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Carrier Development Test Engineer - 1 year Contract (Hillsboro, OR)

2008-07-10T17:54:00.001-07:00

Interested? Please email your resume to Volt at: amiller@volt.com

In this position you will be testing WiMAX based devices against operator and service provider networks. Your daily responsibility is to execute lab and field test plans.

About Our Client:

This company is the world's largest manufacturer of computer chips founded in 1968. Their core competency is based not only in its chip design capability but in its world class manufacturing operation. The company is at the leading edge of advanced process technology and also has advanced research projects in all aspects of semiconductor manufacturing. Being one of the largest IT organizations in the world, they have succeeded in meeting the unique needs of IT customers while providing a means for effectively managing the costs of their services.

This is an estimated 1 year contract position through Volt Technical Resources, a member of the Volt family of companies and a publicly traded, nationally recognized leader in providing staffing and information services. VTR is an Equal Opportunity Employer operating under the strictest code of business ethics.

Requirements:

Required Skills for this Carrier Development Test Engineer position includes 5 - 10 years in the following:

* SW validation experience

* Field testing experience

* Wireless system testing experience

Bonus skills:

* Software and Windows network configuration experience

* Knowledge of cellular radio and backhaul networks

This position is urgent and you will be given immediate consideration
should your resume meet the job requirements.

Special Instructions to begin the process:

* Please email your resume to Volt at: amiller@volt.com

* Please use the entire job posting number in your subject line to ensure it gets routed to the correct Recruiter: 300280-7386-12-221735

* Please include on the subject line the website where you saw this posting.

For further information regarding this posting, please contact the Recruiter via E-mail ONLY, using the email address listed on this posting and again by placing the entire job number in the subject line.

Please rest assured that if your resume matches what is reflected in this job posting, you should get a phone call from a Volt Recruiter to discuss this position with you.

No Phone Calls Please for this position.

Thank you for your attention to these details!

The Recruiter for this position will now have your resume handy to discuss this position with you!

Volt has a talented and upbeat staffing team focused on the quality of your career.

Volt is a world leader in the staffing industry, boasting over 50 years experience. We work with many of the Fortune 500 and 1000 companies to provide workforce solutions. We offer our contractors competitive pay and benefits, as well as education programs and re-deployment assistance. We also offer many direct hire full-time positions.

To learn more about Volt Information Sciences, please visit: http://www.volt.com and to see more of our job postings, please visit: http://jobs.volt.com.

Volt is an Equal Opportunity Employer and
is dedicated to fostering diversity in the workplace.

Director, Product Development (T-Mobile - Bellevue, WA)

2008-04-29T18:20:00.001-07:00

T-Mobile is recruiting for a very 'cool' position called Director of Product Management for the Connected Life Team in Bellevue, WA.

The Connected Life Team includes “My Faves” (“connecting to the people who matter the most.”). Essentially, they're searching for a person who can leverage a variety of voice and data technology products to solve real customer problems and at the same time, supports the T-Mobile brand promise of enriching personal relationships. This individual must have a passion for social communications and community.

email resume to: tracey.gomora@t-mobile.com

GSM and UMTS Optimization Engineers (nationwide)

2008-04-05T08:05:00.001-07:00

On behalf of our global telecom client, we are searching for GSM and UMTS Optimization Engineers (post service) across the United States (location does not matter).

These engineers will serve directly with Tier 1 Carriers in contact and regular full-time positions.

For immediate attention and placement email resume and salary requirements to: dennis@worldlink-us.com.

We are moving fast as this requirement will be filled quickly, but there are multiple (yep, MULTIPLE) positions.

I'll be working on this all weekend, so don't hesitate to get in touch.

Head of Marketing Communications - Sony Ericsson, NC

2008-03-21T05:55:00.001-07:00

Sony Ericsson is on the cutting edge of one of the most dynamic areas in modern technology. Our devices are multiple award winning, “WOW” devices that make even grizzled hardware reviewers do a double take.

We are seeking an individual to join our incredible team of talented individuals to help us define the next generation in wireless and convergence devices. If you think you are up to the challenge and have the qualifications, drive and innovation required, read on.

Head of Marketing Communications

This Marketing Communications (Marcom) Manager will develop the marcom strategy for our North American Market ensuring a consistent, vibrant and unique approach to attain our goals for market share and brand. This will also be a key position in providing advisory services to the Head of Marketing.

