HOO-RA!!! Eastman partners with Army to train soldiers for future jobs

Representatives of the U.S. Army Recruiting Command and Eastman Chemical Company on July 12 signed a partnership agreement that will provide priority hiring status to qualified returning soldiers who are participating in the Partnership for Youth Success (PaYS) Program. “The U.S. Army is excited to add Eastman to its team of corporate partners in the Partnership for Youth Success Program,” said Lt. Col. Beth Porterfield, commander, U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Beckley, the district headquarters for recruiting operations in eastern Tennessee, southern West Virginia, central and western Virginia and eastern Kentucky. “We are very proud of our partnerships, like this, that enable our recruiters to offer applicants quality employment opportunities during and after their Army service.” Colonel Norvel L. Dillard, deputy commander, U.S. Army 1st Recruiting Brigade, Fort Meade, Md., was on hand to sign the agreement with Norris Sneed, senior vice president, human resources, communications and public affairs for Eastman during a ceremony at Eastman’s corporate headquarters in Kingsport, Tenn. As deputy commander, Col. Dillard is responsible for recruiting new soldiers from the northeastern United States, from eastern Tennessee to Maine. “At Eastman, our success depends on the quality men and women who work here,” said Sneed. “That’s why we are constantly searching for the best people we can find. We believe that partnering with the Army’s PaYS program will be an asset in helping us recruit the highly qualified employees we need in the years to come.” PaYS is a strategic partnership program between the Army and a cross-section of U.S. corporations and public sector agencies. Eastman is the first chemical manufacturer to join the PaYS program. PaYS was developed to help the Army attract, train and deploy talented young people who want to serve their country, but also want to help secure their future success once their Army service is complete. Under terms of the agreement between the Army and Eastman, enlistees interested in gaining specific job training and qualifications will receive that training while in the U.S. Army. As part of the enlistment process, recruits sign a statement of understanding of their intent to work for Eastman (or their choice of partner) upon completion of their term of service. As they near the end of their enlistments, the soldiers will have the opportunity to interview with Eastman for a specific job at a specific location. The process is intended to take a participant from citizen to soldier to veteran to career employee. The Army’s list of corporate partners is growing. Eastman will be the newest of 218 PaYS partners consisting of 142 corporations including 36 Fortune 500, five Fortune 1,000, and four Global 500 companies; and 76 public sector agencies. Partners include BellSouth, Caterpillar, HCA, EDS, Lockheed-Martin, Sears Logistics Services, State Farm Insurance, John Deere Company, Pepsi Bottling Group, Goodyear, DELL, and Southwest Airlines. Collectively, these 218 organizations have loaded more than 672,000 positions on the PaYS database for Regular Army soldiers and 174,000 positions for Army Reserve soldiers. The Regular Army program has more than 44,000 soldiers who have enlisted with the PaYS program as part of their enlistment incentives. The Army Reserve program has provided an additional enlistment incentive to over 6,800 Army Reserve soldiers. Eastman jobs are scheduled to be available in the Army’s PaYS database soon so that soldiers will be able to find a job skill of their choosing. For more information, interested applicants may visit their local recruiter or log on to www.armypays.com. “Each year thousands of young men and women develop valuable skills and gain experience in a broad spectrum of Army jobs,” Porterfield said. “By the time they complete their Army service they are motivated, have professional work habits and have high standards of conduct. This partnership is one way we can help ensure our soldiers continue to achieve success after leaving the Army, and that American industry gains the benefits by gaining these quality employees.”

Some “Purist” Dude Launches Job-Site; New Lipstick on Already Existing Pig…

Yep– You got it…
I’m anxious to see his revenue model…especially if he has hired over 100 programmers to date, and is hiring more…

I LOVE YOU,
WorkFarce

New Website Only Shows Users Jobs from Employer-Website Career Pages, Accepts No Advertising

An entrepreneur in Pasadena, California, is doing his best to change the way people throughout the world find jobs.

/24-7PressRelease/ – PASADENA, CA, July 19, 2007 – Hound.com founder A. Harrison Barnes should know how the job-search industry operates; he has spent millions of dollars advertising on sites like Monster and CareerBuilder for his various recruiting companies over the past several years and believes that the entire job-search market is about to change with new technology he has been developing over the past seven months.

