IMECE 2015 to Feature Three Conference-Wide Plenary Sessions

IMECE 2015 to Feature Three Conference-Wide Plenary Sessions IMECE 2015 to Feature Three Conference-Wide Plenary Sessions IMECE 2015 to Feature Three Conference-Wide Plenary Sessions Subhendu Ghosh The ASME 2015 grenzberschreitend Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) this November will encompass a variety of special events, including three Conference-Wide Plenary Sessions that are sure to be of interest to all IMECE attendees. This years IMECE will take place from Nov. 13 to 19 at the Hilton Americas Hotel and the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. The first Conference-Wide Plenary, to be presented on Tuesday, Nov. 17 from 830 a.m. to 1000 a.m., will feature Subhendu Ghosh, executive vice president of global engineering and design for TATA Technologies Ltd. Ghosh has more than 30 years of experience in the automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and engineering service delivery industry. He joined TATA Motors Ltd. (then TELCO) as a graduate engineer trainee in 1981. Sixteen years later, he moved to TATA Technologies Ltd., where he has been involved in delivering engineering and design services to customers worldwide and has helped develop the companys innovative Global Engagement Model (GEM) delivery methodology. Hai Wang The following day, Hai Wang, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford University, will present the second plenary session. Dr. Wangs research interests are in renewable energy conversion, catalysis and combustion. His current research focuses on theories and applications of nanoparticles and nanostructures for rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors, combustion simulations, and nanocatalysis. Wang is the author and coauthor of numerous papers for such publications as Combustion and Flame, Physical Review Letters, and Science magazine, and is the co-editor of Combustion Generated Fine Carbonaceous Particles. He is currently a member of the Frontiers in Energy and Proceedings of the Combustion Institute editorial boards and a former member of the editorial board for the International Journal of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion and Flame. Wangs presentation will take place from 830 a.m. to 1000 a.m. John Elbon The third Congress-Wide Plenary, to be held Thursday, Nov. 19 from 1130 a.m. to 1230 p.m., will be presented by John Elbon, vice president and general manager for Boeing Space Exploration. Elbon oversees the strategic direction of Boeings civil space programs and the support of NASA programs, such as the International Space Station (ISS), Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program, and the Space Launch System. Elbon had previously served as vice president and program manager for Boeings Commercial Programs, where he managed the companys efforts on NASAs Commercial Crew Space Act. He has also served as Boeings vice president of systems integration for the U.S. Armys Future Combat Systems, and the Boeing program manager for such NASA programs as Con stellation, ISS, and the Checkout, Assembly and Payload Processing Services (CAPPS) contract at Kennedy Space Center. For more information on the Conference-Wide Plenary Sessions and the other activities taking place at ASMEs 2015 IMECE International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, visit www.asmeconferences.org/IMECE2015.

