Graduate Nation

Touching Base

2018-12-10T16:34:00.000-05:00

As we are fast approaching the holidays, Graduate Nation wish all of you Holidays!
A New Year always advents with new hopes, possibilities and opportunities. May you strive and shine brighter in your journey of achieving the goals.

We will soon start updating the blogs with the happenings and opportunities in Graduate Nation.

Hiring Season 2017

2017-02-02T09:00:00.000-05:00

Hiring season of 2017 is off to a great start.

There has been major shift in job opportunities and also candidates' interest in technologies, especially with fresh Graduate students. The developing story of business taking a driver's seat in technology decisions is reflecting on how the students would like to align to the new blocks.

The areas of focus are dynamic programming such as Python and Ruby, Data Science, Big Data and Analytics. Others include digital technologies, Frontend technologies and CRM ~ SalesForce.Com and Microsoft Dynamics.

We will be updating the progress in detail, soon. This will also have a roundup on the spring career fair from across the country.

Colossal Career Prospects in Smart Grid for Graduate Students

2014-04-24T14:27:00.000-04:00

Ever since initiatives for Power saving, Virtual Power Plant and Smart Grid gained momentum from 2007-08, growth in career opportunities also grew substantially in Energy and Utilities industry for Engineering, Networking and Information Technology professionals. This in line with efforts to boost alternate energy sources increased the volume of operations in this industry with non-traditional activities.

Cost of having a Smart Grid is projected to be $3 / month / customer to a utility provider. This can be part of Operational expenditure (CAPEX) for business with flexibility in accounting. It is not much when compared to the costs saved in optimal energy consumption. Infrastructure investments are made as capital expenditures (CAPEX) which is laid for long term and with flexible tax options. Many states like New Jersey, North Carolina and California welcomed this new initiative with millions of consumers subscribing to this.

For those who are new to this, let us take a quick look at this opportunity.

· This involves installing smart meters / devices at each consumer's home / business, transmitting signals through wireless enabled systems (like Zigbee) to a central database. Such data signals are then cleaned, sorted and arranged to be made available through a web or mobile based program (JAVA, Android/iOS etc.) to each customer who would be enabled to create individual accounts just like the way a bank does for their customers.

· Each consumer would be able to remotely operate such utility services / devices such as power at their home / business. How cool it would be turn on your air conditioner at home from your mobile while you are still at work and couple hours before you reach home on a hot summer day, Right? Yes, this is no longer a fantasy. This is real with Smart Grid and Smart Meters today.

So, here are the opportunities for different professionals:

· Manufacturing, Engineering, Installing and Testing the devices and equipment - this would be the opportunities for those from mechanical and electrical engineering.

· Laying out wireless networks and devices with all networking standards and security - this would go to the networking and information security professionals

· Cleaning the signal data, sorting it, arranging and pushing to web / mobile applications - Database administrators or Data Warehousing professionals would do this job.

· Application design, development and testing - This would give great opportunities for Engineers from Computer Science and Computer Engineering. Mobile developers also would have great opportunity in this part of the integration.

Oracle is getting big in to this with Java ME. Microsoft also is big in this space with .NET Micro frame work. A more fundamental reason is that embedded hardware has become powerful to the point of running Java and .NET. Feel free to use your imagination to project the opportunities that are going to be generated!

Above depicts only the information management part of it. Lot of functional expertise and subject matter experts also would be required to input several ideas to make this happen.

With the growing trends and internet of things, Applications are cloud enabled now. We also hear about BigData. This is an advent of another huge opportunity wave.

If we look closer on the above discussed opportunities, many of these jobs can be performed by fresh Graduate Students with proper training and mentoring. This involves several cutting edge technologies which they have been dreaming to get in to or would have heard recommendations from their Professors.

Having executed few successful projects in Smart Grid Demand Response and trained several Graduate Students, it is our thinking that opportunities are growing day by day in Energy and Utilities which may be worth pursuing. This wave of things has just begun in North American and some parts of Far East Asia. Global opportunity calls of thousands of qualified talents in the years to come when we see our whole planet deploys this!

The Shining Database Career for Graduate Students

2014-04-22T17:30:00.000-04:00

Our research indicates that the opportunities for Database development, administration and related fields have grown significantly compared to last two years.This is good news for thousands of engineering graduate students who are ready for corporate careers starting this summer.

Oracle is doing great along with their promotion of MySQL. IBM DB2 UDB has been steady and provide opportunities in some of the finest corporations.

Microsoft SQL Server is everyone’s game and has been keeping its position intact too.

Do you have fire in the belly, magic in the mind and an attitude which can win relationship?

2013-12-09T12:31:00.001-05:00

Calling on fresh graduates and aspirants looking for entry level and junior level job opportunities in Business communication, Tech Support, Marketing and Sales and Customer engagement roles.