Barnes believes a sea change is needed in the way most of the world finds jobs. Hound.com is a job search engine that only searches employer websites for jobs and then ranks these results according to users’ likely levels of interest. Barnes believes that virtually every other job board is composed of “spam” jobs and wants to eliminate spam from the job-search process.

“Most jobs out there are on employer websites,” said Barnes. “They are not on Monster, CareerBuilder, or other sites. Most employers do not advertise their jobs effectively. Moreover, most job boards are mainly composed for recruiter jobs, and recruiters are acting as conduits for employers. Hound allows job seekers to approach real employers and the people with the real jobs.”

Hound accepts no advertising and does no advertising. The site aims to be the “purest” job board in the world by putting the job seeker’s interests first.

“I do not want any advertising right now—we’re turning it away. Our site is neutral. The only thing I care about is the users and ensuring they get the most relevant search results. We’re not even requiring registration. Lots of lives are going to be changed by this search engine, and the only thing I want to do is stand back and let it do its job,” said Barnes.

There are no sponsored jobs or advertisers whatsoever on the site. Barnes is currently paying more than 100 programmers to work on Hound.com and said he is adding more and more programmers each week.

“There is simply no better way to find a position than using this site, and people are going to realize this,” said Barnes.

Contact:
Mary Waldron
Hound.com
626-243-1821
maryw@lawcrossing.com

About Hound.com:

Hound.com is a Juriscape company. Juriscape has been helping job seekers find employment for more than seven years. Juriscape was founded in January 2000 with the launch of its flagship legal-recruiting firm, BCG Attorney Search. Today, Juriscape has grown into an international, multimillion-dollar affiliation of more than 15 profitable companies and 500 enthusiastic employees.

WSJ Reports: SURPRISE!!! Former Monster.com CEO, Andy McKelvey is FUCT

Suit Claims Monster’s Ex-Chief
Had Backdating Role
By MARK MAREMONT, NATHAN KOPPEL and SIOBHAN HUGHES
July 20, 2007; Page A8

Monster Worldwide Inc.’s founder and former chief executive, Andrew McKelvey, was personally involved in the backdating of stock-option grants for company employees, according to an amended shareholder complaint that relies in part on what it says are internal documents provided by the company.

Meanwhile, the former chief executive of defense contractor Engineered Support Systems Inc. and his son were indicted on backdating-related criminal charges by a St. Louis grand jury. The action brings to 12 the number of people charged criminally in the wider options scandal.

The complaint against Monster, although representing only allegations, uses internal documents to tie Mr. McKelvey directly to the improper options-granting practices at the company, which is the parent of the popular Monster.com job-search Web site. Mr. McKelvey resigned in October, and soon after left as a director rather than be interviewed in an internal company probe of options.

Steven F. Reich, an attorney for Mr. McKelvey, said: “We will be moving to dismiss the complaint on the grounds that it continues to be legally insufficient.”

A Monster spokeswoman said the company doesn’t comment on ongoing litigation.

The company has said previously that former officials “intentionally” backdated options during a six-year period to make them more valuable to recipients but hasn’t named those it holds responsible. Monster’s former general counsel, Myron Olesnyckyj, pleaded guilty earlier this year to federal criminal charges connected with the backdating and was expected to cooperate against Mr. McKelvey.

The company’s options-granting practices are being investigated by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The amended complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan last week by law firm Labaton Sucharow & Rudoff LLP on behalf of an International Longshoremen’s Association union pension fund and the Middlesex County Retirement System in Massachusetts, was made public Tuesday. Among its new claims is that in January 1999, Monster acquired Morgan & Banks, a human-resources firm. In March 1999, the complaint alleges, an executive from the acquired firm sent an email to Mr. McKelvey asking for the employees of the new unit to be issued 600,000 options, but backdated to a February low point for Monster’s stock.

According to the complaint, Mr. McKelvey “did even better,” adding the 600,000 options to a large batch of options that previously had been granted to other Monster employees dated in early December 1998, when the stock had closed at a much lower price.

