Gateway Construction Tech

Gateway Construction Tech 

Gateway Construction is a full-day, four-week training program that credentials graduates for immediate employment in entry-level construction jobs.  Skillpoint Alliance is the managing partner of Gateway Construction, which is taught by Austin Community College adjunct faculty and attended by participants registered as ACC students.  

In 2004, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Jobs for the Future recognized Gateway Construction as one of the Four Best Career Advancement Strategies in the nation.  Gateway also was featured in April 2010 on CNN’s Building Up America series as a model workforce development program.  (Watch Gateway Videos)

At the conclusion of each Gateway program, Skillpoint hosts a graduation ceremony for students and their families, friends, and supporters.  For many Gateway graduates, this is the first time they have worn a cap and gown and had the opportunity to celebrate an important achievement.  At a recent Gateway Construction graduation, one participant said, “Gateway Construction has given me the chance to re-invent myself.  This program… has given me back my self-esteem, my self-confidence, and something far more important than anything [else] and that’s hope.”

Gateway Construction Tech students are seeking an opportunity to make positive changes in their life, learn skills to overcome their barriers to finding gainful employment and become self-sufficient. Although historically the average Gateway Construction Tech student has been 18- 25 years old, male, minority, poor, and a former offender, the face of the Gateway student has changed significantly in the last couple of years.

Construction Tech applicants now create a very diverse student base: 17 – 60 years old; high school drop outs through college degree holders; unemployed, underemployed, never worked and displaced workers; all racial and ethnic backgrounds, including many immigrants. The diversity of our students is an asset in the classroom, offering students the opportunity to get to know and learn from people of backgrounds they might not otherwise have had the opportunity.

Even while serving this diverse, often challenging population, Gateway consistently yields strong results:

• Students complete the program at a high average rate of 86%
• 76% of those who complete find employment within 30 days
• 30% of Gateway graduates reoffend compared to 70% of non-Gateway graduates
• High school students at risk of dropping out of high school who complete Gateway return to complete their education at a significant rate of 71%

Students completing the Gateway Construction Tech program earn their National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) Certification in Core Craft Skills, OSHA-10 Safety Certification and Wallet Card and Red Cross First Aid & CPR certification by completing the curriculum that includes:

• Construction Math
• Blue Print Reading
• Introduction & safety of hand and power tools
• Introductory Green and Solar building 
• Completion of a hands on construction project
• Professional Development including resume development, job search techniques and basic employability skills

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Systems Analyst position - TX Secretary of State

Click below for details about applying:
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/about/jobs/index.shtml

Perform highly advanced (senior-level) computer systems analysis work.
Work involves planning, project management, and analyzing user
requirements, procedures, and problems to automate processing or to
improve existing systems. Work under minimal direction with
considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent
judgment.
(more at workintexas.com)

Gloria Martinez
Austin Ward WES
TX Secretary of State - Elections Division
Program Specialist I

Zebra Imaging is Hiring

Zebra Imaging is looking for a tech to help assemble and calibrate
holographic imaging machines.  Special skills related to holograms not
required;  they are looking for someone familiar with mechanical
assembly, soldering, wiring, etc.  The ability to operate an
oscilloscope, multimeter, etc. would be nice. A knowledge of Microsoft
office is also required.

Zebra is also looking for:

Electrical engineer

FPGA electrical engineer

Mechanical engineer

C++/C#/.Net software engineer

Quality Assurance tester

Please refer people interested to our web page:   www.zebraimaging.com,
but all job descriptions may not have been posted as of yet.

Thanks,

Brian Cox, PE
Systems Integration Engineer
Zebra Imaging
Email: bcox@zebraimaging.com
Cell: 512-296-8154

Opportunities

AT&T New College Graduate - Management Opportunity

This is a great opportunity for new college graduates!

http://att.jobs/student-program/rldp

New classes stat in June so you need to apply now.

- Recent college graduates begin a six-month, well-paid journey of
real-world education and self-discovery.

- Develop at an accelerated pace toward retail sales management
opportunities and future executive leadership opportunities throughout
AT&T.

Bazaarvoice Product Managers and Engineers 

If you are someone, or know someone, who would like to work here, please let matthew.calabresi@gmail.com know, and I will pass your name along to the recruiters.

Product Manager job description: https://careers-bazaarvoice.icims.com/jobs/1335/job

Engineer job description: https://careers-bazaarvoice.icims.com/jobs/1371/job

We are targeting to hire 23 Product Managers and 62 Engineers.

You don't need to be experienced in developing Web apps to work at Bazaarvoice - we are facing the same challenges that companies in other domains face. For example: How do we deal with the number of hits that, say, a Google would get on their site? How do we deal with the massive amounts of incoming data that, say, a securities trading company would see?

Don't limit yourself because you don't have the Web experience. If you're considering if BV is the right place to work for you, then, absolutely, unequivocally, yes, it is.

Please feel free to e-mail me with questions about the company or more details about the positions.

Good luck!

-Matthew

 

IBM's AIX Operating System Device Driver Developer

Search is here

https://ctg.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobsearch.ftl

Search for Requisition ID 11203023

Service Delivery Manager

My employer is seeking a Service Delivery Admin position.  Please forward qualified resumes to me.  My contact information is below. 

