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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»

Creating a Personal Brand

I recently discovered and started following a blog titled “Brand-Yourself” (http://blog.brand-yourself.com/). I am continually telling my students that they in essence are a product – their skills are something they are selling during the job search process and it is important to have marketing collateral to support this “sales” process. This blog and site allowed me to see even beyond ...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»

Week 10 .NET Masters Program

Week 10 brings us to the quarter mark of the .NET program! The week is a continuation of ASP.NET Using VS2008 and Matt Snow 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 ...read full article»

Week 8 SetFocus .NET Masters Program

Although we are on the latter side of the hill with the half way mark behind us, the program is far from over and there is still a tremendous amount of material to soak up. Week 8 brings another intense project week; this project is focused on Data Access. Jimmy Robertson will be available to assist all students as they ...read full article»

Week 6 of the SetFocus .NET Masters Program!

The start of another week is upon us and new material continues to flow. Lectures will resume this week and the focus will move to Querying SQL Server 2008. Wayne Wilkerson will be back in the classroom and providing his outstanding instruction and walking students through this new content. From the Career Development side, students should have two of the three ...read full article»

Week 5 of SetFocus .NET Masters Program!

Students have been in the .NET training for a full month now and have covered a TON of material! Week 5 brings another project week and is focused on Windows. Students will again have received the project specifications the Friday before and will undoubtedly be deep in implementation by the time Monday rolls around. This week Jimmy Robertson will be available ...read full article»

Networking tool: A visit to Noddle Place

Everyone at Noddle Place is encouraged to share the information freely; that is, publicly. When you enter the online space, you will find information from dozens (not millions) of job seekers in immediate view. Free registration returns dividends if you find another job seeker with similar interests, living in a state where you wish to work.

The Third Week!

The second week has come to a close and the third has begun. The course is beginning to increase in challenge and this week presents the first project dedicated week. Projects are real world specifications focusing on concepts recently covered in class. The first project in the .NET curriculum is a Customized Framework project. Project specs are handed out the ...read full article»