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Monday, January 21, 2008
EdgeLink 2008 Kick-Off
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Last week we held our annual kickoff meeting at Big Al’s in Vancouver, WA and it was unlike any bowling alley we’ve experienced. Check it out at http://www.ilovebigals.com/ It has everything you could ever want in entertainment, such as bowling, billiards, an arcade. Flat panel TV’s are everywhere; it's a great sports venue. The first half of our day was spent discussing our past year of success as well as our vision/goals for 2008. This was also a great day of team building (see pictures) as we played EdgeLink style “Family Feud.” Later we dressed up into costumes and competed in the bowling lanes. Prizes were given to best overall theme, as well as individual and team scores!  
When push comes to shove I guess you can say we are a bunch of crazy individuals! Here’s to a successful 2008! Labels: About EdgeLink, Mark Schacter
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Friday, January 19, 2007
Was Your New Year’s Resolution to Find a New Job?
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How are you doing on finding that next great job or assignment? An article in the Journal of Clinical Psychology shows how many of us keep our New Year’s Resolutions and for how long. The survey reveals a decreasing percentage of people who keep their New Year’s resolutions as time goes on:
- past the first week: 75%
- past 2 weeks: 71%
- after one month: 64%
- after 6 months: 46%
How can you better the odds and not be discouraged by those statistics? Take some, or better yet, all of the steps below and increase your odds of achieving a new job in 2007.
• Take action today! Even if the action is a little step like updating your resume or making a networking call to a recruiter.
• Take time. While taking action today is key, remember changing jobs takes time. Just as for most of us our first date was not the person we would marry, so the first job interview/offer may not be the “one.”
• Look at your passions. List what you love in your current job, what you are good at, and seek a job with those ingredients.
• Talk to people. Talk with family and friends about your passions and desire to change jobs. Talk with the recruiter that calls or call them (use them as advisors like a doctor or lawyer). Call professors or colleagues you took classes with in the past. They are great sources of information and connections.
• Seek ways to enhance your skills. Take a part-time job or consulting job where you can develop new skills, volunteer for a non-profit where you can gain experience or take a class at the college or university in town.
I feel blessed to work for EdgeLink which is the best place and job I have ever worked. I am using my skills and passions, and I found this job through networking after leaving a “bad fit” job. There is hope for a great job and there are great places to work.
Here is to wishing you the best year yet, and may you find an amazingly fun job in 2007.
Resources and References:
How happy are you at work? Take a short quiz at the following site:
http://www.fabjob.com/tips213.html
Auld Lang Syne: Success predictors, change processes, and self-reported outcomes of New Year's resolvers and nonresolvers, by John C. Norcross, Marci S. Mrykalo, Matthew D. Blagys , University of Scranton. Journal of Clinical Psychology, Volume 58, Issue 4 (2002).Labels: Job Searching Tips, Mark Schacter
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Friday, June 02, 2006
EdgeLink Open House a Huge Success
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EdgeLink held its first open house/client appreciation 
event on June 1. Attending the soirée were about 90 of our closest client/friends from the Portland Metro area. Delicious food, drink and of course great conversation was had by all. 
In the fun department, attendees had their pick of helping to solve a group “word link” puzzle, or participating in an underlying word association game, which made a fantastic ice-breaker.
Door prizes included gift certificates to great Portland places including 
OMSI, Stumptown Coffee, Powell's Books, Portland Beavers, McMenamins, Clark Lewis, and the Portland Rose Festival. A huge, heartfelt thank you to everyone who showed up. Maybe we should make this an annual event!?
Cheers!Labels: About EdgeLink, Mark Schacter
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Monday, May 23, 2005
It really is a small world after all
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Already home to industry leaders in test and measurement, printing, semiconductor, and display technologies, it is no exaggeration to say that Oregon's "Silicon Forest" is a world leader in industrial microtechnology R&D. Now, Oregon's business and policy communities are working to add nanotechnology to the region's industrial mix.
We're talking about atomic dimensions. The ability to directly manipulate atoms and molecules, to someday manufacture products beyond our wildest imagination.
With advanced R&D and manufacturing infrastructures in place, Oregon is an ideal location for collaboration between the high tech industry and research institutions to take on challenges of such "small proportions."
ONAMI (Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute) is a collaboration between leading Oregon educational institutions, federal research institutions, and major industrial players. ONAMI is working to advance applied nano and micro technologies in the Pacific Northwest. Some of the first products we might see soon from their efforts include, greatly enhanced performance in semiconductors, small power sources, distributed sensors, portable electronic devices, medical diagnostics, and drug delivery systems to name a few.
What incredible products do you predict will come from this effort? We’d love to hear from our readers on this subject.Labels: Industry Insight, Mark Schacter
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Posted by Mark Schacter at 9:56 AM | 1 comment(s)
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