SharePoint Consultants

 Advance your career, develop new skills, and network with your peers. 

Join the BGG SharePoint Consultant Group today!!

Date: Wednesdays, starting March 5, 2014

Time: 8:00 pm Central, 9:00 Eastern

Location: Online Webinar

Dial-in Number: by invitation only

Cost: Requires the purchase of an Office 365 license for minimum of $5 per month.
Click the link below for a list of plan options:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/business/compare-office-365-for-business-plans-FX102918419.aspx

Seating is limited to applicants who pass the entrance criteria. Apply now. Send your resume to milt@blacksgonegeek.org. 

This is a hands-on apprentice program where you will get to learn and use SharePoint Online to create a SharePoint TeamSite and build an externally facing public website.

Time Commitment: 5-10 hours a week.

Guiding Principle: We want to learn and teach others how to fully utilize Microsoft Office 365 and SharePoint Online to grow their career “net worth” as SharePoint consultants. Here’s the catch, you have to learn these skill sets as an intern first.

Click the link below for more information:
http://www.blacksgonegeek.org/Pages/SharePointConsultants.aspx

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2014 Blacks Gone Geek IT Job Outlook Survey Results

 

When it comes to overall job prospects for IT professionals, 2014 will look a lot like last year, with 32% of companies expecting to increase head count in their IT shops, compared with 33% in 2013, according to Computerworld's annual Forecast survey. 

That's what Computerworld says, but it’s your opinion that matters. Do you believe the job market is getting better? Every year we conduct a Blacks Gone Geek Readers Poll because we want to know what's happening in the "real world"! Here are the results for the 2014 survey.

Survey Results Observations

1.    88% think the job market is the same or improving and 12% think the job market is in lousy or pretty bad (up from 6% for 2013).

2.    Project Manager topped the list as the hottest job in 2014 followed by application development and cloud administrator.

3.    Careers in the cloud and mobile scored high in all categories 2 years in a row.

4.    Cyber security is the #1 career choice with greatest market demand 2 years in a row followed by big data and application development.

5.    Best Advice:

a. Update and maintain your skill sets (volunteer for challenging work assignments in new technology)

b. Keep current on new and emerging technologies

c. Become certified in your field of expertise

d. Network and understand how to brand yourself

For more information regarding this survey, please visit our website at: http://www.blacksgonegeek.org/Pages/2014ITJobOutlookBlacksGoneGeekReadersPoll.aspx

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What is the Wisdom of the Crowd?

 

The wisdom of the crowd refers to the process of taking into account the collective opinion of a group of individuals rather than a single expert to answer a question. Join the experiment. Join the discussion on Blacks Gone Geek (http://www.blacksgonegeek.org/Pages/JointheBlacksGoneGeekCommunity.aspx) to share your observations and recommendations.

We wish to thank all of the survey respondents for sharing their opinions and feedback. Please contact us for more information.

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Merry Christmas from Blacks Gone Geek

 

John 3:16

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁶ For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

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Announcing Blacks Gone Geek SharePoint 2013 Boot Camp

Advance your career, develop new skills, and network with your peers.

Join the BGG SharePoint 2013 Boot Camp Today!!

Date: Wednesdays, starting November 6, 2013

Time: 8:00 pm Central, 9:00 Eastern

Cost: $100.00 for 10 sessions

Seating is limited to applicants who pass the entrance criteria. Apply now. Send your resume to JSWT_Admin@blacksgonegeek.org. 

Registration closes November 3, 2013

This is a hands-on apprentice program where you will use SharePoint 2013 to build an externally facing public website.

You need skills to get a job and you need a job to get skills. This boot camp will give you real world work experience to put on your resume.

For more information: http://www.blacksgonegeek.org/Pages/SharePointClass.aspx 

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Become an Office 365 Super User

Globally, Office 365, one of the fastest-growing businesses in Microsoft history, is now made available for consumers, businesses and educational institutions via the cloud in 40 counties and regions. Office 365 brings together Microsoft Office Professional Plus, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and Lync Online in an always-up-to-date cloud service. Office 365 makes it easier for millions of organizations to get and use Microsoft's award-winning business productivity solutions via the cloud. With Office 365, people can work together more easily from anywhere on virtually any device, while collaborating with others inside and outside their organization in a simple and highly secure way.

The Blacks Gone Geek Job Search Work Team (JSWT) uses Office 365 Enterprise E3 and SharePoint Online as a collaboration platform. Learn new “in demand” skills to put on your resume. 

Get Microsoft SharePoint 2013 and Office 365 training. Join the Blacks Gone Geek Job Search Work Team (JSWT). Registration closes this Saturday, 9/7/13. http://www.blacksgonegeek.org/Pages/JobSeekersForum.aspx

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Are you using the latest Microsoft Office 2013 technology?

 

That's why I like being a Microsoft partner. I get to use the latest technology. I just downloaded Microsoft Office 2013. We're using Office 365. We upgraded our website and SharePoint collections to SharePoint 2013. It's a different look and feel. You get new features. When you're looking for a job, it's nice to be able to say you're using the latest technology. People want to hire people who are into technology, folks with the latest software, folks with the latest phones. Birds of a feather flock together. 

Come join the Blacks Gone Geeks Job Search Work Team (JSWT) 

JSWT Members get Microsoft software licenses to Office 365 which includes:

• Office Professional Plus (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Access, Publisher, Outlook, Lync, InfoPath)
• SharePoint MySite Collection
• SkyDrive
• Cloud computing environment to learn the latest in SharePoint collaboration and website development tools. 

Become a super user and apply what you learn immediately.

Seating is limited to the first 10 applicants who pass the entrance criteria. Apply now. 

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Never give up on your dreams!

Join the Job Search Work Team today!!



Date: Tuesdays, starting September 17, 2013

Time: 8:00 pm Central, 9:00 Eastern

Dial-in Number: by invitation only 

Cost: $159.00

Positions fill quickly. Seating is limited to the first 10 applicants who pass the entrance criteria. Apply now. Send your resume to JSWT_Admin@blacksgonegeek.org.

Registration closes September 7, 2013

LOOKING FOR A JOB IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE JOB MARKETIf you have been looking for a job over 30 days with no results it may be time to do something different! Effective networking is the key to finding and keeping work in this highly competitive job market. Everybody needs help! Join the Job Search Work Team (JSWT) to learn how to conduct a highly effective job search.

Read more...

     http://www.blacksgonegeek.org/Pages/JobSeekersForum.aspx

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