The person in this role is part of the marketing team reporting to the Head of Marketing and works in close co-operation with our phone and Global Customer Unit resources, as well as the sales and customer service groups.

You will identify the market needs and translate them into the marcom strategy.

This is a unique industry and position. Our customers are typically large carriers such as AT&T but there is no denying that we are in a cutting edge consumer marketplace. Because of this our Head of Marcom will participate in account management to ensure identification and implementation of relevant marketing campaigns and strategies with our partners and internal sales and marketing people. We have national and global brand and marketing strategies and in some cases our customers have the same thing. We need to maximize our efforts with theirs and give the end customer a unique but consistent brand experience.

So…. to do that you'll have to develop, coordinate and implement media planning and campaign strategy by working with various media agencies.
You'll serve as the key contact for all regional and local media agencies and you'll need to stay abreast of international and local media developments.

To be successful you'll need a MINIMUM of 3-5 years successful marketing experience in a B2B2C or FMCG environment, proven experience making winning presentations at an executive level in a highly competitive environment, experience with mobile communications technologies and experience working with or at an advertising and/or media agency.

For more information on the details of this job and to apply, go to our web site, www.sonyericsson.com.

If you qualify we’ll be in touch to tell you much more, including a summary of our benefits, which we believe to be some of the best in any industry. FULLY paid family health, dental and vision care premiums, educational reimbursement, company contribution to your 401k whether you contribute or not, sick and kin care days, really too much to mention here.

Mobile / Handset Test Engineers - Herndon, VA

2008-01-25T21:57:00.000-08:00

Do you have 3 years of technical knowledge of wireless device (GSM/CDMA/UMTS) experience?

Can you speak fluent Chinese and English?

Are you comfortable working in a lab testing environment?

This is an awesome job and won't be available for long.

Email us at sandra@worldlink-us.com.

Our client is a large handset manufacturer who is growing within the Dallas market.

Sandra Horowitz
Worldlink Inc.

3 Questions for Software Engineers

2008-01-17T13:46:00.001-08:00

3 QUESTIONS:

1. Are you a guru in embedded development on mobile handsets?
2. Are you an A student in "C"?
3. Do you know what DM/DS is all about?

If you answered "yes" to all of these questions, I want to talk to you about joining my client, a leading telecom company in Richardson, TX. You'll get paid a good rate, and sure there are full benefits available on a contract (wow!) AND possibilities for direct hire but as an added bonus, they are a STABLE company with a catchy name…(contact me to find out).

THIS IS WHAT THE JOB ENTAILS:
Design and implement embedded client software for our handset products. Work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to successfully take the software through the entire development cycle (design, implementation, maintenance).

"OOH... THAT SOUNDS FUN!"

If you are interested in learning more or know a cousin or a friend or a colleague or even a vague acquaintance you never talk to except to get tickets to a sporting event... please contact me with your/their life story... okay- maybe just a resume- with job/salary history to lacy@worldlink-us.com.

IOT Engineer (WiMAX) - Reston, VA

2008-01-16T08:02:00.000-08:00

We are looking for a Systems Integration & Test Engineer to join our core WiMAX engineering team. With hands-on WiMAX experience, this person will be responsible for validating the 802.16e air interface between base stations and devices for a WiMAX system.

Qualifications and Experience required:

Wireless networks, architecture and protocols

IEEE 802.16e, WiMAX profiles

WiMAX network architecture and interface protocols

AAA: Radius/Diameter/PKM/EAP protocols

IP QoS, End-to-End QoS and traffic shaping, preferably in wireless networks

COPS as well as 3GPP/IETF QoS related protocols

Experience with security/encryption in IP networks

TEK/AES/X.509 digital certificates

IP mobility and Expertise in Mobile IP

SIP/RTP/RTCP/TCP/UDP/IP/IPv6/IPsec/L2TP/PPP

VoIP networks

ISP architectures including e-mail, LDAP, DHCP, DNS, etc

General Qualifications:

OFDM or CDMA background required

Physical Layer knowledge is desired

3GPP & 3GPP2 Understanding

Experience with protocol analyzers

Experience with RF test equipment such as channel emulators, spectrum analyzers, noise generators, etc. and packet generators.

