Huntsville Chamber of Commerce hosting workshop series

The Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County is offering a series of workshops focusing on topics of interest to people who are experiencing or anticipating changes in their employment status. The workshops are free and open to the public but registration is required. All sessions will take place in the Chamber of Commerce Auditorium. The Chamber is located at 225 Church Street. Contact Mitzi Floyd for more information (256-535-2089; mfloyd@hsvchamber.org). Maximum capacity for each session is 80.

Financial Planning for Transitions
Wednesday, August 11, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Why, how and when to access retirement savings, budgeting in a crisis, understanding your severance package, applying for social security, and structuring your portfolio
Grant Thomson and Olly Orton, The Thomson Orton Group, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

U.S. Army Civilian Personnel System
Tuesday, August 17, 9 a.m. -11 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. (two identical sessions – same information)

How to search and apply for Army civilian jobs at Redstone Arsenal and build an electronic resume to get the best results from application
Team Redstone Civilian Personnel Advisory Center

Confronting Change
Thursday, August 19, 9 a.m. -11 a.m.

Learn how to anticipate and prepare for professional changes in today’s dynamic economy
Victoria Grady, PhD, Organizational Change Specialist, and James Grady, D.M.D

Click here to register.

Resume database coming to this site

In an effort to increase our fullest network potential for our members to find employment. I am working on a searchable database that will house everyones resume. We've got the storage space, so we might as well use it. This way future employers may *shop* through the database for the capability that is in need.

I understand, we said, we did not intend to re-create other online posting sites, however, as we are becoming more involved with trying to cover everyone, this system seems the most effective. I am planning on a single form to capture everyone's uploaded resume with several categories to make search and retrieving easier. Comments are welcome.

Update on Saturday, August 7, 2010 at 1:22AM by Huntsville Space Professionals

A resume database may take longer to implement than originally thought. My question to everyone is, would you have a problem with your resume being retrievable from this site? I would think, you would want it in front of as many hr managers as possible? Feel free to leave comment to this post. Your input would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Chris

Website display issues with Internet Explorer 8

We have discovered some problems with the links of companies and general website display using Internet Explorer 8 and Opera webbrowsers. HSP webmaster encourages everyone to use Firefox for the best visual display, as we look for the "bug" in the code that is causing the problems. Anyone with experience with this issue, please send an email to me, cmclemore@huntsvillespaceprofessionals.com>

I will definitely post the credit for fixing the issue. : )

I will post a follow-up to this note as soon as the issue is resolved.

Thanks,

Chris

Update on Friday, August 6, 2010 at 9:51PM by Huntsville Space Professionals

I have fixed the issue with Internet Explorer, or at least I have figured a work-around for now, so that everything is within a normal spacing. I have now moved our company partners to another link along the left navigational menu.

Update on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 10:55AM by Huntsville Space Professionals

***Attention Internet Explorer 8 users***

In order for this website to display correctly, please select the Compatibility View button next to the URL address field in your browser. It is in between the URL address bar and the Refresh button. Now, the website will display as it was intended.

Thank you,

-HSP Webmaster

National Commercial Space Summit

We are thinking about having our next event, the "National Commercial Space Summit" at the Davidson Center (U.S. Space & Rocket Center) in about a month. This event is designed to be an informational briefing presented by a number of commercial space companies to share their goals and vision relative to space exploration with our politicians, HSP members, the community, and the media. In turn, we hope to facilitate the growth of commercial space industries in Huntsville, AL.

Due to capacity concerns we may choose a different venue.



Thank you space professionals

On behalf of the HSP staff, we would like to thank all those who attended the HSP Career Fair. The event would not have been such a success without your participation. We hope you found some good contacts with potential employers to follow-up on and ultimately secure continued employment.We also are pleased you have joined the Huntsville Space Professionals non-profit organization. We strive to achieve these goals:

1. Employment for all of our space professionals.

2. Encourage commercial space companies to establish sites in Huntsville

3. Increase the accessibility to space education and foster student achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.

Huntsville Space Professionals was founded with the principals of preserving and promoting Huntsville's talented human space capital. These principals were reinforced by the large number of career fair attendees and the positive media coverage the fair received.

Thank you,

The HSP Staff and Volunteers