The complaint also alleges that in early 2001, Mr. McKelvey had pledged every share of Monster he owned as collateral for nearly $250 million in margin loans and other financing vehicles, to provide him with cash. The lawsuit quotes from a report commissioned by the company’s board around that time, which found that an investment bank had already sold some of Mr. McKelvey’s shares in conjunction with a margin call, and that Monster’s falling share price left him “dangerously close to additional margin calls.”

The complaint gives insight into the “enormous pressure” that Mr. McKelvey was under to keep the stock price up, said Christopher Keller, a partner at Labaton Sucharow & Rudoff. If Monster’s stock had continued to drop, Mr. McKelvey would have had to sell his stock to cover his loans, Mr. Keller said. What kept the stock up, he said, was the company’s ability to lure top talent by offering them generous options, without reporting the true expense of those options.

However, the complaint doesn’t appear to provide evidence that Mr. McKelvey was aware that Monster should have disclosed its backdating of options or that he knew the company should have recognized additional compensation cost for the practice.

Meanwhile, Michael Shanahan Sr., the 67-year old former CEO of Engineered Support Systems, and his son, Michael Shanahan Jr., 40, a former board member who sat on the company’s compensation committee, face multiple fraud charges. The elder Mr. Shanahan made about $7.8 million from the scheme, while the younger Mr. Shanahan made about $80,000, prosecutors said.

The charges come a week after the SEC brought related civil charges against the two men. St. Louis-based Engineered Support is the parent of companies that design and make military equipment and electronics. It was acquired by DRS Technologies Inc. in January 2006.

Art Margulis, an attorney for the elder Mr. Shanahan, said that the two men will voluntarily surrender to authorities today. “I’ve seen no evidence whatsoever of any intent to defraud on the part of the Shanahans,” he said. James Martin, an attorney for the younger Mr. Shanahan, said he intends to “vigorously defend against the lawsuit.”

Options can give holders the right to buy shares in the future at a price set now. Backdating inflates the value of those options by pretending they were granted at an earlier, more-beneficial time when the stock was lower.

Write to Mark Maremont at mark.maremont@wsj.com, Nathan Koppel at nathan.koppel@wsj.com and Siobhan Hughes at siobhan.hughes@dowjones.com

Its not for Jews…it’s Jew-ISH… (How is this not Discriminatory?)

With 50,000 plus jobs-boards  in the marketplace I suppose there is room for one more…right?

I LOVE YOU,

WrokFarce

 New York, NY ( BusinessPortal ) – July 19, 2007 — A new web-based job board service, http://www.NYJewishJobBoard.com , which seeks to connect employers and recruiters with New York’s highly qualified pool of Jewish job seekers was announced today by Trellis Associates, a New York-based staffing and consulting company. “It’s a unique service “that allows employers and recruiters to cost effectively tap into a highly skilled and qualified work force,” said Jeremy Grayson, Trellis Associates VP and coordinator of the web site. Unlike other job boards, every job posting on the www.NYJewishJobBoard.com, is highly optimized for search engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN and allows job postings to be shared and syndicated to sites such as Digg and Technorati. This gives the web site huge exposure that will allow every job to rank high within search engine results. Starting with a direct mail marketing campaign, banner ads on Jewish-themed web sites and word of mouth advertising, www.NYJewishJobBoard.com aims to become the leading job board for Jewish job seekers in the New York metropolitan area.

“The value proposition of this service is clear,” said Mr. Grayson. Instead of a per-ad fee which makes the posting of multiple ads cost-prohibitive for small and mid-size organizations, www.NYJewishJobBoard.com is subscription-based and allows for the posting of unlimited ads for a very low monthly fee. What this means is that employers, recruiters, staffing firms and temporary agencies can easily afford to post ads for all of their open positions. With job postings on boards such as Monster, Career Builder and HotJobs costing between $250-$400 per month for just one ad, a nominal fee for unlimited posting on NYJewishJobBoard.com is a very wise investment – especially since jobs posted on NYJewishJobBoard.com reach a targeted, high-potential audience. With the ability to subscribe via RSS and to easily print and email job listings, postings on spread virally between job seekers providing employers with additional referral candidates. Contact: Jeremy Grayson Vice President Trellis Associates 212-913-0888