BSEE or CE with 8 to 10 years experience is required

MSEE or CE with 5 years experience is preferred

Email resume to: Dennis@WorldLink-US.com (IOT Engineer in Subject Line)

Wireless Systems Engineer - Niesen Mobile (San Francisco)

2008-01-16T08:00:00.001-08:00

If you live in the Dallas area and have been in the wireless / telecom industry for a while, most likely you know one of the best wireless recruiters in this area, Tommy Houran.

Tommy recently took on a new role at Nielsen Mobile, and, as usual, he's looking for a few, great wireless engineers.

You can check out Nielsen Mobile's Career Page HERE. But here's one HOT JOB that's currently at the top of Tommy's list:

Wireless Systems Engineer
Nielsen Mobile
San Francisco, CA

The Wireless Systems Engineering (WSE) group is responsible for leading the ongoing technical design, development and support of Nielsen Mobile's core products that are deployed in Wireless networks to provide benchmarking information on the Mobile industry. The WSE team has regular interaction with customers (typically VP/CTO-level leaders and engineers in carrier network operations and engineering functions) and works cross-functionally with other Nielsen Mobile groups – Measurement Science, Development, Product Management, Operations Analysis, Field Operations and Account Management. The WSE team works closely with the Network & operations groups within all the major carriers to define and improve the key metrics used by the wireless industry to measure the performance of the carrier’s networks. This role will present the successful candidate an opportunity to define and develop products that will measure the overall performance of major carrier’s networks.

Responsibilities:

• Define and develop Key Performance Indicators to measure Quality of Service of wireless data services and end-to-end applications that run on top wireless data bearers.
• Design and develop post-processing engines that extract and transform raw low-level performance data into aggregate metrics; automate and parameterize the process for large scale processing in an efficient and timely manner; build-in QC check-points for end-to-end quality verification.
• Develop scripts in macro language and Java for testing applications on various handsets.
• Analyze various products that measure the performance of the data portion of the Wireless networks. The candidate will assist system testers to analyze, trouble-shoot, and investigate normal and abnormal use-cases for data services; trace anomalies to corresponding impact on key metrics.
• Perform vertical (Application Layer through Physical Layer) detailed drill-down analysis in both application layer protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP, WAP, SMS and MMS; as well as current and emerging radio access technologies, including GSM/GPRS/EDGE, CDMA/1xRTT, EV-DO, and UMTS/WCDMA.
• Provide testing and quality-assurance guidelines and hand-on lab assistance to junior engineers.
• Provide insights and advice to Product Managers for interaction with customers; participate in direct face-to-face with customers where necessary.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline is required.
• A graduate degree in the same is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of direct experience in software system development for wireless devices or wireless network equipment is required.
• Minimum of 2 years experience in participating in the complete software development cycle, including Java ( J2SE ) development and debugging
• Detailed in-depth understanding of wireless systems architecture, protocols, and standards is required. These include GSM, GPRS, EDGE, CDMA2000 suite (1xRTT, EV-DO), UMTS/WCDMA, and iDEN.
• Detailed knowledge of key wireless applications and services, including Voice, SMS, MMS, WAP/HTTP, is desired.
• Familiarity with testing several mobile device products (handsets, PC cards, industrial-grade modems) is desired;
• Strong technical ability, both oral and written communication skills, and ability to quickly learn new technologies are required
• Must be able to develop written reports, technical white papers, summaries, and other technical documents for customers or internal purpose as needed.

Network Lab Technician - Chicago, IL

2008-01-14T20:13:00.000-08:00

Here's a job from my recruiting buddy, Anthony Miller (Volt):

Job Title: Network Lab Technician

Location: Chicago, IL

Contact: Anthony Miller (amiller@volt.com)

About you:
You seek part time work as a Network Technician and enjoy building and maintaining servers and love working in a lab setting.

What we have available:
A 6-9 month contract position with Volt working onsite at the client in Chicago, IL.

What you will do:
Assemble, build and configure servers and test machines (desktops, laptops, peripherals, etc.), troubleshoot and serve as the primary contact for software and hardware questions.