Job Opportunities Business Graduates Marlabs in USA, January 2014 | Business Communication | Marketing and Sales | Tech Support

Location: Marlabs Global Headquarters Piscataway, NJ
Number of Positions 10
Start Date First week of January 2014

About the Company: Marlabs ( www.marlabs.com ) is a US based global technology services and Solutions Company with presence in North America, South America, Europe and Asia providing avant-garde services to Fortune companies. As a Gold partner with Microsoft, Oracle and a Premier business partner of IBM and all leading technology companies, Marlabs is in the hall of fame of Inc500 and, as well as being ranked by Deloitte and Touché as one of the fastest growing companies, we were recently chosen as One of the 50 Best Places to work in NJ, among large employers. Marlabs owns technology Center of Excellence (CoE) in the US to help employees in continued learning and innovation with cutting edge technologies and solutions to consistently stay at the forefront of the technology wave. Marlabs provides solutions to over 100 customers, Including Fortune 500, from North America, South America, Europe and Asia in Banking/Finance, Media, Insurance, Retail and Energy & Utilities verticals. Company has major delivery centers in the US, Near shore centers in Canada, Mexico and Offshore delivery centers in India and Malaysia.

About the Job Opportunity for Graduates: In order to strengthen our team, that is driving the customer engagement and relationships, we are currently on the lookout for young, bright and energetic college students and graduate students for the position mentioned above. This job provides great opportunity for career launch, learning and faster growth. It also provides the scope to work with prestigious customers across the nation, Canada and South America. You will gain knowledge of cutting edge technology solutions and break to work with some of the cream project managers and technical architects in the technology arena Middle Level and Junior Sales and Business Operations Executives.

Marlabs Graduate Jobs December 2013 from Hari Koman

Job Specifications: As part of our sales, customer engagement and relationships team, you would work closely with Business Development Managers, Account Managers, Technical Presales team, Project Managers and Customer Managers. You would be part of the demand generation team creating new business opportunities through meaningful campaigns, cold calls, attending networking events and conferences As you gain experience in customer winning and engagement, you would become Account Managers managing specific customer accounts as engagement managers Facilitate and arrange customer meetings . Drive business presentations with customers As the role requires, you would work closely with our Technical Recruiters in fulfilling the resource requirements of the customer. This is revenue target driven business environment. You would be required to take up individual goals and targets upon completion of probation period and put all efforts to achieve the same. You would be required to generate new customer referrals and leads from existing customer base.

Qualification and Requirements: Good written and verbal communication skills Enthusiastic personality with great people skills Natural flair for selling and ability to detail information to customers Broad and high level knowledge of information technology industry Analytical skills and talent to observe things going around in the environment Prior experience in cold calling desired Willingness to travel for customer meetings Readiness, ability and drive to invest quality time building transformational relationship Interest in all national sports, volunteering experience, initiation skills desired A Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree This job offers excellent salary, performance based commissions and other standard benefits as per the policy of the company. As global company, we provide opportunity to work with customers in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and UK (Under the professional services team in the US). Mentorship program is Marlabs is one of the best in the industry and executive board members invest their time directly to train and mentor our team members, which is unique. Excellent growth opportunity and career advancement options are provided for dedicated employees. Company recognizes top performing employees every month and at end of each year. How to Apply?

Please apply online at www.marlabs.com / email your resumes to Hr @ Marlabs.com

Marlabs Graduate Jobs December 2013 from Hari Koman

Highest Paid Graduate Jobs - You Set Your Bar

2013-05-24T14:57:00.000-04:00

Curiosity has its own reason for existence. Sir Albert Einstein said this once! As young enthusiastic graduates, it is always on top of mind to uncover the mystery of salaries and earning potential. There is always a quest to know how and what past graduates are earning.

Raise the bar to your full potential

It is our learning from facts and reports that service industry, especially technology and professional services, lead the table along with traditional heavy industry like oil and gas. Here is a quick look at some of the highest paid jobs currently:

Company	Employee Title	Annual Salary	Business
SalesForce	Software Engineer	129k	Cloud Service
Hitachi Data Systems	Sales Support	134k	Technology
Cisco	Technical Leader	135k	Technology
EOG Resources	Engineer	138k	Oil Exploration
Devon Energy	Exploration and Production	155k	Oil Exploration
Hilcorp Energy Company	Engineer	159k	Energy
Arnold & Porter LLP	Associate	160k	Law Firm
Perkins Coie	Associate	165k	Law Firm
Alston & Bird	Associate	182k	Law Firm
Bingham McCutchen LLP	Associate	216k	Law Firm

The average is arrived for specific job (role) and not from total number of employees. As we have been saying continuously that we are in talent age - passing stone age, industrial age and information age. Wherever talent is and whoever has got talent, they will be on board and paid well. Above statistics is a proof to underline this once again. Say it with technology, engineering, law - they all own bright minds just like you.

