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Agile Requirements and Planning Workshop with Anjali Leon – Jan 23-24

If you are looking for ways to adapt and transform your organization to plan more effectively in the increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world we find ourselves in, look no further. Organizational agility coach and instructor Anjali Leon is offering a 2-day hands-on, experiential, interactive and engaging workshop in Fort Lauderdale on January 23 and 24. Make big up-front requirements and rigid plans a thing of the past and build agility and resilience for your organization with value driven and adaptive planning.

This workshop is ideally suited for Product Managers, Product Owners, Project Managers, Functional Managers, Business / Functional / Systems Analysts, Agile Team Members or anyone else responsible for eliciting requirements and planning projects in an Agile or hybrid environment.

To learn more about the workshop and register click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/agile-requirements-and-planning-workshop-tickets-29188154556

For a limited time, Anjali is offering 20% off the registration price with promo code AGILITY2017_20. If you are a full-time student or person in transition and need a further break on the price, email Anjali directly at aleon@ppl-coach.com.

Attend the workshop and earn the following learning credits: 14 PDUs for PMI, 14 SEUs for Scrum Alliance

Best Wishes for 2017!

by SherlockTalent

As we step boldly into 2017, I’m reminded of what Edward R. Murrow once said “We are not descended from fearful men”.

I’m reminded also, that many of the candidates entering the workplace this year, have never lived in a world without the internet and have never known communication without social media.

And yet, I’m confronted regularly with workplace policies that seek to undermine the very way our Gen Z and millennials have come to know their ecosystem.

Millennials and Gen Z constitute about 30% of the world’s population and soon 25% of them will be in management roles.

At SherlockTalent we understand and welcome Gen Z and Millennial candidates and we undertake to find the right environment for growth. If you have questions, please contact Alex@SherlockTalent.com

Source: Gen Z and Millennials Global Work Preferences Revealed, by Kathy Van Pelt

$100K Top Job Pick: C# Software Developer – Palm Beach County, Florida

by SherlockTalent

Apply to this job

Our Palm Beach County client is seeking a software developer, responsible for software design, development, testing, and implementation. The position is full time and may include occasional travel within the US (less than 10%).

The ideal candidate will have deep experience working with Microsoft technologies and cloud services including Team Foundation Server (TFS), Visual Studio, C#, SQL Server, SQL Server Reporting Services, .NET, Azure, and the Dynamics family of business solutions (CRM/365 and GP).

The position will report directly to the IT Director, and will work as part of a small development team of both local and remote team members. The candidate will participate in a large legacy system conversion, and will have a hands on role in daily company operations.

Additional technologies and desired skills include:

Gathering information from end users and legacy systems.
Ability to quickly learn new third party SDKs and tools for integration with external data sources such as GPS location data, mapping, geocoding and direction services.
Development of both Dynamics GP and Dynamics CRM customizations through configuration, JavaScript, Plug-Ins, and integration with external data.
Microsoft Office document automation and document template libraries.
Knowledge of Business Intelligence concepts, and experience with Microsoft Power BI a plus.
Familiarity with the Microsoft development stack including Visual Studio, Team Foundation Services, Scrum/Agile, Office 365, and Azure.
Basic DevOps experience having familiarity with virtual machines, network design, SQL server installation and maintenance, server setup and networking best practices.
Knowledge of accounting practices, sales and receiving business processes
Professional understanding of object oriented programming concepts, design patterns, software development life cycle, refactoring, and code reusability

Tech Weekend in Miami – Jan 7-8

by SherlockTalent

Technology exists in every industry, and so many exciting, amazing things are being developed by brilliant people like those right here in South Florida. Join #MiamiTech at the Tech Weekend in Miami Expo on January 7-8, 2017 and get to interact first hand with some of the coolest new technology, see what it can do, see what you can do with it, and be inspired to invent, create, and innovate.

Startup companies and local accelerators and incubators will be available to offer information about their companies and help those who are entrepreneur minded to learn what to do to start their own business.

Additionally, a hackathon will be offered during the following weekend event(January 14-15, 2017), where teams will be building new technology and competing for amazing prizes. More details to follow soon.

MDCPS: Groundhog Job Shadow Day – Feb 2

by SherlockTalent

Job Shadowing is a nationwide effort where hundreds of thousands of work places welcome millions of student shadows through their doors. Job Shadowing is an academically motivating educational activity dedicated to giving kids an up-close look at the world of work.

For students…job shadowing:

Provides an answer to the question, “Why do I have to learn this?”
Demonstrates the importance of academies in reaching college and career goals.
Motivates students to learn by demonstrating a tangible application of classroom lessons.

For employers…job shadowing: