trip.
He says his Palo Alto-based company plans to have more stations running throughout California and in parts of Nevada and Oregon by the end of the year.
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Craig Roberts Jobs Distribution List: US Senate Jobs Bulletin ...
US Senate Jobs Bulletin Revised: September 24, 2012 at 10:37 AM The Senate Employment Bulletin is published as a service to Senate offices choosing to advertise staff vacancies. The listing is posted online at www.senate.gov/employment and revised throughout the week. To apply for advertised positions, please follow the application instructions at the end of each advertisement. Indicate the job referral number associated with each ad and submit a separate resume for every position for which you wish to apply. For more information, please consult the Placement Brochure on the Web site or contact the Placement Office at (202) 224-9167. Offices within the United States Senate are equal opportunity employers. 221853 LEGISLATIVE CORRESPONDENT - Senator Lautenberg is looking for a Legislative Correspondent to handle correspondence for a number of issues relating to defense, disaster relief, foreign affairs, veterans issues, and homeland security. The candidate must be able to initiate and implement multiple projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced office atmosphere, and have strong communication,writing and analytical skills. New Jersey ties and Hill experience are preferred. Please send cover letter and resume to senate_employment@saa.senate.gov indicating job referral number in the subject line. No phone calls please. 221852 PRESS INTERN - Northwestern Democratic Senator seeks press intern to start immediately. This is a full-time, unpaid fall internship in the Washington, DC Office. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to monitoring daily news, including relevant social media outlets; compiling press clips; updating web site; drafting press releases and letters; answering phones, and other tasks as assigned. Qualified candidates will possess strong written and oral communication skills, ability to work in fast-paced environment, and professional manner. Please e-mail a cover letter and resume to senate_employment@saa.senate.gov indicating job referral number in the subject line. 221851 LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR - Progressive Senator seeks a Legislative Director to manage an active and progressive legislative agenda. The LD is responsible for managing the Senator?s aggressive legislative agenda, both on the floor and in committees. Chief duties include active and supportive supervision of legislative staff, directing floor action, and managing the overall legislative operations for the office. Successful candidate will have a minimum of five years of Hill experience as an LD or a senior Legislative Assistant. Excellent writing, analytical, organizational and managerial skills are required. Please e-mail a cover letter and resume to senate_employment@saa.senate.gov indicating job referral number in the subject line. 221850 STAFF ASSISTANT - Southwest Republican Senator seeks a full-time Receptionist for district office. Primary responsibilities include answering phones, greeting and directing visitors to the appropriate staff, handling correspondence, and other duties as assigned. Knowledge of administrative procedures and Microsoft Office required. Previous experience in government or politics is preferred, but candidates should at least have a general understanding of governmental process. Ideal candidates will be dependable, detail-orientated, able to multi-task, and work well under pressure. Bilingual a plus. Resumes received from the Senate Placement Office will receive every consideration, so please do not feel the need to contact Member?s office directly. Please e-mail a cover letter and resume to senate_employment@saa.senate.gov indicating job referral number in the subject line. 221848 PRESS INTERN - Western Democratic Senator seeks personable, dependable, and professional individual for an unpaid press internship position. The press intern will work closely with the communications team on a variety of tasks. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: compiling daily press clips, updating the website, assisting with social media, answering the phone, drafting language, and other administrative tasks as assigned. This internship is a valuable opportunity to see how a Senate communications office functions and ideal for motivated, self-starting, and quick learning individuals. Attention to detail and strong writing and grammar skills are required. Interested candidates should email a resume, cover letter, and writing sample to internship.press@gmail.com. 221845 FALL INTERNSHIP - The Office of the Secretary of the Senate seeks qualified college student or recent graduate for Fall internship. Responsibilities include data entry and data management, responding to public inquiries, and other general administrative duties. Successful candidate will have a strong interest in public service, be an enthusiastic self-starter with a keen eye for detail, and be available to work full-time from