Fortune magazine has published detailed reports on the above and also several other lists relevant for the Graduate students community. We hope you review these and take advantage in your job search.

As you remember the sacrifices and dedication of lot of brave men and women on memorial day, we hope that their stories inspire you to rededicate to offer the best out of you to your employers or business you are in.

Graduate Starting Salary and Internship Pay 2013

2013-05-22T12:44:00.001-04:00

Graduate Students starting job salaries and Internship pay continue to be steady and in some cases it has bettered in 2013 from 2012 levels - especially for Engineering jobs, as per latest reports available. It is strong indication that services industries are also doing better at this time like retail and other product industries.

Bachelor’s Degree: The average salary for bachelor’s degree interns indicated up just 0.3 percent to $16.26 per hour from $16.21 per hour last year. Among this group, engineering ($20.36), computer science ($18.96), and mathematics ($18.15) majors have the highest average hourly wages.

Master’s Degree: Surprisingly, the average salary for master’s degree interns plunged from $21.93 per hour last year to $21.90 per hour this year, demonstrating a decrease of 0.1 percent. NACE 2013 Survey reports the details. At $24.43 per hour, engineering majors earned the highest average salary among master’s degree interns, followed by physical sciences ($23.58), mathematics ($23.40), and business ($23.02) majors.

Average Starting Salary: The starting salary of Graduates in Engineering ranged from $41000 to $72000 for various locations and Universities, as per data provided by PayScale.

We will gather more detailed information in coming weeks and update. It will be relevant to look at the start salaries for 2013 June / July Graduates too.

3 Secrets of Successful Graduates

2013-05-20T13:00:00.000-04:00

As a recent graduate, this question, always gets prominent. Am I ready to work?

Learning in classroom, labs and such are easier than real life situations. Academic tests and examinations are easier to pass compared life examinations, where each day we have to go through. Relationship we build in school dorm is easier than doing so in corporate world.

You will be amazed to learn how valuable is your skill, competence and attitude.. The corporate world is looking forward to hire you, the competent you!

The 3 Secrets of Highly Successful Graduates from Reid Hoffman

Reid Hoffman has presented this awesome presentation for the benefit of recent graduates and advise how they can be successful. He is the founder of LinkedIn and an Investor.

Wishing all the 2013 Graduates great success and growth.

What would we do if we ran out of ideas?

2013-05-09T13:41:00.000-04:00

What would we do if we ran out of ideas? The world most certainly would have been a pretty drab place (assuming it did continue to exist in the first place)! Thankfully innovative ideas are very much alive and kicking. What’s more, many of them are backed by solid go to market plans in order to make them a reality. Bodes well for the economy for sure.

The NJTC Idea and Demo Day showcases many such ideas in their Idea and Demo Day, being hosted by Marlabs TODAY on May 9th, 2013, at their corporate headquarters in Piscataway, NJ. Here is what Raj Menon, Director — Industry Solutions, Marlabs, has to say about this exciting event!

Ideas can be vague things, but we want to help those ideas become a reality. Join us 3 pm TODAY at Marlabs in Piscataway, NJ. You can submit your idea for review and get feedback from a group of experts as well as audience members.

Companies selected to participate include:

Alternate Energy Source – Landing, NJ
ElizaNor Polymers – Princeton Junction, NJ
Genome Data Systems – Hamilton, NJ
InControl Ads – Morristown, NJ
Invention-Oasis – Princeton, NJ
MicroDysis, Inc. – Bordentown, NJ
PSS. Inc. – Fresh Meadows, NY
Staffquick – Cherry Hill, NJ
Starship Enterprises LLC – Boonton, NJ

A Warm Welcome to this Event!

NJTC Event at Marlabs - Technology Idea and Demo Day

2013-05-08T10:31:00.004-04:00

Marlabs will be hosting the NJTC event at the corporate office in tomorrow 9th May 2013. The event is named “Technology Idea and Demo Day”. Bright business ideas will be presented to panelists and best ones will be selected for the national level presentation later.

Marlabs HQ in Piscataway NJ

“You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.” - Pablo Picasso

Ideas can be vague things, but we want to help those ideas become a reality. Join us for NJTC’s third Technology Idea and Demo Day at Marlabs in Piscataway, NJ. You can submit your idea for review and get feedback from a group of experts as well as audience members.