On BMW Navigation, Blackberries, AirForce One and Dreams of Being a Novelist; Jason Goldberg Tells “ALL” to the FT

The following piece appearded in The Financial Times on July 11th, written (well kinda) by Joia Shillingford…however, my opinion is that these sort of things just seem to write themselves…

Beware reader, if you are like me, about mid-way through this article, you will kinda throw-up in your mouth a little bit…

I LOVE YOU,

WorkFarce

 Jason Goldberg, chief executive of Jobster, the online recruiting service, talks about his likes and dislikes….

What’s in your pocket?

A BlackBerry Curve on a T-Mobile contract. I started using a RIM BlackBerry in 1998 when I was at T-Mobile, so I’ve been a BlackBerry addict for 10 years now.

 

First crush?

Air Force One. I spent my 20s jetting around the US as part of former US president Bill Clinton’s campaign team. That was a high adrenaline experience.

True Love?

My digital espresso machine, which knows exactly how I like my coffee, and has transformed my mornings. My Tivo – TV hard disc recorder – has also improved my time off. I love being able to watch what I want when I want, and would find it hard to give it up.

Latest squeeze?

I recently got a Slingbox [remote TV viewer] as a present and I am just today setting it up. I travel a lot, so I’m excited to think I’ll be able to watch movies I’ve got on my Tivo, when I’m in my hotel room.

What makes you mad?

The personal navigation and entertainment system on the BMW 328 I leased recently. It is the most complex user interface I have ever come across. You use it to control the stereo or your iPod, find out driving directions and interact with your mobile. Too often technologists are in love with what’s technically possible but forget to make it approachable for the user.

Most embarrassing moment?

Ever since I founded Jobster in 2004, I’ve written a blog, sometimes updating it several times a day. So I carried on doing this when we were restructuring in September 2006. One day I blogged about what was on my iPod, only to face a media storm with comments like “Why is this guy going on about what’s on his iPod when he is laying off people”. I’ve carried on blogging but now I’m a bit more careful.

What would you most love to see?

I’d love to see a smarter internet search experience that takes into account not just the words you put in, but also the type of things you as an individual are hoping to find. For example, I like certain types of holiday, but when I do a travel search, I also get a lot of information about vacations that would never appeal to me.

If money was no object?

I’d like to spend a year in Bali writing a novel.
It would be a fiction thriller based on historical fact.

Favoured communication method?

If you really want to get something done where there is trust on both sides, voice communication is critical. So I try to meet everyone I’m doing business with in person. E-mail, in many ways, has made things more impersonal.

Worst mobile working experience?

When I flew to London on business and American Airlines lost my luggage with all my chargers in it. For a while I got by, borrowing people’s BlackBerry chargers for half an hour at a time. Then Dell told me it would be a week before they could get a replacement charger to me. I finally found one in a store, but the owner knew its worth and demanded £130; I had no option but to pay.

Website favourites?

When I worked for Clinton’s chief of staff, Erskine Bowles, he was always saying: “Great people know great people”, and this has become the company mantra. I’m a big fan of Facebook, the photo and software sharing site.

How wrong have you been?

We launched career networking for a third time a month ago. It wasn’t till this third attempt – a year after our first – that we got it right! We put stuff out there early and get feedback from users. So though I’m often wrong, I like to think I’m wrong on purpose.

Company to watch?

Facebook is the most interesting piece of technology on the net today. How it evolves in the next few years will have a huge impact on a generation. Also worth watching are companies that are working with rich media online. Everything from YouTube to Second Life to any service that takes the online experience and turns it into online interaction.

Leftfield technology

People watching internet content on their TVs is going to be big. Looking at YouTube or browsing websites on your TV is more interesting in some ways than video on your mobile.

Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2007

BOSSES…

*Ahem* 

 Working for a boss sucks. Think about it: you go through life being bossed around by your parents, then your teachers, and when you’re finally free to do what you want you have to spend eight-plus hours a day being told what to do in order to have the money you need to enjoy your freedom.

we will be taking a look at the different personality types that make up these bosses of ours. So, without any further ado, I present to you…

1.The Little Big Man

What they say: “If I was as tall as you I’d be running this company.” “I’m big where it counts.” “Are you guys talking about me?”

