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The July 2007 Chapter Meeting

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    Date:

      Wednesday, July 11, 2007

    Times:

      6:00 p.m. Networking
      6:30 p.m. Dinner
      7:15 p.m. Announcements
      7:30 p.m. Presentation
      9:30 p.m. End

    Location:

      Highlands Country Club,110 Hiller Drive, Oakland, California

    Topic:

      Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Resumes and Portfolios

      Andrew Davis will explain how to optimize your resume and make best use of your portfolio, covering in detail what works, why, and how to get the results you want.

      This is the age of black-hole electronic job applications, keyword search tools, and anonymous recruiting generalists. Knowing what hiring managers want from you -- let alone how to present your credentials and work samples to best effect -- has never been more challenging. Andrew will help you parse the job description and accentuate aspects of your resume and portfolio accordingly. He will explain how to make hiring managers eager to speak with you.

      If time permits, Andrew will explain how to handle uncomfortable inquiries into your employment history, compensation expectations, telecommuting preferences, and other issues.

      Andrew will give a brief formal presentation, to leave time for a lively and candid Q&A. To make the most of this meeting, go to www.synergistech.com/resumes.shtml and www.synergistech.com/portfolios.shtml beforehand to review the resume- and portfolio-related articles there. Bring your specific questions for Andrew to answer.

    Speaker:

      Andrew Davis

      Andrew Davis runs Synergistech Communications, a local recruiting firm for staff and contract technical communicators. Andrew is a former writer of system administration and software developer documentation for companies such as Oracle (documenting relational databases on minicomputers), IBM (UNIX hypertext authoring tools), Informix (Windows database tools), Network Equipment Technologies (PBXs and routers), and Verity (enterprise text search tools). He is well connected in Silicon Valley’s software and telecommunication documentation communities. He also recruits technical trainers, instructional designers, medical writers, and user experience (UX) professionals on both coasts.


    Monthly Chapter Meetings

    The Berkeley chapter meets the second Wednesday of the month.

    Continuing in July, 2007 we will regularly meet at the Highlands Country Club in Oakland, CA.


    RSVP

    There are two ways to RSVP for the July 2007 meeting:


    Chapter Meeting Fees

    For the meeting and dinner, reserved on the Chapter's website in advance:

    • Members: $12
    • Non-members: $20
    • Students/Low Income: $6

    For the meeting and dinner, at the door:

    • Members: $16
    • Non-members: $24
    • Students/Low Income: $9

    Note: If you do not reserve dinner in advance, dinner may or may not be available on a walk-in basis. We order dinner for the number of reservations plus a few walk-ins.

    To attend the program only, reserved in advance:

    • Members: $6
    • Non-members: $10
    • Students/Low Income: $3

    To attend the program only, at the door:

    • Members: $10
    • Non-members: $14
    • Students/Low Income: $6

    NOTE ONE: Non-members are always welcome to STC meetings.

    NOTE TWO: All members of the San Francisco Chapter of the IABC are welcome to register for Berkeley STC General Meetings at the member price.

    Interested in becoming a member?


    Chapter Meetings Agenda

    • 6:00 to 7:00: Networking, conversation, and dinner
    • 7:00 to 7:15: Chapter business, announcements, introductions, jobs needed and available*
    • 7:15 to 8:30: Formal program
    • 8:30 to 9:00: Conversation, off-line questions for the speakers, follow-up on job announcements
    • 9:00 to 9:15: Clear the room, move conversations to the sidewalk

     *Attendees are encouraged to announce open positions. Please bring job listings for distribution. Recruiters may introduce themselves, but may not describe open positions in detail. Save that for one-on-one after the program.


    Location and Directions

    Highlands Country Club
    110 Hiller Drive
    Oakland, California

    Directions to Highlands Country Club

    NOTE: The club's parking lot is for members only. Please park on the street. (There's typically plenty of on-street parking right along Hiller Drive.)

    • From San Francisco

        Cross the Bay Bridge to I-580 Eastbound. Remain in the right lane, until Highway 24 Eastbound (toward Berkeley and Walnut Creek). Continue eastbound until the Tunnel Road off-ramp. Ext will loop around to the west, crossing back over Highway 24. Turn left at the stop sign. Follow Tunnel Road/Caldecott Lane to traffic signal. Veer to the right, and follow Hiller Drive halfway up the hill. Highlands Country Club will be on the right-hand side of the street.

    • From Walnut Creek

        Take Highway 24 Westbound through the Caldecott Tunnel. Stay in the right-hand lane, taking the first exit after the tunnel ends, the Tunnel Road exit, going towards Berkeley. Follow Tunnel Road to the complex intersection and stop light, at Tunnel Drive, Hiller Drive, and Highway 13. Veer to the right, and continue halfway up the hill on Hiller Drive. Highlands Country Club will be on the right-hand side of the street.

    • From I-80 and Berkeley

        Take Ashby Avenue to the Highway 13 exit. Ashby becomes Tunnel Road at the Claremont Hotel. Continue on Tunnel Road (through the split-level section) to the stoplight just before the Highway 24 overcrossing. Remain in the left lane and make a sharp left U-turn around the Firestorm Memorial Garden, on to Hiller Drive. Continue halfway up the hill. Highlands Country Club will be on the right-hand side of the street.

    • From Hayward

        Take I-580 Westbound to Highway 13 north. Continue on Highway 13 past the overcrossing of Highway 24. At the stoplight, turn right, then left, onto Hiller Drive. Continue halfway up the hill. Highlands Country Club will be on the right-hand side of the street.



Chapter Meeting Program Ideas?

If you have a suggestion for a meeting topic you'd like to hear more about or if you'd like to be a presenter, send an email to Mary Ann Campbell, VP of Programs.


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