Companies selected to participate include:

Alternate Energy Source - Landing, NJ
ElizaNor Polymers - Princeton Junction, NJ
Genome Data Systems - Hamilton, NJ
InControl Ads - Morristown, NJ
Invention-Oasis - Princeton, NJ
MicroDysis, Inc. - Bordentown, NJ
PSS. Inc. - Fresh Meadows, NY
Staffquick - Cherry Hill, NJ
Starship Enterprises LLC - Boonton, NJ

From 3 to 4 PM there will be WorkGroups in: Alternative Energy, Cyber Security and Health IT & Medical Research

Alternative Energy - to register for this session, click here

Cloud Enabled Disaster Recovery - - to register for this session, click here
Cyber Security - to register for this session, click here
Medical Research - to register for this session, click here

Networking Reception following the program

Prices

Members - $25.00
Non-Members - $50.00
Incubator Tenant Members - $10.00

Requests for refunds must be received in writing one week prior to an event. Paid registrations are transferrable to another qualified guest.

Directions:

Marlabs 1 Corporate Place South Piscataway, NJ 08854 From the Garden State Parkway
1. Take the Garden State Parkway (GSP) North or South to Route 440/287 North exit (Exit 129).
2. Proceed as in instructions C., “From Route 287 Northbound”, below.

From Route 287 Southbound
1. Take Route 287 South to Exit 7 (South Randolphville Road)
2. Bear right on the ramp onto South Randolphville Road
3. Turn left at the second light onto Centennial Avenue
4. Proceed to the second light and turn right onto Corporate Place South
5. Marlabs is the first building on the right.

From Route 287 Northbound
1. Take Route 287 North to Exit 6 (South Washington Avenue)
2. Follow the ramp to the third traffic light and bear right onto Centennial Avenue
3. Turn left at the next light onto Corporate Place South
4. Marlabs is the first building on the right

From the New Jersey Turnpike
1. Take the New Jersey Turnpike North or South to Exit 10
2. Bear left after the tollbooths
3. Follow signs to Route 287 North
4. Proceed as in instructions C., "From Route 287 Northbound," above.

From Route 1 Northbound or Southbound
1. Take Route 1 North/South to the Route 287 North entrance
2. Proceed as in instructions, C., "From Route 287 Northbound," above.
3. From Newark Airport
1. Follow signs for "I-78 to Turnpike and I-95" and go 0.9 miles.
2. Continue on I-78 and go 0.7 miles.
3. Exit I-78 via ramp to New Jersey Tpke/I-95.
4. Proceed as in instructions D., “From the New Jersey Turnpike”, above.

From Pennsylvania
1. Go East on US-22 into New Jersey.
2. Exit US-22 via ramp to I-78 and go 0.9 miles.
3. Continue on I-78 and go 26 miles.
4. Exit I-78 via ramp at sign reading "Exit 29 I-287 to Morristown / Somerville and US-202 / US-206 / I-80" and go 8.3 miles.
5. Proceed as in instructions B., “From Route 287 Southbound”, above.

Please visit web site of NJTC for more information and registration.

Best Employers to Work For - Our Pick

2013-05-03T12:43:00.002-04:00

Every Year, polling and survey are done among medium and large employers across different states in the US and India through their employees to choose the best 50 companies to work for, based on employee satisfaction.

Great Place to Work® "We ♥ Our Workplace" Video Contest Entry - Marlabs Software

Here is an interesting video or rather video series that would give you great insights on inside story and behind the scenes information. These companies invest lot of resources and money on employees to create a great talent force. Congratulations to all the winners!

NAFSA 2013 Annual Conference

2013-04-11T15:29:00.002-04:00

NAFSA: Association of International Educators is a non-profit professional organization for professionals in all areas of international education including education abroad advising and administration, international student advising, campus internationalization, admissions, outreach, overseas advising, and English as a Second Language (ESL) administration. As of 2010, it served approximately 10,000 educators worldwide, representing nearly 3,000 higher education institutions.

Annual Conference 2013 of NAFSA , the biggest in International Education, is scheduled in St.Louis, MO from May 26 to 31.

Marlabs is a leading Information Technology solutions company with Headquarters in Piscataway, NJ and offices / operations globally. Marlabs' unique Center of Excellence and Technology Competency centers in North America has been helping hundreds of Graduate Students in getting in to excellent job opportunities for the past 10 years. Marlabs attends over 25 career fairs every year at reputed engineering and management Graduate Schools across the US. Diversity is a top initiative in the organization and Marlabs hires good number of International Students in the US, currently from over 10 nationalities including those students of China, India, South Korea, Japan apart from Canada.

Meet representatives of Graduate Nation at Marlabs booth.