Response to calling in sick: “You know, I was sick once. You know what I did? I went rock climbing, but if you think lying around in bed all day is what you need then go right ahead. Just remember, other than six inches in height, that’s the difference between you and me.”

Tolerability Ranking: 2
It’s bad enough to be on a recreational softball team with this guy, but when he is in a position of power over you it’s unbearable. The only fun part of having this guy as a boss is that he’s an easy target for jokes around the water cooler with your co-workers. Unfortunately, that’s the only good thing.

2. The Pushover

What they say: “If you’re not too busy could you please finish those reports that were due last week? I mean, if you can.” “Not to be bossy or anything, but do you think you could maybe be back from lunch within two hours?” “I’m sorry.”

Response to calling in sick: “Well, I sure do hope that you feel better soon. We really could use you around here, but I understand.”

Tolerability Ranking: 8
Being that he’s such an easy boss to work for you’d assume he’d be a 10 on the tolerability ranking, but there’s something that doesn’t quite sit right. It’s too easy to work for him. There’s no challenge and thus no real sense of achievement when you pull one over on him. Still, the pushover is a helluva lot better than most of the bosses on this list, so he scores highly here.

3.The Iron Fist

What they say: “I want those reports on my desk in one hour or your ass is grass!” “What part of now don’t you understand?” “Are you retarded? No, seriously, are you?”

Response to calling in sick: “Sack it up and get in here. (click)”

Tolerability Ranking: 4
Working for this guy blows, but at least you know what to expect. If you’ve ever worked for Mrs. Menopause (see below) you know what I mean. Sure, it’s a rigid workday full of toil and suffering, but at the end of the day you feel strangely satisfied for having accomplished something during you time in the office. Of course, this doesn’t mean you look forward to going in to work the next day, but it does help you feel that you’ve at least earned the six bourbons you drink at night to forget about your day.

4.The Passive-Aggressive

What they say: “That’s fine, I understand, but I can’t lie to the district when they ask who’s fault this is.” “Thank you for your suggestion. That’s a great idea. In fact, why don’t I just resign and give you my job since you obviously know what’s best for this company. How about that?” “Fine, whatever.”

Response to calling in sick: “Of course, I’m sure that this is a real illness and you’re not just faking it. Although did you know I read that over 50 percent of Americans that call in sick are lying? Fascinating article. We’ll talk about it when you get better.”

Tolerability Ranking: 6
If you know their game it’s easy to play defense against them. Passive-aggressive people don’t respond well to direct confrontation, especially if it’s outwardly aggressive. However, if confrontation isn’t your thing you can expect eight hours of misery per day while working under this boss.

5. Mrs. Menopause

What they say: “Why is everyone so happy today!?” “You people don’t appreciate that you have jobs. You need to appreciate your job more.” “Sometimes you make me want to crash my car into this building, killing everyone in the process.”

Response to calling in sick: “You think I feel good today? I don’t care if you’re sick. We’re all sick, and none of us are getting better… ever.”

Tolerability Ranking: 3
She’s occasionally entertaining in her manic craziness, but more often than not you’re unable to laugh at it due to the fact that your everyday job requires you to take orders from a insane person.

6. The Heir

The Member of the Lucky Sperm Club

What they say: “If anyone needs me I’ll be on the golf course, but don’t call unless it’s important… and even then. In fact, don’t call. Figure it out. That’s what I pay you people for.” “Being a Winchester isn’t without its disadvantages. I mean, just last year I had to pay nearly 40 percent in taxes. And that’s even after I illegally wrote off my yacht.” “You are beneath me in every way.”

Response to calling in sick: “How dare you. I hope your illness consumes your body and you rot away like the worthless pile of nothing that you are. Good day.”