What you need to have:
- Network and server administration in a lab/testing environment

- Provided advanced support to MS Server, Apple or Unix/Linux

- Wireless AP config and network setup

- R&D break / fix

- VOIP experience

About my company:
Volt Information Sciences, Inc, a Fortune 1000 company, was founded in 1950, and has current annual revenues of over $2.1 Billion. Volt is an internationally renowned leader in recruitment services and workforce design solutions. Sought out by industry leaders in Technical, IT and Engineering firms, Volt Technical Resources, the largest business segment of Volt’s staffing division, seeks to gain access to “the best of the best” in today’s workforce and meet our client needs.

How you can apply:
Please send in your resume to me at amiller@volt.com.

Wireless Application Architect (Alpharetta, GA)

2007-12-29T08:31:00.001-08:00

Company: Cox Communications
Location: Alpharetta, GA
Job Title: Wireless Applications Architect
Contact: Trevor Harding: trevor.harding@cox.com

SUMMARY OF POSITION:
The ideal candidate will be responsible for the architectural design of various applications as well as working with the development teams to ensure architectural consistency across a variety of projects that would enable the Cox Communications wireless product.
Applications would include: customer facing, system abstraction and back office.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
Design of J2EE, J2ME applications and relational database models for the wireless product.

- Oversee development standards and the software development lifecycle.
- Participate in standards bodies.
- Ability to design and articulate new directions relating to IT infrastructures in support of wireless initiatives.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Seven to ten years J2EE experience
- Seven to ten years J2ME experience
- Seven to ten years experience in data modeling
- Ability to define and articulate style standards
- Work independently with development teams on multiple inter-related projects
- Five to seven years experience working in Unix environments, preferably Solaris
- Must be able to demonstrate knowledge of GoF and J2EE Design Patterns
- Deep subject matter expertise with the entire software development lifecycle
- Deep exp with Jakarta products such as Ant, Log4j, STRUTS, taglibs, Xerces and Xalan
- Demonstrated UML modeling techniques
- Excellent communication and peoples skills required
- Masters degree or combination of undergraduate degree and equivalent work exp required

The Failed Job Interview

2007-12-26T16:17:00.001-08:00

Application Developer (Wireless) - Madison, WI

2007-12-15T10:21:00.001-08:00

A large wireless/telecom client in Madison, WI is searching for an Application Developer to join their development.

Face it...the wireless business is cool. And growing like crazy. And they need top developers to keeping pushing the envelope and developing applications that make the wireless junkies go wild.

Hard to resist, eh?

If you want to be part of this wireless craziness, and you've got a year or two of development experience, email me: smithtx@gmail.com (App Developer in subject line).

Look forward to talking,

Dennis Smith
Director, Talent Strategy
WorldLink, Inc.
Editor, WirelessJobs.com

*Here's the full techie lowdown on the skills:

Software Engineering: C, PL-SQL, SQL Plus, K Shell

eSkills: HTML/CSS, Java/JSP, J2EE, XML

Databases: Oracle

Senior RF / PA Device Design Engineer (Austin, TX)

2007-12-08T07:08:00.001-08:00

Job Title: Senior RF/PA Device Design Engineer
Location: Austin, TX
Compensation: Very competitive, based on experience, and full benefits
How to apply: email Dennis@WorldLink-US.com

Heavily funded company in Austin, Texas is set to bring it's breakthrough technology products to market in 2008, which will optimize costs for wireless OEM's by digitizing RF signals and amplifying them in the digital domain.

They are searching for a Senior RF / PA Device Design Engineer to lead growing team responsible for IC Circuit Design of high power and high frequency RF power devices (transistors).

Requirements:
MSEE + 10 years (or equivalent) RF / MMIC semiconductor circuit design
experience.

Proven experience in MMIC device design in LDMOS or GaAs.

Device power levels of at least 2 watts and operating frequencies of 900MHz
or higher.

Solid working knowledge of associated semiconductor process engineering.

Familiar with semiconductor device failure analysis techniques.

Knowledge of high frequency and high reliability semiconductor packaging.

Knowledge of applicable air interface standards - e.g. IS95 CDMA, W-CDMA.

Skilled in RF measurement techniques such as - IP3, 1dB compression, ACPR,
EVM, etc. and using RF development tools such as ADS.

Proven record of several completed RF device designs from implementation
through production.

Experience in engineering validation, testing, and debugging.