September through December. Ideal candidate will be a quick study and a strong team player with well-developed communication skills. Please email cover letter, resume and references to resumes@sec.senate.gov with "Internship" in the subject line. VETERANS? PREFERENCE: The Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (?VEOA?) will become applicable to the Office of the Secretary of the Senate (?Office?) during this selection process. Individuals who will be entitled to a veterans? preference under the VEOA and who want the Office to consider that preference once the VEOA becomes applicable are invited to self-identify voluntarily. This information is intended solely for use in connection with the Office?s obligations and efforts to provide veterans? preference to preference-eligible applicants in accordance with the VEOA once it becomes effective. An applicant?s status as a disabled veteran and any information regarding an applicant?s disability that the Office obtains, including the applicant?s medical condition and history, will be kept confidential and will be collected, maintained and used in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as made applicable by section 102(a)(3) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. ? 1302(a)(3). An applicant who declines to self-identify as a disabled veteran and/or to provide information and documentation regarding his/her disabled veteran?s status will not be subjected to an adverse employment action, but the applicant may be ruled ineligible for a veterans? preference. Individuals who self-identify as being entitled to a veterans? preference must complete an Application for Veterans? Preference and must submit applicable documentation. You may obtain a copy of the Application for Veterans? Preference by contacting the Human Resources Department at 202-224-3625. A copy of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate?s Veterans? Preference in Appointments policy may be obtained by submitting a written request to vets@sec.senate.gov. 221844 JUDICIARY COMMITTEE LAW CLERKSHIPS - The Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), is seeking law clerks for the Spring 2013 semester. These substantive positions offer students a unique opportunity to observe the legislative process and to work closely with Committee counsel on a wide variety of projects. Committee law clerks are typically tasked with conducting legal research, drafting memoranda and materials related to Committee hearings and votes, attending Committee hearings and executive business meetings, and providing assistance with other legislative matters. The clerkships are open to current law students only; those from Vermont are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about Senator Leahy and the clerkship program, visit http://leahy.senate.gov/services/law_clerks/. Please email resume, cover letter, legal writing sample, and three references to Clark_Flynt@judiciary-dem.senate.gov, with ?Law Clerk? in the subject line of the email, by October 22, 2012. 221840 PRESS INTERN - Senator Charles E. Schumer?s press office seeks full-time, unpaid Fall interns in Washington, DC. Part-Time interns will also be considered but candidates with full-time availability will be given preference. It is preferable, but not required, if the candidate is available immediately, and can continue work through December. Responsibilities include compiling press clips, answering reporter inquiries, organizing press conferences, writing press releases and memos, conducting research and assisting the Press Staff with day-to-day operations of a very active press office. Applicants must work well under pressure, have excellent written and oral communications skills and a desire to learn. Previous experience in politics and press are not required but candidates should have a general understanding of governmental process, knowledge of the Northeast, and interest in communications. Candidates with New York ties are preferred. If interested, please send Cover letter, Resume and References via email to SchumerPressInternship@gmail.com 221835 IMMIGRATION CASEWORKER - BALTIMORE, MD OFFICE - Senator Ben Cardin seeks an immigration caseworker for a position based in downtown Baltimore, MD. Responsibilities will include answering casework correspondence and oral communications from constituents; communicating with various levels of government officials to apprise them of constituents? problems and assist in their resolution; and contacting agencies, via telephone and letter, to obtain information to assist constituents. Additional responsibilities include monitoring casework for problems which might be resolved by legislative action. This is not an entry level position. The ideal candidate would have more than two years of experience handling Congressional immigration casework and/or directly related work, and be a compassionate, service and detail orientated individual with excellent oral and written communication skills. Given the nature of immigration related work, the caseworker must be available on occasion to respond to emergencies outside normal business hours. The office is an equal opportunity employer. Please email a cover letter, resume and salary requirements to: staffassistant@cardin.senate.gov. No phone calls. 