Tolerability Ranking: 0
You have zero tolerance because he has zero qualifications for his job. It’s one thing to work for a boss who is incompetent but got to where he is after years of hanging around long enough to get promoted. This piece of shit didn’t and hasn’t ever earned anything. Problem is, he thinks he has. Daddy bought him acceptance into an elite university and subsidized five years of alcoholism and drug abuse, then let him loose on you and your co-workers to justify his existence. Lucky you.

7. The Great Guy

What they say: “Great job today!” “That’s a fantastic idea! I’ll run that up the ladder and make sure that you get full credit!” “Bummer about blowing that deal. Let’s go to happy hour and help you forget about it. Drinks are on me.”

Response to calling in sick: “Hey, these things happen. Take your time and feel better. We don’t need you around here getting the rest of us sick. Maybe a day of Top Ramen and Judge Judy will be just what the doctor ordered.”

Tolerability Ranking: 10
You wish he was your dad. When you’re working for him, you forget all about the fact that your pay sucks, your job is meaningless and you’re going nowhere in life. You think he’s the greatest guy in the world. The only problem is, so does upper-management. He gets promoted and, much like a summer love, promises to keep in touch. You get stuck with a nightmare boss and the occasional K.I.T. calls become too painful to bear until you eventually lose contact altogether. Years later you hear he went on to do great things at a rival company. You’re happy for him, but can’t help but wonder if he ever regretted taking the promotion and leaving you behind. Thing is, you’ll never know, but at least you had the pleasure of having one great boss in your life, which you tell yourself is more than most people will ever know.

8. The Dick-Tater

What they say: “It’s my way or the highway, and around here the highway isn’t an option.” “I will crush anyone who stands in my way.” “Viva la revolution!”

Response to calling in sick: “If you do not wish to be replaced I suggest you come in anyway.”

Tolerability Ranking: 2
He is a horrible person and an even more horrible person to work for. He was born without the ability to sympathize and often brags about murdering dogs. Oddly enough, he absolutely loves cats. In fact, though you can’t be sure, you get the feeling it might be sexual. After all, he is a total creep and a maniac like him could probably be capable of almost anything, including that. Then you get creeped out and go back to thinking about your fantasy football draft, the only thing that keeps you going these days.

….So that’s that. As usual, let’s hear from you on the types of bosses that I may have missed.

Until Next Time…

I LOVE YOU,
WorkFarce

The Blue House and the Workforce Investment Act…says BRING IT BACK!

The House Begins Consideration of WIA Reauthorization during the 110th Congress

The House will begin consideration of Workforce Investment Act (WIA) reauthorization on June 28 when it is scheduled to hold the first of a series of hearings on the topic. Appearing before the House Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness Subcommittee hearing on June 28 are expected to be representatives of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and a number of as yet undisclosed witnesses. The hearing on June 28 is expected to focus on the success and shortcomings of WIA in serving workers and business. A second as yet unscheduled hearing for mid-July, is expected to provide administrators of WIA, including state and local government representatives the opportunity to testify. The House is hoping to be positioned to move WIA reauthorization legislation sometime in September. House staff indicate they are developing a bill from scratch and will not be following the lead of the Senate as had been rumored earlier this Congress.

CNN Reports: Jobsearch Gets Shorter

Seekers are spending less time between looking and landing a new position, without having to settle for less, according to a new study.

By Rob Kelley, CNNMoney.com staff writer

July 16 2007: 12:52 PM EDT

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — If you’re looking for a new job, the search got shorter while your prospects got better, according to a new survey.

Employment seekers found positions 17 percent faster between April and June than in the previous quarter, according to the Job Market Index by employment search firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc

The median job search time for people who got jobs was 3 months, down from 3.6 months in the previous quarter. The figure was 29 percent lower than a recent high of 4.2 months set in the third quarter of 2006.

The greatest economic boom ever

Almost 93 percent of those seekers said they were able to get equivalent or better-quality positions, compared with nearly 91 percent last quarter.

The biggest improvement was in job seekers above age 50, whose search times decreased by an average of 32 percent from the previous quarter, according to the study.

The Challenger Job Market Index is based on a quarterly survey of 3,000 job seekers across the nation.

The survey said that labor shortages spurred by low unemployment are allowing job seekers to secure higher salaries and more generous benefits.

