The SharePoint Masters program is almost over as this is week 7. The week focus is SharePoint Portal Management and Darrell Wire will be the instructor for the week. From the Career Development side, official engagement occurred last week bringing the job search to front and center. A tool that works hand in hand with the job search is networking. Some ...read full article»
Week 6 of SharePoint Masters Program
A new week is upon us along with new content. In week 6 of the SetFocus SharePoint Masters Program students will be focused on a SharePoint Business Processes project. From the Career Development side, this is an exciting week as students should be nearing officially engaging with their region Placement Specialist. To become engaged with a Placement Specialist a student needs ...read full article»
Week 5 of the SharePoint Masters Program!
The content continues to flow as we enter week 5 of the SetFocus SharePoint Masters Program. The week begins with a one day project focused on Branding and Web Content Management and then student’s transition to a lecture on SharePoint Business Processes given by Darrell Wire. The Career Development team also continues to provide new content each week during the Brown ...read full article»
Week 4 of the SharePoint Masters Program!
We have made it through the first half of the SharePoint Master Program! There are many exciting learning opportunities ahead including this week’s lecture focusing on Branding and Web Content Management. Corroll Driskell will again be offering his wealth of knowledge through his interactive instruction. Week four also brings an opportunity for Career Development (CD) headway. At this point students will ...read full article»
Week 3 of the SharePoint Masters Program!
The second week has come to a close and the third has begun. The course unquestionably has increased in challenge and the focus for this week will be a continuation of SharePoint for Developers followed by a SharePoint Development project. Projects are real world specifications focusing on concepts recently covered in class and allow students to actively interact with the ...read full article»
Week 2 of the SharePoint Masters Program!
The first week is now behind us and we are moving on to the second! Most have figured out the basic navigation like the GRID (and the importance of the mute button), their virtual machines and some of the small features like Office Communicator. The classroom bond with their fellow classmates is beginning to form and everyone is starting to ...read full article»
Week 1 of SharePoint Masters Program!
The first week of the SetFocus SharePoint Masters Program has arrived! Most students have had an opportunity at this point to test run their GRID setup and Virtual Machines and gain some familiarity to be sure things will go smoothly that first day. In addition to the test run, they will have met some of their fellow classmates with whom ...read full article»
Post Graduation for .NET Master’s Program
The training is now officially over and you may be asking yourself - now what? As this new chapter opens, so does a new focus. While the job tools and the job search have always been on the to-do list, with the close of class this allows the graduate to begin focusing all their attention here. For those who have ...read full article»
.NET Master’s Program Final Week!
The time has come, the final week of the .NET Master’s Program. While 14 weeks can feel like a long time I think most would agree, looking back the time flies. As a review here is what was covered over the 14 week span: .NET Master’s Program: • Programming with C# • Framework 3.5 New Features and Intro to XML • Framework Project • Developing ...read full article»
Article Alley – Best Practices for Writing a Successful Resume
Every edition of The Career News: Weekly News, Tips, and Tools for Your Job Search provides readers with multiple quick-read articles, across a variety of topics. In her article, “Best Practices for Putting Together a Successful Resume( March 1, 2010 edition), Alesia Benedict discusses some key elements to include in your resume. She highlights the idea that most job seekers ...read full article»
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Week 12 .NET Masters Program
The final stretch is upon us and week 12 of the SetFocus .NET Masters Program brings the last week of lecture. This week the focus will be Windows Communication Foundation and James Arendt makes his instructional debut providing his immense knowledge. From the Career Development side things are still heating up. With the job search in full swing it is ...read full article»
Article Alley – Writing Your Resume Summary
Your resume summary is the first piece of information a potential employer reads about you. SetFocus teaches, in our Steps for Sucess, that it should leave them wanting to know more about you and entice them to continue reading through the rest of your resume. In the article “How to write a Professional Summary for Your Resume,” Maxwell Hurst discusses writing an ...read full article»
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