Wednesday, 31 July 2013

Staffing Franchise Business Opportunities in Connecticut Now Available with Brainhunter Companies LLC

Brainhunter Companies LLC announces new Franchise Business opportunities for professional services, staffing and recruitment services are now available in Connecticut.


Brainhunter Companies LLC is now enabling entrepreneurs to participate in a lucrative franchise and become an independent business owner / operator with the backing of powerful systems and infrastructure.

Brainhunter invites entrepreneurs who are interested in leveraging relationships and personal motivation to retain more earnings for the same amount of effort. The Brainhunter Franchise is available for a very low initial investment as compared to other franchise opportunities.

The Brainhunter Franchise offering enables individuals to provide professional services, staffing franchise and recruitment franchise services in US and Canada.

Approved Brainhunter Franchise owners / operators will have access to a state-of-the-art Applicant Tracking System used to support Fortune 500 enterprise clients. Approved Brainhunter Franchise owners will have access to a proprietary HRIS CRM with Sales Opportunity Management, Client Tracking, and contractor / applicant reporting functions. Approved Franchise owners will also be provided with a co-branded business Micro-Site web site that promotes the individual contact information as well as membership in the larger franchise network.

Approved Brainhunter Franchise owners will also have the backing of an established staffing, recruitment and payroll business. The backing includes automated systems for managing contractors and contingent employees, insurance, payroll, timesheet management, and other enterprise service offerings.

Individuals who previously could only offer permanent staffing services due to limitations caused by the prohibitive cost of an enterprise level ATS system, cost of a sales tracking software, or the inability to subsidize payroll and insurance required to provide consultant, contract, or contingent staffing services may now be eligible to create or expand business with the tools and backing of the Franchise.

To get your free brochure, a copy of the Franchise Disclosure Document, and detailed information on becoming a Brainhunter Franchise, please contact Contracts@Brainhunter.com, or call Zylog at 877-432-7246 and ask to speak with the Brainhunter Franchise Specialist.

About Brainhunter
Brainhunter Companies LLC is a network of independent franchise staffing professional agencies that provide quality talent acquisition and consistent talent management services. Brainhunter provides a comprehensive integrated combination of software technology and service to enrich and empower employers, job seekers, recruitment agencies, and communities.  Brainhunter Social Media empowers job seekers to manage profiles, search for jobs, access benefits and discounts, and select a recruiter for personal career path guidance. Certification Verification services enable members to validate certain IT Certifications in real time online and show the confirmed Certifications to potential employers.

For more information, visit www.Brainhunter.com

Tuesday, 30 July 2013

Validated CompTIA Certified Professionals for Hire on Brainhunter Social Media

Brainhunter is the first social media where Employers can find CompTIA certified professionals already pre-validated.


On Brainhunter Employers can rest assured that CompTIA certifications have already been validated directly by CompTIA, saving the lengthily verification procedure adopted by companies until now.  Members of Brainhunter (Zylog’s Social Media Career Site) can now validate their CompTIA certifications with a simple click and choose to show their certification badges to potential Employers.

Employers can now identify pre-validated certified employees quickly and efficiently on Brainhunter.com.  Employers can also view employment history, education, contracts, groups, career interests, and more. 

“Certification verification is critical to assuring services are performed by trained and skilled professionals,” said John Mehrmann, CEO of Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd. “Background checks on education, criminal records, and drug testing are recognized as common confirmations for many positions. How can a background check be complete without verifying technical certifications? CompTIA is making is easy to validate the professional skills required to perform the necessary tasks.”

Understanding the importance of education and certifications, Brainhunter.com offers its members access to a vast set of certifications and courses that help professionals to acquire the right set of skills and prepare them for a bright professional career.  Through Brainhunter.com, Employers can also offer their employees additional certifications and training manuals at a discounted rate.

“As the global IT industry association, CompTIA builds vendor-neutral certifications that measure foundational skills. They show employers [that employees] have the skills to do the job, regardless of the vendor of the hardware or software product. […] CompTIA certifications are built with the knowledge of experts and industry leaders from the public and private sectors, including training, academia and the government.”1

In its continuous strive to better serve the working community, Brainhunter has partnered with the best in the Education Industry to help Employers find the certified professionals they need.

About Brainhunter
Brainhunter Companies LLC is a network of independent franchise staffing professional agencies that provide quality talent acquisition and consistent talent management services. Brainhunter provides a comprehensive integrated combination of software technology and service to enrich and empower employers, job seekers, recruitment agencies, and communities.  Brainhunter Social Media empowers job seekers to manage profiles, search for jobs, access benefits and discounts, and select a recruiter for personal career path guidance. Certification Verification services enable members to validate certain IT Certifications in real time online and show the confirmed Certifications to potential employers.

