The Twin Cities System Administrators (TCSA) group meets monthly to discuss topics of interest to system and network administrators in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. The meetings are free and open to the public. Check out our web site at http://www.tcsa.org/ TCSA meetings are on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm. ----- Next Meeting: Topic: How the IT Hiring Process Works Speaker: Mark Dembouski, Senior Recruiter - West Group Date/Time: November 21, 2002 7:00 pm Location: University Park Plaza Office Building (Onvoy) Synopsis: Mark will talk about how companies are hiring for IT and how it affects candidates. Potential topics, depending upon interest, include insights into the hiring process, resumes, where to look for jobs, online applications, and other tips. About the Speaker: Mark Dembouski has been the Senior Corporate Recruiter at West Group, supporting the 1300+ person IT Department, for the past two years. Before coming to West, he spent over three years at Consulting and Manufacturing companies in the Twin Cities. Prior to that, he spent six years as a headhunter in the Silicon Valley. During that time, he was heavily involved in the recruitment of UNIX talent. He has attended two LISA conferences, and has been a member of SAGE and BayLISA. In addition, he assisted with the writing of SAGE's first booklet in the "Short Topics in System Administration" titled "Job Descriptions for Systems Administrators." Mark holds a Master's Degree in Physics from the University of North Dakota, and a Bachelor's degree in Physics and Math from Augsburg College. We will meet at University Park Plaza Office Building (Onvoy office), 2829 University Ave. SE, in a conference room on the first floor of the building. Tentative Meeting Schedule December 19, 2002 January 16, 2003 Directions: Directions to University Park Plaza (Onvoy): The Onvoy office is at University Park Plaza Office Building, 2829 University Ave. SE. It is a white-concrete, 9-story, hexagonal building (previously occupied by Group Health). The windows are distinctive, shaped somewhat like TV screens. University Park Plaza is on the north side of University Ave. (across from the Octopus Car Wash), about 3 blocks east of the intersection of Washington Ave. and University Ave. or about 3 blocks west of KSTP-TV. - From the South (35W) Proceed north on 35W, exiting onto Interstate 94 East. Continue in the far left lane on Interstate 94 East to the Highway 280 exit. Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave. Turn left on University, proceed 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave. The building is on your right. - From the North (35W) Proceed south on 35W, exiting onto Highway 280 South. Continue on Highway 280 until the University Ave. exit. Turn right on University. Continue 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave. The building is on your right. - From the West (94/394) Proceed east on 94, cross the Mississippi river and continue in the far left lane on Interstate 94 East to the Highway 280 exit. Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave. Turn left on University, proceed 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave. The building is on your right. - From the East (94) Proceed west on 94, continue in the far right lane to the Highway 280 exit. Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave. Turn left onto University, proceed 7 blocks to SE 29th St. The building is on your right. - Parking Free parking is available in the visitor lot off SE 29th Ave. and in front of the building along University Ave. - Web map is at: http://www.onvoy.com/frames/framebody/pages/about/upp.htm For more information on TCSA, check out our web site: http://www.tcsa.org/ To subscribe to the TCSA or TCSA-JOBS mailing lists, follow the TCSA or TCSA-JOBS link from: http://list.onvoy.com/ For any other information, please send email to: info at tcsa.org or contact: Dave Bianchi 651-260-1770 -- Dave Bianchi djb at tc.umn.edu 651-260-1770