When it comes to personnel decisions, there’s a fine line between permissible and inappropriate … and crossing it could lead your agency into costly EEO complaints. Diversity and EO specialist Lynda Glover will guide you through the perennial hotspots — making hiring and promotion decisions based on qualifications, and writing performance reviews based on appropriate considerations. From creating selection criteria to asking...

The Summit for Educators in System Administration (SESA '14) will bring together university educators to share best practices and support the creation and advancement of high-quality system administration degree programs and curricula. At SESA ’14, we will discuss topics important to educators who teach system administration-related courses at universities and colleges, develop courses, and build curricula. We hope to engage all attendee...

This course provides an overview on landfill leachate characteristics, available treatment technologies, permitting and design approach, and landfill leachate treatment case projects for the leachate treatment systems. The characteristics of landfill leachate from non-hazardous municipal and industrial landfills will be reviewed as the basis for developing treatment strategies. Classification and concentration ranges of impurities in landfill...

The Houston Community College Southeast & Career Planning Resource Center is hosting their 5th annual Job Fair & Career Expo for Veterans. The event organizer, Mr. James Corona says, “This year's job fair has gotten bigger and better in serving the needs of the veteran student and community population. It will be a great platform for Veterans to engage in career enhancing workshops, networking and find the right job that match t...

The Small Business Alliance presents Networking for People who Hate Networking with Devora Zack. Have you ever felt like you’re wasting your time at networking events? Not known whether an event would be a good investment? Or gone to a networking event alone and just didn’t know where to start or how to break into a conversation? Then this interactive program is for you. It doesn’t matter whether you’ve been in the busi...

Join leading colleges and universities for an exciting day-and-a-half-long investigation of best practices for becoming an innovative and connected campus. Campus Technology Fall Forum—a new addition to the Forum event series brought to you by the award-winning Campus Technology team—explores the major issues of the day facing administrators, educators, IT support managers and directors to meet modern challenges by developing colla...

If 70% of all change projects fail why bother? Successful change means a successful teams and successful organizations. There are techniques you can apply that will greatly increase the success. Objective:You will learn how to recognize that change is needed.You will learn to lead a multifaceted approach to change - encompassing all the aspects of the change- intellectual, cultural and personal. You will learn how to: Develop a vision for the...

Understand the conception and management of EPC contracts in the oil and gas sector.The 3 Day MBA in EPC (Engineer, Procure and Construct) Contracts will look at why the concept was developed; what variations there have been on this central theme; and when their use is desirable, and when it is not. It will also consider the risk profiles for both the client and the contractor, and how these differ from traditional contracts.During the course,...

WHAT: On Monday, November 3rd,American Express OPEN will host OPEN Forum: CEO BootCamp, a free program designed to help women entrepreneurs grow their enterprises and reach their full potential as CEOs. Attendees will have the opportunity to network and participate in conversations focusing on leadership, self-promotion, finance and more. WHO: CEO BootCamp is open to all women entrepreneurs, regardless of industry, size or revenue. A full line...

This seminar is for individuals who would like to gain a thorough understanding of all the principles of electrical engineering in a simple and easy to grasp format. This seminar will cover all disciplines of electrical engineering including alternating current systems, direct current systems, magnetism, power equipment, switchgear, and protective equipment without relying on complex mathematics. This seminar is a MUST for any individual seeki...