For more information, visit www.Brainhunter.com and www.comptia.org.

1: Source: http://certification.comptia.org/getCertified.aspx

Staffing Franchise Business Opportunities in Colorado Now Available with Brainhunter Companies LLC


Brainhunter Companies LLC announces new Franchise Business opportunities for professional services, staffing and recruitment services are now available in Colorado.

Brainhunter Companies LLC is now enabling entrepreneurs to participate in a lucrative franchise and become an independent business owner / operator with the backing of powerful systems and infrastructure.

Brainhunter invites entrepreneurs who are interested in leveraging relationships and personal motivation to retain more earnings for the same amount of effort. The Brainhunter Franchise is available for a very low initial investment as compared to other franchise opportunities.

The Brainhunter Franchise offering enables individuals to provide professional services, staffing franchise and recruitment franchise services in US and Canada.

Approved Brainhunter Franchise owners / operators will have access to a state-of-the-art Applicant Tracking System used to support Fortune 500 enterprise clients. Approved Brainhunter Franchise owners will have access to a proprietary HRIS CRM with Sales Opportunity Management, Client Tracking, and contractor / applicant reporting functions. Approved Franchise owners will also be provided with a co-branded business Micro-Site web site that promotes the individual contact information as well as membership in the larger franchise network.

Approved Brainhunter Franchise owners will also have the backing of an established staffing, recruitment and payroll business. The backing includes automated systems for managing contractors and contingent employees, insurance, payroll, timesheet management, and other enterprise service offerings.

Individuals who previously could only offer permanent staffing services due to limitations caused by the prohibitive cost of an enterprise level ATS system, cost of a sales tracking software, or the inability to subsidize payroll and insurance required to provide consultant, contract, or contingent staffing services may now be eligible to create or expand business with the tools and backing of the Franchise.

To get your free brochure, a copy of the Franchise Disclosure Document, and detailed information on becoming a Brainhunter Franchise, please contact Contracts@Brainhunter.com, or call Zylog at 877-432-7246 and ask to speak with the Brainhunter Franchise Specialist.

About Brainhunter
Brainhunter Companies LLC is a network of independent franchise staffing professional agencies that provide quality talent acquisition and consistent talent management services. Brainhunter provides a comprehensive integrated combination of software technology and service to enrich and empower employers, job seekers, recruitment agencies, and communities.  Brainhunter Social Media empowers job seekers to manage profiles, search for jobs, access benefits and discounts, and select a recruiter for personal career path guidance. Certification Verification services enable members to validate certain IT Certifications in real time online and show the confirmed Certifications to potential employers.

For more information, visit www.Brainhunter.com

eCommerce Developer

Zylog delivers top jobs to top talent. We are currently seeking experienced professionals for exciting new opportunities and career advancement.
Zylog represents hundreds of client companies for both contract and permanent positions. New jobs are being filled every day and our experienced professional resource managers are waiting to help you screen the top jobs that match your skills and experience.
 
You don’t have time to search long lists of postings repeated on multiple web sites, so let our trained and experienced resource managers do the work for you. We review top jobs and will be the first to alert you when the right opportunity arises.

Job Description
Our client has a requirement for an eCommerce Developer for a permanent role. The position is located in Toronto, Ontario.
 
What makes this Special
Our client has a prestigious reputation and excellent work environment. This position offers an opportunity for personal learning and to contribute to important initiatives that make a difference. Our client is actively screening resumes and scheduling interviews to fill this position, so let one our professional resource managers represent you to the client, promote your skills, and help you prepare.
 
Summary
Working from downtown client’s office, you will report to the eCommerce Technology Lead and will assist in building, improving and maintaining a world-class, multi-channel eCommerce platform. This is a hands-on role in the eCommerce Development Team where you will develop software across the full-stack of a multi-channel platform from HTML, CSS & Javascript to server-side Java and application specific database tuning on Oracle.
 