Agenda for NAFSA 2013 Annual Conference

Saturday, May 25
4:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.	Conference Registration

Sunday, May 26
7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.	Conference Registration
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.	Management Development Program (Day 1)
8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.	Preconference Workshops

Monday, May 27
7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.	Conference Registration
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.	Exhibitor Move-in
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.	Management Development Program (Day 2)
8:00 a.m-6:00 p.m.	Preconference Workshops
8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.	Career Center
10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.	NAFSA Bookstore
5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.	Special Event: Knowledge Community Networking Receptions

Tuesday, May 28
7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.	Conference Registration
7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.	Symposium on Leadership
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.	Management Development Program (Day 3)
8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.	Preconference Workshops
8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.	NAFSA Bookstore
8:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m.	International Education Expo: Opening Ceremony
8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.	Expo Hall Career Center
9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.	First-Timers Orientation and Get Networked in NAFSA Fair
9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.	Colloquium on Internationalizing Legal Education
11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.	International Enrollment Management Knowledge Community Update
1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.	U.S. Higher Education Partnership Fair
1:15 p.m.-2:00 p.m.	Knowledge Community for International Student and Scholar Services Update Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Knowledge Community Update
2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions
4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.	Opening Plenary Address: Kofi Annan
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.	Special Event:Opening Celebration NAFSA World's Fair

Wednesday, May 29
7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.	Conference Registration
8:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m.	Annual Business Meeting with Contintental Breakfast
8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.	Colloquium on Internationalizing Schools of Medicine and Public Health
8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.	NAFSA Bookstore
8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.	Poster Fairs: Enhancing Learning Before, During, and After Education Abroad Supporting Outreach and Engagement with Alumni Work, Internship, and Volunteer Abroad
8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.	Expo Hall Career Center
8:45 a.m.-9:30 a.m.	International Education Leadership Knowledge Community Update
8:45 a.m.-9:45 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions Member Interest Group Meetings
9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.	Colloquium on Internationalizing Teacher Education (Day 1)
10:15 a.m. -11:15 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions and Seminars
11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m.	Poster Fairs: Best Practices in International Enrollment Management Innovative and Sustainable Practices in Intensive English Programming Intercultural Initiatives for Campus and Community
11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.	Education Abroad Knowledge Community Update
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.	Exploring Global Citizenship Luncheon Historically Black Colleges and Universities Luncheon Preregistration fee and ticket required.
1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions Member Interest Group Meetings
2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.	Poster Fairs: Best Practices in Addressing Gender and Sexuality in International Education Internationalizing the Curriculum and Campus International Education Research
2:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions Member Interest Group Meetings
4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.	Plenary Address: Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, MD
4:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.	Campus Presidents' Day (Day 1)
5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.	Regional Update Meetings
6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.	Cultural Event: Evening at the City Museum

Thursday, May 30
7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.	Conference Registration
7:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.	Colloquium on Internationalizing Teacher Education(Day 2)
7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.	Colloquium on Internationalizing Business Education
8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions and Seminars Member Interest Group Meetings
8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.	Campus Presidents' Day (Day 2)
8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.	Expo Hall Career Center
8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.	NAFSA Bookstore
9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.	Colloquium on Internationalizing the STEM Fields
9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.	Poster Fairs: Country Fair: Updates on Country and Regional Higher Education Regulatory Issues and Visa Acquisition for Education Abroad and International Students
10:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.	Dedicated Expo Hall Time *No concurrent sessions scheduled at this time
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.	Community Colleges Luncheon Liberal Arts Institutions & Women's Colleges Luncheon
2:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions
2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.	Poster Fairs: Enrolling More Sponsored Students at Your Institution Funding Opportunities for Education Abroad Increasing Diversity Outreach and Support for Education Abroad International Education to What End? Peace & Justice and Global Citizenship Revisited Innovative Curriculum Design for Partnership Degree Programs Professional Development for International Educators
4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.	Plenary Address: Rye Barcott

Friday, May 31
7:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.	Conference Registration
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.	NAFSA Bookstore
8:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m.	Expo Hall
8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.	Career Center
8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.	Colloquium on Internationalization and Sustainability Preregistration fee and ticket required.
9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions
9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.	Technology Fair
10:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.	International Plenary Address & Networking Luncheon: Oscar Arias
1:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions
3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions
4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.	Special Event: Closing Celebration and Welcome to NAFSA 2014, San Diego, California

Graduate Schools International Students Enrollment 2013 Report

2013-04-11T14:55:00.001-04:00

The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) is reporting that the number of applications from prospective international students to U.S. graduate schools increased a mere 1% in 2013, following a 9% gain in 2012 and an 11% increase in 2011.

The initial snapshot of international graduate applications for fall 2013, released today, marks the smallest growth in applications over the past eight years. The slowdown in international applications was driven primarily by the decline in applications from China that was offset, in part, by an increase in applications from India. Chinese students constitute roughly one-third of all international graduate students in the United States, and their large numbers have helped to mitigate recent declines in first-time enrollment among all graduate students attending U.S.-based institutions.