221830 SENATE TAX POLICY ADVISOR/COUNSEL - Senior Democrat seeks Senior Economic Policy Advisor/Counsel to handle a committee portfolio of issues that include, but are not limited to, tax, budget, Social Security. Applicants must have strong background in tax policy, superior oral and written communication skills, and the ability to generate new ideas. Previous Hill experience preferred. Equal Opportunity Employer. Send resume and salary history to taxsenate@yahoo.com. 221829 CASEWORKER/CONSTITUENT ADVOCATE, MORGANTOWN, WV OFFICE - Democratic Senator from West Virginia seeks long-term team member to work directly with constituents having problems or difficulties with the Federal Government (i.e. Veterans, Social Security, IRS, etc.). Responsibilities will include answering casework correspondence and oral communications from constituents; communicating with various levels of government officials to apprise them of constituents? problems and assist in their resolution; and contacting agencies, via telephone and letter, to obtain information to assist constituents. Additional responsibilities include monitoring casework for problems which might be resolved by legislative action and developing and maintaining relationships with local businesses, governments, and community organizations to provide assistance/intervention regarding appropriate actions. The candidate may occasionally represent the Senator at hearings, meetings, or other functions where particular casework problems are under discussion. The ideal candidate is compassionate, service-oriented, will have excellent oral and written communication skills, and the ability to perform efficiently in a fast-paced environment. Please e-mail a cover letter and resume to senate_employment@saa.senate.gov indicating job referral number in the subject line. 221826 PRESS SECRETARY - Midwestern Republican Senator seeks Press Secretary with on-the-record experience, knowledge of social media and emerging mediums; media production including video editing (preferably with Final Cut) is a must. Candidates should have excellent writing and editing skills, attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines. Senate or other Hill/campaign experience preferred, knowledge of agriculture issues a plus. Duties will include writing, editing and distributing press releases, op-eds and newsletters, maintaining website, assisting with tele-town halls and performing other general communications duties. Must demonstrate ability to communicate through proactive and creative initiatives targeted to a wide variety of audiences and must have experience in reacting to breaking news. Cover letter and resume should be sent to Sen.GOP.Press@gmail.com. 221825 LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT, SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL - Chairman of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control seeks a Legislative Assistant to work on domestic and international narcotics issues. This job will require the ability to shift between domestic and international narcotics issues with a greater focus on domestic drug policy. 3-5 years of experience working on narcotics issues strongly preferred. Strong writing skills are essential. Please send resume, cover letter and relevant writing sample to drugcaucusjobs@gmail.com. 221818 PRESS ASSISTANT - Senior Democratic Senator seeks Press Assistant for fast-paced communications office. Duties include, but are not limited to: drafting press releases and materials, assisting with media events, tracking media coverage, maintaining the office website and social media sites, and performing general press office support. Prior press experience desirable and West Virginia ties a plus. Please email cover letter, resume, at least three references, and five writing samples to senate_employment@saa.senate.gov indicating job referral number in the subject line. 221817 PROFESSIONAL STAFF - Senate Subcommittee looking for conservative Republican staff with knowledge of federal personnel programs, especially pay and retirement. Experience at Office of Personnel Management ideal. This individual should have the ability to compare and identify gaps in compensation and workforce policies between the private sector and the federal workforce, and develop legislative initiatives to create equity. Please send resume and cover letter to senatecmtestaff@gmail.com with ?federal workforce? in the subject line. 221816 PROFESSIONAL STAFF - Senate Subcommittee looking for conservative Republican staff with accounting background, preferably as a Certified Public Accountant. This position will inform various policy portfolios related to government reform. Candidate must be able to present data in standard accounting format. Must be able to understand and present detailed analysis of particular costs to government while also being able to identify and communicate what the high-level story or message is associated with the numbers. Experience in budget analysis of particular agencies and/or programs a plus. Please send resume and cover letter to