Responsibilities
  • Java Development on the hybris eCommerce platform
  • Write server-side code for web-based applications, create robust high-volume production applications, and develop prototypes quickly.
  • Participate in code and architecture reviews.
  • Responsive front-end Development using Java script, CSS, HTML in a Spring framework
  • Translate wireframes, creative design, and functional requirements into functional xHTML/ CSS / Javascript
  • Develop JavaScript using standard frameworks (jQuery, Backbone.js, node.js etc.)
  • Construct design documents and documentation to aid in maintenance and code reuse.
  • Confirms program operation with testing; modifying program logic and performance tuning while guaranteeing quality assurance.
  • Closely work with the Quality Control and Technical Communication team members to ensure high quality deliverables
  • Provides input to status reports on the “health” of the application.
  • Provides support by ensuring stability of the application and addressing and resolving business issues in a timely manner.
 
Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar
  • 1-2 years of experience in software engineering.
  • 1+ years experience in object oriented design and development in Java.
  • Some experience developing with the Spring Framework would be preferred.
  • Some experience with an eCommerce platform (hybris, ATG, Websphere etc.) would be preferred.
  • Advanced skills using J2EE Frameworks and Libraries specifically such as Hibernate, JPA and JDO
  • Database development skills including SQL programming, solid understanding of relational database technologies, logical and physical data modeling. Preferably on an Oracle database.
  • Backend and Frontend/Web development experience with JSP, JavaScript, JSON, jQuery, HTML, CSS
  • Experience with web app servers, such as JBoss, Websphere, and Weblogic
  • Experience using standard development tools, such as Eclipse, Ant, Git
  • Experience developing SOAP and/or REST based web services
  • Strong understanding of XML and JSON and how to manipulate using document based and stream based API’s.
 
Keywords: Hybris, eCommerce, Websphere, Javascript, JBoss, Websphere, and Weblogic
 
How to Apply
Online:
To apply for this and other suitable exciting opportunities with Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd., you can register and apply online at www.ZylogCanada.com
 
 

Monday, 29 July 2013

Estimator

Zylog delivers top jobs to top talent. We are currently seeking experienced professionals for exciting new opportunities and career advancement. Zylog represents hundreds of client companies for both contract and permanent positions. New jobs are being filled every day and our experienced professional resource managers are waiting to help you screen the top jobs that match your skills and experience.
 
You don’t have time to search long lists of postings repeated on multiple web sites, so let our trained and experienced resource managers do the work for you. We review top jobs and will be the first to alert you when the right opportunity arises.

Job Description
Our client has a requirement for an Estimator for a permanent role. The position is located in Toronto, Ontario.
 
What makes this Special
Our client has a prestigious reputation and excellent work environment. This position offers an opportunity for personal learning and to contribute to important initiatives that make a difference. Our client is actively screening resumes and scheduling interviews to fill this position, so let one our professional resource managers represent you to the client, promote your skills, and help you prepare.
 
Role
The Estimator is responsible for preparing estimates, budgets while working with the project management team in preparing schedules. He or she will also participate in the development and marketing of our client’s services.
 
Responsibilities
  • Attend bid walks, gather and reviewing client plans, and specifications in order to prepare quotes
  • Prepare construction budgets by studying plans, scope of work, identifying and projecting costs for each project
  • Solicit, receive and review quotes from suppliers and subcontractors
  • Keep up-to-date with market trends, suppliers and industry changes to maintain a competitive advantage
  • Prepare tenders for submission
  • Resolve cost discrepancies by comparing and analyzing historical data
  • Prepare project cost reports
  • Liaise with the project management team to review budgets, scope of work, irregularities, and determine adjustments for future projects
  • Negotiate purchase orders and subcontracts following the award of bids
 
 Requirements
  • Undergraduate degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering or related field
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience providing estimates in the wireless (cellular) telecommunications industry
  • 3 years of experience in vendor or client management
  • Valid driver’s license with the ability to travel throughout the province when necessary
 
 Knowledge, skills and abilities
  • Knowledge of construction specifications, practices , costs and estimating techniques
  • Strong negotiations skills
  • Strong mathematical and computer skills
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office
  • Ability to read plans and specifications
  • Effective oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
  • Attention to detail with the ability to recognize and resolve discrepancies
  • Excellent time management skills with the ability to set priorities and meet objectives
 
 Keywords: Estimate, Civil engineering, Construction, Bids, Tenders, Wireless
 
How to Apply
Online:
To apply for this and other suitable exciting opportunities with Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd., you can register and apply online at www.ZylogCanada.com
 
 

Sr. Project Control Officer

Zylog delivers top jobs to top talent. We are currently seeking experienced professionals for exciting new opportunities and career advancement. Zylog represents hundreds of client companies for both contract and permanent positions. New jobs are being filled every day and our experienced professional resource managers are waiting to help you screen the top jobs that match your skills and experience.
You don’t have time to search long lists of postings repeated on multiple web sites, so let our trained and experienced resource managers do the work for you. We review top jobs and will be the first to alert you when the right opportunity arises.