The survey collects data on all international graduate applications, and detailed information on international applications from seven countries (China, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil) and three regions (the Middle East, Africa and Europe). China, India, South Korea, Taiwan and Canada are the top five countries of origin for international graduate students in the United States. Altogether, the seven countries and three regions highlighted in the CGS International Graduate Admissions Survey are home countries to about 86% of all international graduate students in the United States.

This reduced growth in overall international applications was primarily the result of the five percent decline in applications from China, the source country of 29% of international graduate students at U.S. institutions. Chinese applicant declines were offset by a 20% increase in applications from India, which accounts for 20% of all international graduate students at U.S. institutions. Applications from Brazil, having increased by 9% in 2012, grew markedly this year, by 24%. Applications in 2013 also increased from Africa (6%), which saw a 3% decline last year, and the Middle East (2%), whose increase follows a more substantial jump of 11% last year. Applications across the other countries and regions covered by this survey (i.e., South Korea, Taiwan, Canada, Mexico, and Europe) decreased between fall 2012 and fall 2013.

Just over half (52%) of institutions reported an increase in applications over last year with an average increase of 9% at these institutions, while 48% of responding institutions reported a decrease, averaging 7%.

“The overall slowed growth in international applications merits serious attention from policymakers as well as universities,” said CGS President Debra W. Stewart. “While the large increases in applications from India and Brazil are encouraging, the decrease in Chinese applicants needs attention. As a country, we simply can’t afford to maintain obstacles to international graduate study, especially as other countries are decreasing these barriers for highly qualified students.”

Application trends by field of study

Increases in applications were minimal (1% to 4%) in all broad fields, with the exception of education and the life sciences, which saw declines (3% and 7%, respectively). The three most popular fields of study—engineering, physical and earth sciences, and business—experienced increases in international applications of 2% to 3%. The arts and humanities and social sciences and psychology, fields in which few international students enroll, saw the largest increases in applications at 4%.

Application trends by institutional characteristics

CGS also analyzed changes in international applications by various institutional characteristics. On average, applications increased in public institutions (3%), but declined at private, not-for-profit institutions (-4%) in 2013. Additionally, applications from prospective international graduate students increased 18% on average at master’s-focused institutions in 2013, a sharp jump from the 5% decline that occurred in 2012, while international applications remained flat at doctoral institutions in 2013, following a 10% increase in 2012.

Application trends by region

Applications from international students increased minimally in all regions of the U.S., except for the Northeast. Increases were largest in the West (2%) and South (2%), while the Midwest increased only by 1%, and the Northeast declined by 1%.

Source: Council of Graduate Schools

Center of Excellence (CoE) and Graduate Student Innovation Center

2013-04-04T16:12:00.000-04:00

As you prepare to launch your career, it is very important and relevant to understand why CoE is of great advantage for you, Graduate Students.

In order to provide cutting-edge technology solutions, Marlabs has invested in setting up Centers of Excellence (CoEs) in major technology areas. The core group at the CoEs identifies and builds competency in emerging technology frameworks, improves processes and methodologies, and expands knowledge repositories to help us better address our clients’ requirements.

Offerings:

We have Centers of Excellence in the areas of:

Cloud Computing
Mobility
BI & Analytics
Microsoft
Oralce – Sun (Java)
IBM
Open Source
Testing
IT infrastructure Services

The objectives of our CoEs:

Build, train and maintain technical competency: Separate training sessions across various roles to function optimally on the latest and emerging technologies
Translate CoE learning to develop a framework for product development: Identify, develop and maintain key reusable architectural components efficiently across the organization
Build a Technology/Tool evaluation pool: Evaluate automation options/tools based on pre-defined criteria to determine their suitability
Showcase technical competencies: Publish White Papers, build prototypes of components and demonstrate technology benefits to customers
Rapid scale up for project requirements: Enable rapid ramping up of technology resources to meet requirements

Advantages:

Assimilate technical knowledge
Raise technical competency
Create reusable assets
Evaluate technologies and tools
Showcase technical competencies
Ramp up technology resources

Marlabs CoE – Global Locations:

Piscataway, NJ
Bethlehem , PA
Toronto, Canada
Mexico City, Mexico
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Bangalore, India
Mysore, India
Trivandrum, India
Pune, India
Kochi, India

The extensive knowledge assets of our CoE network along with the focus on research and innovation enables us to deliver cutting edge solutions that help clients stay ahead of competition. It works perfect for Graduate Students who launch their career. Center of Excellence holds key as campus hiring is driven by CoE.

A job seeker needs to be choosy to select an employer who has established hiring program for Graduate students and has Center of Excellence. One should ask the right questions and find out how the hiring pattern stabilized and career growth progressed on previous hires for last 10 years.