This Cover Letter Trick Can Double Your Interview Requests

This Cover Letter Trick Can Double Your einstellungsgesprch RequestsThis Cover Letter Trick Can Double Your Interview RequestsThis Cover Letter Trick Can Double Your Interview RequestsSometimes a compelling cover letter is all you need to double your interviews.As a volunteer job counselor for Jobindex.dk, the Danish equivalent to Monster, I try to help people who are finding it difficult to get into the Danish job market find work. Recently I worked with a client, lets call herbei Alicia, who had tried everything to find a job but was totenstill coming up empty.Alicia was not a native Dane and hardly spoke the language, so it certainly complicated matters further and limited the jobs she could apply for. Alicia had a profile that would be attractive to quite a few employers and she had received some interview requests however, after more than 100 job applications and she was starting to wear down.A cover letter made the differenceAlicia had quite a good resume that followed the Harv ard style with the following elements A short summary showcasing her main skills and experiences, which changed with every job to closely match the job ad albeit still within reason of what she could actually do for the company.A list of her relevant jobs describing responsibilities in a text string and achievements in bullets.A list of her education highlighting main courses, thesis and any honors she received.A skills and language section.The problem was her cover letter. Even though Alicia edited it so the experience and results would match the job ad, the cover still seemed quite generic. Alicia included a small section stating why she wanted to work for the specific company however, it was not linked to an overall theme and just appeared to be saying nice things about the company. In short, the cover letter was not getting it done.Cover letter tips Start with the painTo try and make a bigger impact on recruiters and hiring managers, we agreed to make a change to the cover lette r similar to what Liz Ryan would ask you to do in a pain letter.For each job application, we started out by describing the challenges (i.e. the pains) of the industry and of the company Alicia was applying for. We then added some company-specific challenges and how Alicia, as a finance professional, could help solve those pains. We then got specific and used 3-5 of the responsibilities from the job ad and linked them with Alicias past results at previous companies.We used statements like I will take charge of your annual reporting or I will drive your budget process and backed each statement up with how Alicia had done this at previous companies to give them credibility.This section made up the bulk of Alicias the cover letter, but it wouldnt have worked as well without the first part. This first part put Alicia in the hiring managers head by demonstrating an understanding and appreciation of his or her problems. We rounded off the cover letter with why Alicia wanted to work for the specific company, again linking it to the pains highlighted at the beginning.The final section simply asked for the interview. Instead of saying Im really looking forward to hearing from you, we said I would very much like to discuss this position further and can be reached at phone number.Immediate resultsUp until we changed Alicias cover letter she applied for 115 jobs, was invited for a respectable 10 interviews (8.7% response rate) and made it to three final interviews. Since we switched cover letter strategies, Alicia has applied for 29 jobs, been invited for six interviews (20.7% response rate) and made it to four final interview rounds. Its very important to note here that we didnt change a thing in her resume, so the results are truly due to a change in the cover letter.I am happy to say that Alicia received two job offers shortly after we tried this new approach and has now been happily working in her dream job for the past five monthsThere are certainly more methods to ge tting a job than job applications, and some would even argue that online job applications can be a waste of time. However, it really depends on the job market, your location and your specific job goals. Following these cover letter tips, leveraging your network, attending networking events and contacting hiring managers and recruiters will only make your job search more effective.Need help with your resume and cover letter? Our TopResume writers can helpRelated Articles

The History of the Borders Group

The History of the Borders GroupThe History of the Borders GroupThe Borders Group, Inc. was a publicly held bookstore chain that closed its doors in September 2011. After Barnes Noble, it was the second largest bricks-and-mortar US bookstore chain, known for the innovation of creating the first superstore. The groupincluded Borders superstores, Waldenbooks, Borders Express and Borders airport stores.Where many booksellers - even other publicly-held bookstore chains - are closely identified with one owner, the Borders Group came together through corporate acquisitions. Brentanos, Walden and Borders The Borders Group owes its history to several separate chains - Borders, Waldenbooks and Brentanos. Brentanos was the longest-lived of the three bookstore chains that eventually made up the Borders Group. The original Brentanos store was founded in 1853 in New York City, by August Brentano, a newspaperman. The second oldest of the three, Waldenbooks, was founded by Lawrence Hoyt, a rental library entrepreneur. Hoyt opened the first Walden Book Store in 1962 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania he named the bookstore for Henry David Thoreaus Walden. Over the years they were in business, Brentanos and Waldenbooks expanded their establishments into multiple-bookstore chains. In 1984, Kmart purchased Waldenbooks Waldenbooks then purchased Brentanos.Brothers Tom and Louis Borders opened their first bookstore in Ann Arbor in 1971, while they were students at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor continues to be Borders Groups headquarters). The Borders brothers opened additional stores in Michigan, Atlanta, and Indianapolis, and developed a sophisticated system that enabled them to track bookstore sales and inventory. In addition to using it in their bookstores, they sold their Book Inventory Systems (BIS) to other booksellers, as well. In 1985, they opened their first superstore, a large-scale bookstore (with a coffee bar) that was to become the prototype of many that came afterward. In 1988, they hired Robert DiRomualdo, a Harvard MBA with retail experience, to help expand the business. Under his leadership, the Borders bookstore chain grew rapidly in the next four years. Kmart, then Borders IPO In 1992, with the bookstore business booming, Kmart purchased Borders and created the Borders-Walden Group. But book profits proved not to be as robust as anticipated and Kmart was having its retail troubles so, in 1995, they divested themselves of the chain of bookstores, spinning off the Borders Group with an initial public offering. The Borders Group expanded internationally beginning with a store in Singapore 1997, then opening mora than 40 stores in Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand and buying a 35-store chain called, appropriately, Books. Online Bookselling Threatens Borders Business Model As it became clear that online book retailing, begun by Amazon.com, was rapidly and dramatically changing the bookselling business, Borders created the ir online presence. But after their initial e-retail efforts resulted in short-term losses for investors, in what was in retrospecta short-sighted move, Borders scrapped its website. Due to less-than-expected profits overall, some of the booksellers private equity investors agitated about poor decisions and poor management and in 2001 DiRomualdo was replaced as CEO.