WinMobile Application Developer- Mountain View

2007-12-07T22:49:00.001-08:00

WinMobile Application Developer 
Location: Mountain View, Ca
Email Resume to:  dennis@worldlink-us.com
Subject line:  WinMobile App Dev

Venture-backed startup is out to change the world. Sure, lots of people make
that claim, but they mean it. Their mission is to fundamentally alter the way
people use their mobile devices. They will be moving to downtown Mountain
View with great access to public transport, food and lively fun.

Skills: Win Mobile(5 or 6), OOD, Visual Studio 2005, Visual C++

Job Description:
This is a terrific opportunity to participate in the development of an application
platform to deliver rich media web services to millions of mobile customers.

Job Responsibility:
1.Design and develop cross platform mobile application to support Windows
Mobile.

2.Collaborate with external teams to port the application layers to various
devices and other open mobile operating systems

3.Utilize and evangelize best of breed programming techniques including
design patterns, re-usable and modular development

Required Skills:
Demonstrated track record of developing, shipping and supporting
application/services on mobile devices

Demonstrated and consistent track record as a significant contributor through
the development career

Ability to quickly master new technologies and push the envelope for
performance and reliability

Defensive coding ability accompanies with strong analytical and problem
solving skills

In-depth debugging skills; ability to reach out and use team strengths to
solve problems

Good sense of humor and can-do spirit

Required Experience:
3-5 years experience in mobile application development in C++ on Windows
Mobile platform. Demonstrable use of object oriented development, application
frameworks, memory management, file I/O, network & socket programming,
concurrency and multi-threading. Experience with Industry standards and device
porting knowledge is very desirable.

Education:
BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant discipline and experience

Rich UI Engineer (Contract) - Dallas, TX

2007-11-19T12:27:00.001-08:00

Rich UI Engineer - Dallas, TX (Contract)

Self-driven person with good software architecture background in C/C++, COM, .NET, or JAVA-middleware and/or UI frameworks. The perfect candidate will have Browser framework experience (Mozilla for example)

Experience required:

Strong C/C++ background;

Microsoft COM (Component Object Model) and/or CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture);

XML (Extensible Markup Language)

ECMA (Java Script)

Record of architecting and/or leading middleware projects based on the technologies above;

Frosting on the cake:

XUL (XML User-interface Language)

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)

XBL (XML binding language)

RDF (Resource Description Framework)

JAVA

Embedded devices experience

Interested? Please forward your resume to Dennis@WorldLink-US.com

T-Mobile Jobs - the recruiter's chat

2007-09-29T08:27:00.000-07:00

T-mobile Jobs - the recruiters chat

Listen to the recruiters of T-Mobile’s Engineering/Operations team discuss their jobs and find out from them why T-Mobile is a great place to work. You’ll hear regional recruiters Dennis Smith, Jen Hinkle, Ryan Pothoven, Mattea Cirrincionne, Kristen Kunath & Sherri Howe. Some of the jobs discussed are RF Engineers, Field Technicians , Real Estate & Zoning Manager and Construction Manager. To apply visit tmobile.com/jobs

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Developer Jobs at dotMobi ... in Dublin, Ireland

2007-09-26T06:39:00.000-07:00

dotMobi's James Pearce recently posted about how his team is looking for engineers to join their development team in.....Dublin, Ireland.

Great opportunity to impact the development of the mobile web - pretty cool stuff that looks great on a resume.

So, if you are the resident Java, PHP, MySQL genius with serious web skill, you just might have a plane ticket to Dublin in your future.

Check out the dotMobi post for more details on how to get in touch with James....HERE.

Technical Recruiter Wanted - Frisco, TX

2007-09-25T20:25:00.001-07:00

WorldLink, Inc. is searching for a technical recruiter to join its team at the company HQ in Frisco, TX.

1-2 years of progressive technical recruiting experience required, as well as the ability to consistently provide first-class customer service to WorldLink's Fortune 500 customers.

Please forward your resume, along with one paragraph describing your most significant accomplishment of 2007, to: worldlinkrecruiting@gmail.com.

Ask the Bloggers (panel) via Cheezhead

2007-05-08T10:48:00.000-07:00

Cheezhead does a great job of condensing the "Ask the Bloggers" panel @ ERE in to a few soundbites. Well, I guess they a bit longer than soundbites.