Marlabs CIO Talks about 2013 Tech Trends

2013-04-03T14:08:00.001-04:00

Technology trends in 2013 – Dataquest.

Mobile Applications for You

2013-04-02T16:05:00.003-04:00

Welcome to our Mobile Apps Showcase..

Toppingo

Toppingo offers users a new way to explore the web world, allowing them to track and access stories, videos, and images that match their preferred interests through live hubs.

Click here to view the app in iTunes

GreenCalc

GreenCalc helps you calculate carbon emissions for energy usage at home and for travel.

Click here to view the app in iTunes

G2G: Daily Drive Partner

Helps you remember dates and locations for all your appointments and destinations.
Location based alarms can be set to remind you when you are close to your desired destination.
Equipped with a special delivery feature enabling you to set the route map for multiple destinations. Click here to view the app in iTunes

Expect the Unexpected

2013-03-26T10:43:00.001-04:00

My previous boss always used to say “expect the unexpected ” about dynamic business world and how being a good leader in that. It was a natural way of life for him and I also slowly adapted myself to that style. It helped me great deal in navigating and addressing the surprises sported every day by people and situations.

Keep the life balance

Keeping expectation really low is another thing I learned to control upsets. Because, upset is the situation when result does not meet your expectation!

So… So the snow today middle of spring does not surprise me. Long winter this season has readied me to take on this with ease. Life and business are as usual.

There is always a sunshine after snow or rains.

Expect the unexpected! Keep the life balance.

Marlabs Campus at University of Texas Dallas Today

2013-03-20T14:18:00.000-04:00

Marlabs Campus Team of Mohan Chittoor and Georgy Jose are at University of Texas Dallas today attending the Spring Career Fair and Expo! UT Dallas has been one of our favorite schools from where we have hired top talents in last 10+ years!

Marlabs Campus Team Mohan and Georgy ready to meet UT Dallas talents

Large numbers of Graduate Students are visiting our booth to inquire about our success stories in campus hiring and how they can be part of this growing movement!!

We have excellent job opportunities for Graduate Students to start from this summer. Marlabs practice areas have widened and grown in the areas of:

Application Development and Maintenance
Cloud Computing
Mobile Computing
Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
Infrastructure Management
Cyber Security
Product Engineering
Digital Asset Management

Marlabs Center of Excellence (CoE)

Marlabs has been a pioneer in setting up Center of Excellence in Technologies for Graduate Students. We have successfully hired several hundreds of graduate students and made them IT Leaders.

Mohan presenting Marlabs Campus brochure to an enthusiastic UT Dallas Talent!

Offerings:

We have Centers of Excellence in the areas of:

Cloud Computing
Mobility
BI & Analytics
Microsoft
Java
Open Source
Testing
IT infrastructure Services

The objectives of our CoEs:

Build, train and maintain technical competency: Separate training sessions across various roles to function optimally on the latest and emerging technologies
Translate CoE learning to develop a framework for product development: Identify, develop and maintain key reusable architectural components efficiently across the organization
Build a Technology/Tool evaluation pool: Evaluate automation options/tools based on pre-defined criteria to determine their suitability
Showcase technical competencies: Publish White Papers, build prototypes of components and demonstrate technology benefits to customers
Rapid scale up for project requirements: Enable rapid ramping up of technology resources to meet requirements

Georgy in active conversation with a UT Dallas graduate!

Advantages:

Assimilate technical knowledge
Raise technical competency
Create reusable assets
Evaluate technologies and tools
Showcase technical competencies
Ramp up technology resources

Marlabs CoE Locations:

Piscataway, NJ
Bethlehem , PA

We would like to thank the Professors, Career Services and Students of University of Texas Dallas for their continued support and confidence show in Marlabs. As like every year, we are here in front of you with over 45 job opportunities to offer you starting from summer 2013!

We are ready to Rock!! Come on board and be part of this successful movement!!

Marlabs Campus at SUNY New Paltz Career Fair today

2013-03-19T17:57:00.000-04:00

Marlabs Campus Team of Sunil Nachappa and Lu Yang are at State University of New York New Paltz today attending the career fair. It has been reported that our team has been keeping very busy meeting and discussing Marlabs career opportunities with great number of enthusiastic Graduate Students there!

Sunil ready to greet SUNY New Paltz Graduate Students!

Marlabs has been one of the top employers hiring graduate students for last several years. Our Center of Excellence Campuses located in Piscataway NJ and Bethlehem PA have been providing on-the-job training to the new hires since 2003. Our relationship with New York State Universities go long term and have hired great candidates from New Paltz, Buffalo, Albany and Binghamton in last 10 years.