“Skilled workers of any age are in demand right now, but the ones in highest demand are those who can hit the ground running with little or no training and begin contributing immediately to the bottom line,” said John Challenger, the search firm’s chief executive in a statement. “Individuals with 20 to 30 years of experience under their belts are obviously in the best position to do this.”

The firm cited the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that the unemployment rate among workers aged 50 to 54 eased from 3.3 percent to 2.8 percent over the last two years.

The nation’s overall unemployment rate stands at 4.5 percent for June.

The Deep Web, ISEN and Internous.org

 Indeedy-

I have been away for awhile…no real time these days to blog…busy with work, family, enjoying summer and giving more and more attention to my side project, ISEN.  The Brain Child of Matthew Theobald, MIS and tweaked along the way by thought leaders from different internet industries, It’s a little something that structures the “deep web”…something that goes largely unutilized and seldom understood.   However CNN takes a stab at an artilce written about the deep web…however, like most, seemingly miss their mark Here is the CNN piece:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/07/01/100123035/index.htm?postversion=2007071606

Since the ISEN (Internet Search Environment Number) patent application published by the US Patent Office in June, we have been waiting patiently for its approval. You won’t hear much here until the patent is finalized in the post-November 2007 timeframe.

 While we await the patent to be finalized, we are rebranding Internet Search Environment Number—soon to be Internous.org) 

Internous will eventually be the new brand. ISEN will be the product name.

It initially started off as a play on the French phase “Entre-nous” meaning “Between us”.
For a couple reasons: The metadata record between the searcher and the database itself and the plan to allow searchers to have a guarantee that their user profiles will NOT be sold by anyone but themselves.

Internous is also akin to InterNIC in some ways.

“Nous” in English is your new word for the day. It means:

Webster:
Main Entry: nous
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek noos, nous mind
1 /’nüs also ‘naus/ : MIND, REASON: as a : an intelligent purposive principle of the world b : the divine reason regarded in Neoplatonism as the first emanation of God
2 /’naus/ chiefly British : COMMON SENSE, ALERTNESS

Free Dictionary:
nous (ns, nous)
n.
1. Philosophy
a. Reason and knowledge as opposed to sense perception.
b. The rational part of the individual human soul.
c. The principle of the cosmic mind or soul responsible for the rational order of the cosmos.
d. In Stoicism, the equivalent of Logos.
e. In Neo-Platonism, the image of the absolute good, containing the cosmos of intelligible beings.
2. Chiefly British Good sense; shrewdness: “Hillela had the nous to take up with the General when he was on the up-and-up again” Nadine Gordimer.

This plays better with the phase, “Connect Your Mind with the Body of Knowledge” … our mantra.

The Internet Search Environment Number (ISEN) is for researchers who find it difficult to locate and search relevant, evaluated online databases. The ISEN is the foundation of a portal that comprehensively catalogs the Internet’s databases. Unlike Yahoo or Google and other portals that keyword index a portion of constantly changing web sites, ISEN focuses on the niche of cataloging databases. ISEN facilitates access and adds value by creating more effective and efficient Internet search experiences.

ISEN is the foundation of a marketplace for information owners and vendors who desire more exposure of their information product to a broader range of Internet researchers. ISEN provides an auditing tool for organizations and individuals to find refined and structured resources that have been obscured by the rapid and overwhelming growth of web pages. ISEN provides a new proposed library standard for organizing databases that is historically overdue.

The Internet Search Environment (ISE) is the primary concept behind the Internet Search Environment Number or ISEN.

An ISE is a container of structured information that has its own search algorithm. Each database, search engine, knowledge base, digital library, institutional repository, OPAC & P2P environment and other types of search environments that currently exist or may exist in the future would be assigned an ISEN and be cataloged using taxonomic and folksonomic tags or metadata.

The ISE is the number of these search environments that exist. (The growing environment in which deep web searches are being performed on structured tri-located metadata)

Therefore, the ISEN is the process and system of gathering and organizing databases so that people can find structured, searchable, relevant, authenticated, and current information.

Get it?…I didn’t think so.  But, you will…the implications on Talent and Search are conceivably large.

I Love You,

WorkFarce