Good stuff, thanks Joel.

If you are a glutton for blogging punishment, and you're attending the Kennedy Recruiting 2007 Conference in Las Vegas this week, then come check out this motley crew of bloggers.

I can promise you this, we'll at least be a little more predictable than a WWF Wrestling match..

Sr. MMS Engineer (Snoqualmie, WA) - $1,000 Referral Bonus!

2007-05-04T12:57:00.001-07:00

Not only is Jodi Lovegrove the T-Mobile Recruiter with the coolest last name, she's also the one responsible for the nationwide recruiting activity that supports our National Engineering Operations team.

Wow, it's hard to say all that in one small breath.

Anyway, Jodi just opened an H3 campaign for one of her positions:

Sr. MMS Engineer, Snoqualmie, WA

If you are interested in this position, or, know somebody who is, please access Jodi's campaign by following the link HERE.

Please note: all T-Mobile Employees will follow the standard process (Employee Referral Program) for referring candidates. And, yes, they'll still get their big chunk of change if we make the hire.

However, everybody else can use Jodi's H3 campaign to refer someone for the job.

Did I just hear somebody say,

"Hey, what's in it for me?"

Well, if you refer the candidate that gets the job, Jodi's got a $1,000 dollar bill with your picture on it. And Jodi loves to give away money

So, c'mon, let's make Lovegrove happy,

Click on the campaign and let's get crankin'!

Joe Pierce: Black Hole Dodger, Job Grabber

2007-05-04T08:56:00.001-07:00

On March 20th, I received an email from Joe Pierce (former wireless employer to remain anonymous ; ).

Joe had found me on LinkedIn and, as a result, got the address to my blog, WirelessJobs.com.

In his email, Joe said,

"I just started looking through the carriers website when I noticed what looks like a great fit/opportunity with T-mobile.

What do you think would be the best approach for getting an interview for this position? Is there a contact I could reach out to? I am hesitant to send a resume via the website because so many of them get "lost in the shuffle".

Any advise or recommendations would be greatly appreciative."

It's no surprise that Joe was hesitant to send his resume for fear of it being lost in the shuffle. Do the words "Black Hole" ring a bell?

So, what did he do? He sends me an email.

I left Joe a v-mail that same day and then got his contact info into the hands of Christopher Parker (T-Mobile Recruiter Extraordinaire). In Christopher's capable hands, the snowball picked up momentum, and 24 hours ago, Joe Pierce accepted an offer from T-Mobile.

Way to go Christopher! Nice job of recognizing talent and doing your very best to make sure that Joe's "candidate experience" was first-class!

By the way, I just hung up the phone with Joe. He's on cloud nine.

Guess what Joe...that makes two of us.

Welcome to T-Mobile,

Dennis

Make a Name for Yourself

2007-05-01T14:52:00.001-07:00

In the past year, this guy has done more to impact my professional career than anybody else on the planet.

Really.

And he just wrote his fourth book.

And you can buy it HERE, and HERE.

Or, you can download the complete book HERE, for free (just read through his post and you'll find the link that says, "right now."

That's the one you click.

Why should you read it?

Well, as Scott says,

"If you don't make a name for yourself, someone will make one for you."

Carnival of the Job Search ~ 4th edition

2007-04-13T11:54:00.000-07:00

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Welcome to the April 13, 2007 edition of carnival of the job search.

We're featuring six blogs this week; 3 newcomers and 3 old-timers!):

ISPF presents A Comprehensive List of Helpful Job Search Resources posted at Grad Money Matters.

Henry Bagdasarian presents Think Before You Accept that Overseas Job Offer posted at Free Identity Theft Prevention, Detection and Fraud Solutions.

Arun presents Charm your way to Success posted at Arun is bringing you...Your Daily Remedy, offering up tips to get you through job interviews!

Airhostess presents Airline Recruitment Spree posted at Airline Recruitments, touting careers in the sky.

ambition presents Is your 'online reputation' letting you down?? posted at recruit-ER.

And finally, Reynald presents Who Else Doesn't Want a Job? posted at JiveFood.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition ofcarnival of the job search using our carnival submission form.

Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

HOT JOBS: Director, Engineering - RF (Parsippany, NJ) T-Mobile

2007-04-12T13:00:00.000-07:00

Director, Engineering - RF

Manage a regional team that consists of the following core functions:

Automatic Frequency Planning (AFP), BSS Engineering, Capacity Planning, Data Engineering and TDOA.

The job duties include but are not limited to:

Frequency Planning, BSC/TCU/PCUSN dimensioning and forecasting, Radio Access Capacity planning, New technology rollouts, TDOA Administration including Network dimensioning, New deployments and KPI monitoring.

Director will play a key role in developing and managing regional markets network performance and KPI targets, serving as the subject matter experts to the local markets.

Requirements:
High level of competency in all aspects of Radio Network Design and optimization. Includes but not limited to: Antenna theory, GSM Call processing, RF propagation theory, Field based measurement systems and interpretation, understanding of GSM Radio based call statistics such as dropped calls, BER, and Handover.

The candidate must posses a strong financial understanding, be able to create and manage departmental budgets, prepare and adjudicate business cases, as well as manage large technical projects.

This candidate will have strong leadership skills, with the ability to conceive, communicate, and implement design and operation concepts that improve the performance of the network and the efficiency of the RF teams.

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, BSEE is preferred.

8+ years Cellular/PCS industry experience.

5+ years RF Management experience in heading a team of engineers and/or technicians.

Hands on experience with GSM technology strongly preferred.

Please send your resume to Dennis @ wirelessheadhunter@gmail.com.

The Father of Wireless (and Wireless Jobs)

2007-04-11T11:23:00.000-07:00

Martin Cooper. Just an average genius working for the man at Motorola .

But on April 3, 1973, Dr. Martin Cooper placed a call to rival Joel Engel, head of research at AT&T's Bell Labs, while walking the streets of New York City talking on the first Motorola DynaTAC prototype.

And so the levers of cell phone obsession began to turn.

10 years later, the Brick was born, and those who had the cash dropped almost $4,000 for the 10-inch, 28-ounce anchor created by Coop and his team of engineers at Moto.

The differences between Cooper's Brick and today's phone? Can you say, calendar, calculator, alarm clock, gps, video, web browser, and MP3 Player?

Dahl's article offers up a bit of history that I find seriously amusing:

Analysts in 1983 predicted that by 2000, there would be 900,000 wireless users in the United States.

Reality?

There were more than 100 million wireless users by the end of 2000, and 229 million at the end of last year. My family alone accounts for four of the 229 million (I'll be adding three more in the not-to-distant future).

Yes, my Blackberry is never far from reach. I exchange text messages with my team late at night and early in the morning (cut it out, Jen!) ; )

On the chance that I've misplaced it (along with my keys), I'm irritated 'til it's safely back in my front pocket.

I glance at my messages while driving to work (just kidding, Mr. State Farm Insurance Man!). I send my wife and children secret messages throughout the day. I am always connected.

Geez, thanks Mr. Cooper. No, really, thanks! We complain about being overly-connected, but if we're honest, most of us wouldn't have it any other way.

Don't get me wrong...I'm not saying it's healthy. But it's our reality (and I like it).

Reality also says that about one-fourth of all wireless calls have at least one problem (2006 study by J.D. Power and Associates). Whether it's dropped calls, disconnected calls, static, or interference, the problems exist. And if we're grumpy when we can't find our Blackberry, we're even grumpier when we drop a call.

Why?

Because we can't stand not being connected! Like I said, I'm not proud of this particular mental illness, but I'm not about to change. Even if that means I have to crawl on my roof line at midnight in the middle of a thunder storm, I'm going to make that phone call, by golly!

Even the Father of Wireless (Cooper) agrees with us. He's now 79 years old, owns six cell phones, carries three and pays the bills for 20. He was even talking on his cell phone for his interview with Dahl, explaining that he understands our obsession, our need, to have a signal:

"When you've got that phone, you feel connected, you feel part of a group,"

says Cooper.

"Who's the group? It's everyone in the world, on your cell phone."

Yep, Dr. Cooper still gets it.

Because the most important thing is being able to stay connected to the most important people in our lives.

Thanks Father ~~Cooper~~ Wireless.

Here's to 30 more years of wireless connectivity and the jobs that make it happen.

source: McClatchy Newspapers, Melissa Dahl