We are hiring new graduates for our following practice areas at this time:

Cloud Computing
Mobile Computing
BI & Analytics
Microsoft
Java
IBM
Open Source
Frontend development using HTML5 Javascript and CSS3
Software Testing
IT infrastructure Services
Functional language programming center

Marlabs Piscataway NJ Campus

We facilitate and mentor graduate students to become future CIO s and IT Leaders. Marlabs’ rich experience spanning horizontal technologies and industry verticals help our employees excel in their career and contribute to overall growth.

Lu of Marlabs Campus team ready to meet SUNY New Paltz talents!

We would like to thank the Professors, Career Services and Students of SUNY New Paltz for their continuous support and confidence placed in Marlabs opportunities. Yes Paltz Hawks! We are ready to Rock!!!

Insights to New International Graduate Students

2013-03-18T15:25:00.000-04:00

Read the first post in our new blog: International Student Counsel!Avoid 3 Mistakes New International Students Make trib.al/MFH93V8
— U.S. News Education (@USNewsEducation) March 16, 2013

Graduate School Path Insights

2013-03-18T15:00:00.000-04:00

New Scholarship for International Graduate Students

2013-03-14T15:26:00.000-04:00

New scholarship program for International Graduate students newsobserver.com/2013/03/13/274…
— Hari Koman(@HariKoman) March 14, 2013

Marlabs Team Campus @ Wright Raiders today!

2013-03-14T14:21:00.000-04:00

Marlabs Campus Team of Mohan Chittoor and Georgy Jose are at Wright State University Dayton Ohio today attending the career fair. Large numbers of graduate students are meeting our team to explore exciting career opportunities with Marlabs!!

Marlabs Team Campus at Wright State University Dayton Ohio

Marlabs Team Campus Ready to meet Wright Raiders!

We are hiring new graduates for our following practice areas at this time:

Cloud Computing
Mobile Computing
BI & Analytics
Microsoft
Java
IBM
Open Source
Frontend development using HTML5 Javascript and CSS3
Software Testing
IT infrastructure Services

Georgy engaged in conversation with a Wright State University talent!

We would like to thank the Professors, Career Services and Students of Wright State University for their continuous support and confidence placed in Marlabs' opportunities. Yes Wright Raiders ! We are ready to Rock!!!

Wright State University Dayton Ohio Career Fair is Marlabs Campus’ next stop tomorrow

2013-03-13T15:33:00.000-04:00

Marlabs Campus Team of Mohan Chittoor and Geogy Jose will be attending the Graduate school engineering career fair tomorrow at Wright State University in Dayton Ohio. Here we come Raiders !! Dayton was named one of the best places in the United States for college graduates to find a job!!!

Marlabs Global Headquarters Piscataway NJ

As leading employer of Graduate students, Marlabs is currently looking to hire bright and enthusiastic Wright State University Students in company’s cutting edge practice areas such Mobile computing, Cloud computing, Big Data Analysis and Business Intelligence.

Marlabs owns two state-of-art Center of Excellence and Innovation Centers in the US. They are located in NJ and PA. Challenging and resourceful on-job technology training and access to our wide range of technology tools in horizontals are provided to our new employees. This is facilitated and driven by our technology experts who are part of our application development teams with years of rich experience in industry verticals and technology domains.

We look forward to meeting great students tomorrow. Raiders we are ready to rock!!

Welcome to to our video presentation of our Center of Excellence in Bethlehem PA!

Marlabs Center of Excellence in Technology and Innovation

2013-03-12T16:00:00.000-04:00

In order to provide cutting-edge technology solutions, Marlabs has invested in setting up Centers of Excellence (CoEs) in major technology areas. The core group at the CoEs identifies and builds competency in emerging technology frameworks, improves processes and methodologies, and expands knowledge repositories to help us better address our clients’ requirements.

Offerings:

Marlabs Center of Excellence completing a successful decade

We have Centers of Excellence in the areas of:

Cloud Computing
Mobility
BI & Analytics
Microsoft
Java
Open Source
Testing
IT infrastructure Services

The objectives of Marlabs CoEs:

Build, train and maintain technical competency: Separate training sessions across various roles to function optimally on the latest and emerging technologies
Translate CoE learning to develop a framework for product development: Identify, develop and maintain key reusable architectural components efficiently across the organization
Build a Technology/Tool evaluation pool: Evaluate automation options/tools based on pre-defined criteria to determine their suitability
Showcase technical competencies: Publish White Papers, build prototypes of components and demonstrate technology benefits to customers
Rapid scale up for project requirements: Enable rapid ramping up of technology resources to meet requirements

Advantages:

Assimilate technical knowledge
Raise technical competency
Create reusable assets
Evaluate technologies and tools
Showcase technical competencies
Ramp up technology resources