senatecmtestaff@gmail.com with ?Accountant? in the subject line. 221815 INTERN - The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Republican Office, is seeking a reliable and enthusiastic intern to assist professional staff. This internship presents an opportunity for both a unique learning experience and an inside look at the political process and how a congressional committee office operates. Interns receive an inside look at the legislative process by attending hearings, and, with their full access to the Library of Congress and Congressional Research Service, performing research on a wide variety of legislative issues. They also gain valuable experience by monitoring media outlets for daily developments, preparing briefing books, and providing general office support. Candidates should possess strong communications, writing and research skills. Please apply here http://epw.senate.gov/public/_files/internship_application.pdf. 221809 SENATE INVESTIGATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE UNPAID CLERKSHIP - The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, is looking for law students to work closely with the Subcommittee?s minority staff on investigative and legislative issues and cover Congressional hearings and briefings. Requires ability to operate in fast-paced environment with minimal supervision, excellent research and writing skills, and willingness to perform clerical duties. Minimum of 20 hours per week; full-time given preference. Please e-mail a brief cover letter, including the time commitment you are able to make, a resume, and an unofficial transcript to andrew_dockham@hsgac.senate.gov indicating ?Internship? in the subject line or fax to (202) 224-7042. 221807 SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR/MAIL COORDINATOR - Moderate Southern Democratic Senator seeks a Systems Administrator/Mail Coordinator to oversee technology for the D.C. and state offices, and provide direct support with correspondence management and processing. Responsibilities include installing, updating, maintaining, and troubleshooting hardware and software. This includes, but not limited to: office PC and Mac workstations, printers, mobile devices, and servers. Ideal candidates will have prior experience in a technical support role and have proficiency with Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Vista, Microsoft Office programs, particularly Microsoft Outlook, Mac OS X, and Active Directory. This person will also provide support with correspondence management and processing and will supervise the mailroom. Responsibilities include managing the correspondence system to insure that all incoming mail is received and accurately responded to in timely manner in addition to preparing a weekly correspondence report for the Senator. Familiarity with Symplicity VOICE constituent services system a plus. Qualified candidates will have strong oral and written communications skills, strong interpersonal skills, work well under pressure, and be able to multi-task. Please e-mail a cover letter and resume to senate_employment@saa.senate.gov indicating job referral number in the subject line. 221805 FALL 2012 INTERNSHIP - NYC - Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand?s New York City Internship Program provides a unique opportunity to gain valuable experience in government and build leadership skills. This program is designed to mentor and cultivate today?s young leaders and prepare them for future public service opportunities. Interns will be placed in a number of departments of the Senator?s office including Constituent Affairs, Community Outreach, Press, and Operations. Fall 2012 applicants will be admitted on a rolling basis. Interns can start full time in August and then move to a part time schedule at the start of the academic year. The application can be found on Senator Gillibrand's website at http://gillibrand.senate.gov/services/internships/. Applicants should direct all inquiries and send applications to Gillibrand_InternshipsNYC@gillibrand.senate.gov. 221795 PROFESSIONAL STAFF - Senate Subcommittee looking for Republican staff with strong understanding of federal budgets. Experience on House or Senate Budget Committee, or technical experience at Congressional Budget Office or Office of Management and Budget preferred. Ability to review agency budgets and conduct independent analyses of programmatic costs and trends. Desire and ability to look at duplication across and within government programs, identify inefficiencies, and make recommendations to reduce the size, scope, and cost of the Federal Government. This will be a senior position for the right candidate. Salary commensurate with experience. Please send resume and cover letter to senatecmtestaff@gmail.com with ?Budget Staff? in subject line. 221794 BUDGET COMMITTEE GRAPHICS/NEW MEDIA COORDINATOR - The Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee seeks a Graphic Designer and New Media Coordinator with strong IT skills for a full-time position. The coordinator will be responsible for developing and producing charts and graphs for Budget Committee staff as well as improving new media outreach. Tasks include