Jay Van Sickle • Service Delivery Manager

6500 River Place Blvd. Building 2, Suite 301 • Austin, TX • 78730
office 512.226.7648 • mobile 512.785.2450 • fax 512.391.7701

jay_vansickle@eloyalty.com

Senior Caregiver

I need a senior caregiver to who speaks english and is preferably a CNA. If you are 

a CNA is this is a plus. You will need a valid drivers license and social security card and clean criminal background check. You will need to cook, do light house cleaning, lift her and help her to walk, offer companionship, drive to medical appointments, assist with medicine reminders, and in general assist with the normal activities of daily life. You will need to be capable transferring a 130 pound adult female. (She has a gate belt) Please apply only if you have experience. Contact me for an interview.

CAN YOU START TODAY?  I need to fill the position 24/7

I need someone immediately.  The pay is $10/HR.

Please Call Darren

Darren

Darren ALDEN Westenhaver
Essential Care Austin - Hill Country
w  512-215-4084
m  512-633-9195

 

Call Director -  French w/Canadian dialect

 

MagRabbit staffing is looking for Call Directors that are fluent in
French w/Canadian dialect (I'm not sure exactly what then mean by
Canadian dialect, but a fluent speaker should know).

**Must be bilingual in English and French w/Canadian dialect**
First line of contact for Dell customers on the phones. Takes basic
information and routes calls to correct source, needs basic technical
aptitude to be able to route calls correctly with little training,
previous call center experience nice, good communication skills both
oral and written, problem solving abilities as calls may be complex in
scope.
Accountabilities: Field inbound customer calls, Focuses on delivering
a positive customer experience according to Dell standards, interpret
customer's problem, collect basic information from customers, follow
protocols to route customers to correct agents; Experience: 6-18
months. **Must be bilingual in English and French w/Canadian dialect**
This will be a 1st shift position shifts that start at 7:00am, 8:00am
and 10:00am Mon - Fri. The candidate must be available for any shift

Pay is $14.00/hr

This position is temporary, however it is temp-to-hire, so the
possibility of being hired by Dell full time is pretty good.

You can email me at cbucheit@magrabbit.com or call me at 485-1070 if
you're interested.

 

Altera to open chip design center in Austin, creating several hundred jobs

By Kirk Ladendorf

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Altera Corp. said Thursday that it is setting up a semiconductor design center in Austin that it expects will employ "several hundred engineers" within the next few years.

The well-established Silicon Valley company makes customizable chips called programmable logic devices, which are used in communications equipment, industrial equipment, computer and storage equipment, broadcast equipment, medical equipment and other markets.

The expansion into Austin follows the company's decision to create a new family of customizable system chips that couple Altera's programmable logic technology with processing cores derived from basic low-power designs created by ARM Ltd.

"Austin is one of the centers of know-how in embedded processing," said Misha Burich, senior vice president for research and development. "We decided to come to the place where there is a lot of talent and know-how to tap into and to grow in.

"We didn't pick Austin lightly," he said. "We did a worldwide study, and Austin was ranked No. 1."

Altera expects to sign a lease soon on a space in Southwest Austin and begin recruiting senior management and building a design team.

Austin will be the company's first U.S. design center outside of Silicon Valley. It has others in Canada, the United Kingdom, China and Malaysia.

The company will join a growing group of firms in Austin that work with ARM, which also has a major design center here. Local companies in the ARM camp include Texas Instruments, Freescale Semiconductor and Samsung Electronics Co.

Altera, founded in 1983, is based in San Jose, Calif., and has a worldwide design team of more than 1,000 engineers.

It has more than 13,000 customers worldwide and had nearly $2 billion in revenue last year.

"This is a great project," said Dave Porter, senior vice president for economic development at the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce.

"It's a terrific win for us. It is another testament to our strength in semiconductor design," he said.

The company explored the possibility of applying for City of Austin incentives for the project, Porter said, but it decided that it wanted to set up in an area that was outside the city's desired development zone, roughly the area east of MoPac Boulevard (Loop 1). Locating in the zone is a condition for receiving city incentives.

Career Workshop

The next Austin area Career Workshop will be held on Saturday May 14th
at the Round Rock Stake Center (8140 Racine Trail, Austin, TX  78717)
from 9:00am -4:00pm. Lunch will be provided.  Please plan to attend if
you are unemployed, underemployed, or considering a career change.
The principles taught in this course have been shown to significantly
reduce the length of a job search.

You can register for the workshop by contacting Bryan Hunter at
bryankhunter@gmail.com or 512-656-8892.

Opportunities

General Labor / Duct Installer

The HVAC contractor for the new Stony Point Round Rock LDS chapel has
2 open positions.  They are based in Arizona, and will arrive around
May 2nd to begin the job.  They are looking for:

1)  A general laborer, no previous experience required, $10/hour.
They mentioned the possibility of someone that is trying to earn money
for their mission, but anyone that is physically able and a hard work
worker would qualify.

2) A duct installer.  Some previous HVAC / sheet metal experience is
desired, $15/hour.

Anyone who is interested should call 480-834-9251 ASAP and ask for
Jake Brinkerhoff.

Bazaar Voice

We have numerous open requisitions for all levels. Check out a full list and job descriptions at https://careers-bazaarvoice.icims.com/jobs/search?ss=1&searchKeyword=&searchLocation=12781-12827-Austin&searchCategory=&searchCompany=
If you are interested, please e-mail me (matthew.calabresi@gmail.com) with a cover letter and resume tailored to the jobs you are interested in, and I will forward them along to our recruiters.