About the Job
Our client has a requirement for a Senior Project Control Officer for a 6 Month Contract opportunity. The position is located in Toronto, ON.
 
What makes this Special
Our client is one of the largest Banks in North America. With exponential growth and millions of customers and clients who are served through our various businesses: Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking, Wealth Management, U.S. Personal and Commercial Banking, and Wholesale Banking. Being part of this company is being part of a better Canadian service.

Role
Our client is looking for a Senior Project Control Officer to work on a large enterprise wide project reporting to a Senior Project Manager.
 
Responsibilities
  • Prepare documents for various recurring meetings including minutes, issue logs etc
  • Schedule and organize meetings, including preparation and coordination by booking the facility, distributing agenda and required materials, arranging required equipment, etc., as required
  • Develop presentation documentation as required for project teams
  • Develop consolidated program status reports
  • Ensure project control procedures and policies within a program of related projects are executed.
  • Assist in maintaining project schedules
  • Develop and maintain issue logs
  • Maintain project repositories of documents.
  • Manage relationships and all activities with all required partners (business, Finance, program PMO, project teams, external partners) related to program one-time and on-going financials (prepare budget, forecasts and actuals).
  • Utilize project management software for development and distribution of comprehensive set of monthly, weekly and ad hoc project financial reporting to a variety of program stakeholders (including templates for use by other project members).
  • Work closely with Finance to provide necessary detailed financial data to support the forecasting and tracking of capitalization and amortization.
  • Manage all financial status meetings for the program
  • Provide support for invoice processing
  • Manage process for all required updates to internal financial management tracking tools (e.g. EPM, Carpe Diem)
  • Manage reporting and tracking for resource utilization.
  • Exercise discretion in managing correspondence and information, escalating issues where appropriate
  • Act as central point of communication for core team members, management, business partners and other stakeholders on program, organization and platform issues
  • May lead and complete work packages and/or smaller projects and provide administrative support to the project, including project documentation, tracking, reporting and maintaining project processes, organization charts and vacation schedules, and follow-up with relevant stakeholders if required
  • Support status report generation and keep other team members informed and up-to-date about the status/progress of projects, and all relevant or useful information related to day-to-day activities
  • Manage SharePoint & Intranet structure and content
  • Support the change management process by helping to identify and assess change requests, escalating when necessary to ensure scope management
  • Support a portfolio of projects by helping monitor project scope, milestones, dependencies, costs and benefits through the entire lifecycle and coordinate forecast and resource monitoring with the Portfolio Manager or Senior Portfolio Manager, Application Owner(s), and the Application Manager(s)
  • Coordinate activities to enable Technology Project Manager to complete vendor and contractor resource management, work packages, plans, and schedules
  • Support the communication and uptake of risk and issue mitigation and escalation strategies with projects
  • Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance productivity, effectiveness and operational efficiency of the LOB/portfolio processes
  • Support Knowledge Management processes for LOB/portfolio; Coordinate and facilitate the training and communication of key knowledge assets with required SMEs
  • Support Capacity Forecasting activities
  • Assist the Portfolio Manager or Senior Portfolio Manager in identifying candidate projects for capacity forecasting process participation
  • Communicate monthly capacity forecasting process submission deadlines
  • Assist in monitoring capacity forecasting process compliance among Technology Project Managers
 
Requirements or Qualifications
  • 6+ years experience working within a large organization with large project initiatives
  • 6+ years project management experience
  • Solid PowerPoint and MS Project experience and SharePoint experience
  • Ability to work in a fast paced environment, takes initiative and multitasking
  • Solid communication skills
  • Financial/banking experience
  • Budget management and forecasting
  • Carpe Diem is an asset
 
How to Apply
Online:
To apply for this and other suitable exciting opportunities with Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd., you can register and apply online at www.ZylogCanada.com
 
 

Business Analyst - Manhattan WMS

Zylog delivers top jobs to top talent. We are currently seeking experienced professionals for exciting new opportunities and career advancement. Zylog represents hundreds of client companies for both contract and permanent positions. New jobs are being filled every day and our experienced professional resource managers are waiting to help you screen the top jobs that match your skills and experience.
 
You don’t have time to search long lists of postings repeated on multiple web sites, so let our trained and experienced resource managers do the work for you. We review top jobs and will be the first to alert you when the right opportunity arises.
 