collecting, organizing, and processing data; designing, creating, and producing electronic and hard copy graphs, tables, and charts; using desktop publishing techniques to improve Committee documents; supporting communications experts in outreach efforts using new media such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and other digital communications channels. Thorough knowledge of spreadsheets, graphics, and video editing software necessary. Knowledge of federal budget concepts and/or the state of Alabama a plus. The office is an equal opportunity employer; we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. To apply, please e-mail a cover letter and resume to senate_employment@saa.senate.gov indicating job referral number in the subject line. 221790 PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBER - The Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is seeking a Professional Staff Member to handle a Governmental Affairs portfolio, which includes postal policy and federal financial management. Applicants must have impeccable writing skills, at least 2 years of non-intern, relevant (to postal or federal financial management, and the specific responsibilities listed below) work experience. Hill experience, law degree preferred. Responsibilities include oversight of agencies, outreach to constituent and advocacy groups, drafting legislation, developing and staffing hearings, following appropriations, and preparing memoranda, statements and speeches. Republicans only. Please email a cover letter, resume, and several 1-2 page writing samples (of different types) to senate_employment@saa.senate.gov indicating job referral number in the subject line. 221785 FALL INTERNS - US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Republican office) is seeking law students and recent graduates for full or part-time internships for the fall 2012 term. This is a policy oriented internship with responsibilities that include assisting staff with legislative research, drafting correspondence, administrative duties, preparing hearing materials, attending briefings, and assisting with special projects. The ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment is also appreciated. Applicants should have strong writing and verbal skills as well as an interest or background in business and economic development. Please send a cover letter, resume, and 2-3 page writing sample to to senate_employment@saa.senate.gov indicating job referral number in the subject line. 221782 PRESS SECRETARY - Moderate Southern Democratic Senator seeks experienced Hill communications staffer with excellent writing and editing skills, new media proficiency, honed media relations skills, event management experience and strategic planning capacity. He/she will write speeches, press releases and advisories, talking points, briefing memos, newsletters, video scripts and Web content. Candidate must be able to operate in fast-paced environment, travel in-state w/ Senator, arrange interviews and prepare statements and re-acts on short notice. This communications staffer will arrange logistical details for press conferences and media events. He/she will stay current on state and legislative issues relevant to Senator and build strong relationships with press. He/she will report to the Communications Director and assist in developing and implementing communication strategy for the senator and the office?s legislative goals. Candidates must be able to write quickly and accurately, and have a proficiency in or desire to master varied media tools, including a broadcast-quality video camera. Prior Hill or campaign press experience desirable. Please submit resume and writing samples (leg. policy press release, interview briefing memo and longer form speech/remarks) to senate_employment@saa.senate.gov indicating job referral number in the subject line. Please note that the office will not accept any phone calls, e-mails or walk-ins with respect to this announcement. This office is an equal opportunity employer. 221779 PRESS SECRETARY - Western Republican Senator seeks energetic and experienced communications professional to serve as Press Secretary. Applicants should be an excellent writer and editor with proven ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities include: drafting press releases, op-eds and talking points; managing official website and other new media pages; and maintaining relationships with national and local press. This is not an entry-level position. Hill experience preferred. Candidates must have exceptional writing skills, ability to meet deadlines and work well as part of a team. This office is an equal opportunity employer. Please e-mail resume and writing sample to senate_employment@saa.senate.gov indicating job referral number in the subject line. 221768 COUNSEL - Democratic Senator seeks a Counsel to handle a committee portfolio. Individual must be knowledgeable of current legislative and non-legislative issues and have a thorough understanding of the legislative process and the Senate?s organization and procedures. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, analyzing legislative developments and recommending strategies on bills and amendments, advising the Senator during hearings and markups, and the preparation of memorandums, floor statements and speeches. The position requires outstanding oral communication and writing skills, as well as the ability to conduct strong legal research and analysis. Successful candidate will possess excellent academic credentials and will have the ability to produce quality work under pressure and in an extremely fast-paced environment. Interested applicants should e-mail cover letter and resume to counsel.senate@gmail.com, with Counsel Job in the subject line. 221748 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATOR - United States Senate legal office of seven attorneys who defend Senate offices in employment law cases has outstanding legal IT opportunity. This is a non-partisan, lead position. Individual will be expected to work independently. Primary responsibility for maintaining, updating, and administering the office?s networked computer systems, managing the office?s e-discovery system and litigation database, troubleshooting and solving software problems, and effectively recommending system modifications and software upgrades. Ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems, networks and data. Advise attorneys on legal and technical issues relating to information technology and electronic discovery; supervise and provide guidance to paralegals with respect to electronic litigation requirements; train and assist attorneys and staff in the use of all software; draft training material to assist users. Assist attorneys with creation and implementation of plans for the retention, collection, culling and production of electronically stored information in lawsuits. Prepare for and attend court with attorneys; testify in court and at administrative hearings on behalf of Senate offices on issues of data collection, storage, retrieval and production. Design and be able to implement procedures to allow secure access to office?s electronic databases in the event of emergency relocation. Work is bound by federal statutes, court rules, Senate rules and standard office procedures and protocol. Requires independent judgment in setting priorities and handling unusual assignments, absolute adherence to confidentiality and attorney-client privilege requirements, and ability to work occasionally outside of standard office hours, including early mornings, late nights, and weekends, when needed. Minimum of five years of analogous experience, preferably in a major law firm. Experience working with document management systems, Summation, and Microsoft Exchange server is preferred. Excellent benefits include federal employee healthcare program, paid parking or transportation subsidy, matching retirement savings plan, federal holidays, and paid time off. Salary range: $62,398 - $96,717. E mail cover letter and resume to resumes@sec.senate.gov or send by facsimile to 202-228-3603. No telephone inquiries. Equal Opportunity Employer. 221739 STAFF ASSISTANT/DRIVER - Northeastern Democratic Senator has opening for a Staff Assistant/Driver. Main responsibilities include driving the Senator, assisting in the front office and processing mail and data-entry. The ideal candidate is dependable, professional, able to work under pressure, has an excellent sense of direction and knowledge of the DC metropolitan area roadways, is well organized, and possesses strong computer skills. Successful candidate must own a car, have a clean driving record, and be available to work evenings and overtime. Please e-mail cover letter and resume to senate_employment@saa.senate.gov indicating job referral number in the subject line. 221738 RULES COMMITTEE COUNSEL - The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration Democratic staff is seeking an attorney to handle a variety of legal responsibilities, with emphasis on administrative and election law. A minimum of three years? legal experience and Capitol Hill experience are mandatory. Senate experience, knowledge of Senate rules and procedures, and/or election and campaign finance experience are highly desirable. Responsibilities include interpreting and drafting Senate rules, procedures and regulations, evaluating contracts and claims, drafting legislation, hearing development and preparation, memoranda, statements and speeches as well as training and providing guidance to Senate offices on administrative and rules matters. Successful applicant will have the ability to operate in a fast-paced environment, excellent research and writing skills. Applicants should possess excellent academic credentials. Please e-mail resume and writing samples to senate_employment@saa.senate.gov indicating job referral number in the subject line. 221729 PRESS INTERNSHIP - Moderate Democratic Senator seeks energetic candidate for an unpaid Press internship to assist press staff in fast-paced communications office. Duties include monitoring daily news and feeds, including relevant social media outlets; pitching stories to reporters; drafting press releases and letters; updating Web site; daily clips; and general press office support. Candidates must have excellent writing skills, be able to write quickly