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RE: EDI career question...
Thank you to everyone who responded to this. We have gotten a lot of
great idea's and with any luck, Barb will be able to run down some leads
and maybe get lucky ! :-)
Thanks again for all the help !
Gary
At 10:47 AM 10/4/2002 -0700, It was written by David Frenkel that this
shall come to pass:
>Rich,
>You may already know this but the definition of a consultant is somebody
>with a briefcase more than 50 miles from home. This may need updating
>to 100 miles from home because of longer commutes.
>
>Regards,
>
>David Frenkel
>Business Development
>GEFEG USA
>Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools
>www.gefeg.com
>425-260-5030
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Legge Rich-WLRL04 [mailto:
>Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 10:34 AM
>To: David Frenkel;
>Subject: RE: [EDI-L] EDI career question...
>
>
>Good point, but I got my certification after I got my job at Motorola ~
>6
>years ago. Your point brings a question to my mind that I have never
>thought of before now. I wonder what % of PMPs are currently out of
>work.
>My guess is that the number is rather high because many of the PMPs have
>jobs that are little more than "glorified" consultants, i.e. travel a
>lot,
>frequently change projects and clients, etc... We have all learned
>that
>the first place many company's decide to cut during difficult economic
>times
>are consultants.
>
>I am not trying to knock consultants, whether or not they travel, I just
>know that I could not live that type of lifestyle at this point in my
>life.
>With four kids, I am looking for a little more stability... :-)
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Frenkel [mailto:
>Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 11:51 AM
>To:
>Subject: RE: [EDI-L] EDI career question...
>
>
>
>Rich,
>See you prove my point. You are a certified project manager (PMP?) and
>you are employed. :)
>
>Regards,
>
>David Frenkel
>Business Development
>GEFEG USA
>Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools
>www.gefeg.com
>425-260-5030
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Legge Rich-WLRL04 [mailto:
>Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 9:39 AM
>To:
>Subject: RE: [EDI-L] EDI career question...
>
>
>I am certified in Project Management and my advice is to take the
>mapping
>courses instead. Project Management is quickly becoming a buzz word
>these
>days. Like the words EDI or B2B, Proj. Mang. means different things to
>different people, particularly the Management crowd. Mapping courses
>are
>more direct and more concrete. Project Management is more nebulous.
>
>Any certifications are "door openers"; However, in my experience,
>technical
>skills are better crow-bars these days... :-) Your wife probably has
>the
>experience and common sense that are simply "certified" via Project
>Management... :-)
>
>Rich
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Frenkel [mailto:
>Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 11:29 AM
>To:
>Subject: RE: [EDI-L] EDI career question...
>
>
>Gary,
>Other than Fortune 50 companies that have large and dedicated EDI
>groups, most companies are looking for EDI people to wear many hats
>such as mapping. I would suggest your wife take some technical classes
>or project management which is in demand these days. Look at
>www.pmi.org.
>
>Regards,
>
>David Frenkel
>Business Development
>GEFEG USA
>Global Leader in Ecommerce Tools
>www.gefeg.com
>425-260-5030
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gary Jackson [mailto:
>Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 7:33 AM
>To:
>Subject: [EDI-L] EDI career question...
>
>Hi,
> I am asking this more for my wife then myself. It seems like most
>of
>the EDI positions I see on Monster and such places also want mapping
>experience. Are there many jobs out there for someone who knows EDI
>very
>well in terms of what the transactions should contain, how they apply to
>
>manufacturing, the nuances of X.12 and such, but who has no mapping
>experience ? Again, I am asking for my wife who was layed off August
>8th
>and is not having much luck trying to find a job as an Operations
>Analyst,
>but who has 8 years of EDI experience with trading partners such as John
>
>Deere, Case and Cat.
>
>Thanks....Gary
>
>
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