Job Description
Our client has a requirement for a Business Analyst - Manhattan WMS for a 6 month contract opportunity. The position is located in North York.
 
What makes this Special
  • Our client is a prestigious nationwide Canadian Retail Company in search of experienced bilingual help desk agents to facilitate state-of-the-art retail technology implementation and support.
  • This is an opportunity to be part of an energetic and enthusiastic technical help desk team in a growing organization.
  • The client puts strong emphasis on investing in skills development and growth of all of their consultants. 
  • If you like to solve challenges and you enjoy delighting internal company associates with superior customer service, then this is the right environment for you.

Role
  • Reporting to the Business Services Director and working under the direction of Business Services Leadership, the Business Analyst is a proficient practitioner that has an in-depth knowledge of all areas of practice, is able to routinely produce high quality requirements in complex and exceptional situations without supervision and can effectively guide or supervise the work of others.
  • Intuitively assess the best course of action to take in a given situation and understand when and how to apply guidelines. 
  • Acting in a business consultancy role, identifying client's business and systemsp rocess strengths/ weaknesses and suggest areas of improvement. 
  • The BA will lead with the development of business cases and determining whether they are viable and warrant investment of company resources. 
  • As a member of a project team, the BA is responsible for collaboration and communication with internal customers and external vendors to analyze information needs and functional/non functional requirements in order to deliver the necessary project artifacts.

Requirements or Qualifications
  • BA Planning & Monitoring: Selects appropriate business analysis approach. Evaluates project complexity, assumptions, constraints and dependencies. Identifies all stake holders and determines their influence and relationship needs. Develops a work plan to manage own and team’s activities, tasks, deliverables and schedules. Develops effective communication plan to meet project and stakeholder needs. Plans requirements approval and change. Identifies and communicates risks and issues that may require changes to plans or scope.
  • Elicitation: Ensures appropriate stakeholders are involved in elicitation activities, Obtains needed information from stakeholders to form requirements, Captures information provided in elicitation sessions. Validates requirements with stakeholder.
  • Requirements Management & Communication: Obtains the needed approvals on solution requirements, and manages changes to requirements. Manages conflicts and issues to resolution, Traces requirements from business case to implemented solution. Prepares requirements documentation and presents in understandable format, ensures stakeholders have a shared understanding of requirements. Assesses impacts of changes to requirements.
  • Requirements Analysis: Prioritizes requirements effectively based on factors including business value, cost to deliver, time constraints. Understands appropriate use of various analysis techniques. Develops models that describe a business domain. Ensures that requirements and models meet the needed quality to effectively guide further work. Ensures that all requirements support the delivery of business value, fulfills goals and objectives, and meets a stakeholder needs.
  • Solution Assessment and Validation: Assesses solution proposals and demonstrate which proposal will be most effective, Allocates stakeholder and solution requirements among solution components to maximize business value. Assesses the organizational readiness for the new solution. Defines capabilities and requirements to support transition to new solutions Validates that the solution meets the business need, Measures and evaluates solutions for value and opportunities.
  • Participate in project assessments and the creation of the corresponding business cases
  • Develop and maintain business process documentation and understand interdependencies of the clients systems
  • Maintains domain Application-System knowledge and keeps abreast of new technology developments in key areas of responsibilities
  • Identify areas for process improvement opportunities and facilitate implementation, including quality assurance for deliverables and change management guidance
  • Be an integral part of the project team that delivers IT projects on time, within budget and scope
  • Communicate and apply standards based on the clients project methodology
  • Facilitate cross-functional meetings/presentations with various levels of management
  • Maintain ongoing, proactive relationships with internal and external teams (Vendors, Business and IT Stakeholders).
  • Work on multiple initiatives simultaneously
 
Qualified Candidates will have
  • Bachelors Degree in a business or technical discipline
  • Minimum 7 years of prior Business Analyst experience, preferably within Retail.
  • MUST HAVE Manhattan WMOS (Warehouse Management Operating System) related experience
  • Distribution System, especially MHE (Machine Handling Equipment), related experience
  • Strong leadership, decision-making and problem solving ability
  • Detail oriented with strong organizational, facilitation and presentation skills
  • Knowledge of SDLC and project methodology
  • Experience in System/Application implementation and integration
  • Experience in business process re-engineering
 
 
Keywords: Manhattan WMOS, Retail
 
How to Apply
Online:
To apply for this and other suitable exciting opportunities with Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd., you can register and apply online at www.ZylogCanada.com