and accurately and have strong social media skills. Team-comes-first attitude and sense of humor are musts. Prior press or on-the-job writing experience desirable. Please email cover letter, resume and two writing samples to dempress2012@gmail.com. 221724 PRESS SECRETARY - Senate Democrat seeks experienced Press Secretary to handle a large portfolio focusing on in-state media and press relations. In addition to strong writing and interpersonal skills, applicants should have an ability to handle multiple tasks and deadlines, conduct independent research, work well under pressure and have on-the-record experience. The ideal candidate would fit into a positive working environment and possess an eagerness and aptitude for staying current on state and legislative issues relevant to the Senator. Management and campaign experience is highly preferred. Please e-mail a resume and cover letter to dempresssecretary2012@gmail.com. 221689 PRESS SECRETARY - Western Democratic Senator seeks experienced, creative communications professional to serve as Press Secretary. The ideal applicant will have excellent writing and editing skills, extensive experience pitching and placing news stories and organizing press events and a proven ability to build strong relationships with the media. Duties will include overseeing day to day press operations, drafting and editing news releases, speeches and op-eds and coordinating interviews and press events. On-record experience is required. The position is located in the state office and reports to the Communications Director. For consideration, send cover letter, resume and writing samples to demsenatejobposting@gmail.com. 221663 SPEECHWRITER - Progressive Democratic Senator seeks experienced Speechwriter. Candidates must be able to multitask and work efficiently, accurately, and creatively in an active, collaborative environment. Speechwriting experience required. Hill or other government/political experience preferred, but not required. Send resume and writing sample to senatepress2012@gmail.com 221625 PRESS INTERN - Western Democratic Senator seeks a self-motivated and enthusiastic Press Intern for an aggressive communications shop. Duties include monitoring, clipping and distribution of relevant news stories, mainly from TV and print. Other press responsibilities include: research, writing memos, attending press conferences, and helping to organize news interviews and radio call-ins. Previous experience with press is preferred, along with roots in the West. Applicants should have a strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and an eagerness to learn about professional communications. This is a full-time position. Interested candidates should send a cover letter, resume and two references to westerndempressintern@gmail.com 221623 MANUFACTURING & COMPETITIVENESS POLICY FELLOW - Moderate Democrat seeks a fellow to assist with manufacturing, competitiveness, and other economic policy issues. Responsibilities include generating job creation policy ideas, analyzing policy issues, meeting with constituents and stakeholders, and drafting memos. Ideal candidate will: have a graduate degree in engineering, science, business, economics, law, or policy; have private sector work experience; have an interest or background in innovation; possess strong communication skills; and be a team player. This is an unpaid fellowship, ideally lasting between six months and a year. Email cover letter and resume to: ModDemEconFellow@gmail.com 221614 BANKING COMMITTEE COUNSEL - Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs is seeking attorneys with securities and derivatives law experience. Responsibilities include drafting legislation, developing and staffing hearings, and preparing memoranda, statements and speeches. Applicants should possess excellent academic credentials and at least 3 years of private practice or regulatory experience. No Capitol Hill experience required. Please email resume to: Jobs_Rep@banking.senate.gov. 211568 PRESS INTERNS - The office of U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) seeks unpaid press interns for fast-paced, aggressive communications office. Press interns will work closely with Communications Director, Press Secretary, and Deputy Press Secretary on a variety of tasks. Responsibilities include answering the press line and fielding calls from reporters, working with communications office and legislative staff to compile reports and other documents for media distribution. Press interns will primarily work with the Deputy Press Secretary to compile daily press clips for the Senator's review, coordinate daily update of reporter contact lists, and work with the communications office on other media-related projects. Position requires a keen attention to detail, the ability to multitask and meet tight deadlines, and the ability to demonstrate professionalism and discretion at all times. Strong writing and grammar skills and proficiency of Microsoft Office applications required. Journalism/communications background and Ohio ties a plus. To apply, please submit cover letter and resume to SenBrownPressIntern@gmail.com
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