Business Analyst opening in Kansas City, Missouri and Overland Park, KS

Job Overview:

Need a Business Analyst to provide analysis and gathering of requirements for a web portal development projects. This person will have 3-5 years of experience in business analysis and web portal experience in digital media. This person will have strong communication skills and the ability to change directions with a moments notice. This person will enjoy the challenges of a technology driven company with a clear career path.

Visio is a plus
MS Project is a plus
.NET knowledge a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

SQL Server DBA opening in Overland Park, KS

Job Overview:

Need a SQL Server DBA to provide physical and logical design of multple SQL Server 2008 databases. This person will have 3-5 years of experience in a enterprise level environment. They will have both logical and physical design of databases. This person will have strong communication skills and the ability to change directions with a moments notice. This person will enjoy the challenges of a technology driven company with a clear career path.

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Sun Solaris and Unix Admin openings in Overland Park, KS / Permanent

Job Overview:

Need a person with 3-4 years experience in a enterprise level administration role with expertise in Sun Solaris. This person will have done design, installation, configuration, administration and support. This person will be a heavy hitter and take ownership of projects, with a monitoring initiative. This person will have strong communication skills and the ability to communicate with all levels of management and change directions with a moments notice.

Containers and Zones a plus
SNMP is a plus
Solarwins is a plus
Unix is a plus
Aix is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
913-522-0179-Cell
913-693-8200
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Cell Tower Construction Engineer / Project Manager

Job Overview:

Need a project manager that has managed multiple complex projects for the design and development of Cell Tower site acquisition projects. They will have 4-5 years developing and providing project plans, site acquisition, vendor negotiation, construction and budgets of Cell Phone Towers. This person will have strong communication skills and the ability to work with in a matrixes or direct report environment. This person will have experience 2-3 years of experience in 2 or more of the following for the design and development of Cell towers; civil construction, structural design, equipment installation, Telecoms coordination, BTS Commissioning, antenna system design and installation, Large scale deployment of BTS equipment, Site Acquisition, leasing, design, permitting and regulatory.

Contact Information

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
Midwest Consulting Group
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/gspot.com/

Senior JAVA Developer opening in Overland Park, KS / Perm opening

Job Overview:

Need a Senior Developer with 5-6 years experience in JAVA, J2EE, GWT and Spring to develop Web Portals for clients throughout the United States. This is a non - travel opening. This is a opportunity for someone to grow with a technology driven company. This person will have strong communication skills and the ability to interact with all levels of management and change directions with a moments notice. They will have the opportunity to work for a technology driven company.

The ideal person will have experience with SharePoint and I phone applications.

Contact Information

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
Midwest Consulting Group
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/gspot.com/

Project Manager opening in Monroe, Louisiana / Perm openings

Job Overview:

Need a project manager that has managed multiple complex projects and provided support for online systems in application development and engineering. This person will have 5-10 years experience managing in a matrixed or direct report environment.

They will have 4-5 years developing project plans, test plans and budgets. This person will have strong communication skills and the ability to work with in a matrixed or direct report environment. If they come from a Software Development background this would be plus. This person be able to stand alone and drive projects with a assertive move forward attitude.

PMP is a plus

Contact Information

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/gspot.com/

Unix, Linux, Aix Systems Administration opening in Overland Park, KS

Job Overview:

Need a person with 2-4 years of experience in Unix, Linux and AIX systems administration. This person will have strong design, installation, administration and security of Unix, AIX and Linux. This person will have strong communication skills and the ability to interact with all levels of management and change directions with a moments notice.

Sun Solaris is a plus
Back up and recovery is a plus
Sharepoint Admin is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Sr. JAVA Developer opening in Montgomery, AL / Perm

Job Overview:

Need a Senior Developer with 5-6 years experience in JAVA, J2EE, JSP and EJB to develop Web Portals for clients throughout the United States. This is a non - travel opening. This is a opportunity for someone to grow with a technology driven company. The ideal person will have experience with SharePoint and I phone applications.

Contact Information

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
Midwest Consulting Group
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/gspot.com/

UI / Web Developer opening in Austin, TX - Perm opening

Job Overview:

Need a Web Developer with 2-3 years experience in CSS, HTML, XSLT and JavaScript to develop Web Portals for clients throughout the United States. This is a non - travel opening and is located in Downtown Austin. This is a permanent opportunity for someone to grow with a technology driven company. The ideal person will have experience with SharePoint and I phone applications.


Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
Midwest Consulting Group
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Unix / Windows Administrator opening / Perm in Austin, Texas

Job Overview:

Looking for someone with 3-5 years of support of a Windows and Unix network. This person will basic understanding of cloud or virtualization and comfortable with security practices.

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Project Manager opening in Austin, Texas / Perm

Job Overview:

Need a project manager that has managed enterprise level web development projects and provided support for online systems. This person will have 5-10 years experience managing multiple projects in a enterprise environment.

They will have 1-2 years managing web development projects, developed project plans, test plans and budgets. This person will have strong communication skills and the ability to work with in a matrixed or direct report environment. If they come from a Software Development background this would be plus. This person be able to stand alone and drive projects with a assertive move forward attitude. We provide outstanding health care and we are a technology driven company.

PMP is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

VBA, VB, Excel macro Developer opening in Kansas City, Missouri

Job Overview:

Looking for a person with 3-5 years of VB, VBA, Exce Macro development, wanting to do more .NET. If they have been part of a VB to VB.NET migrations this would be a big plus. If they have participated in Data Conversion projects, this would be a big plus. This person will have strong communication skills and the ability to interact with all levels of management.

API is a plus
Java is a plus
Vb.net is a plus
SQL Server is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Sr. JAVA Developer opening in Birmingham, AL / Perm

Looking for a person with 5-8 years of JAVA, Struts, EJB and JSP Development, wanting to do enterprise web portal development. This person will have done secure web portal development or be willing to learn. This person will have strong communication skills and the ability to interact with all levels of management.

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Sr. Sun Solaris Administration opening in Overland Park, KS, Permanent

Job Overview:

Need a person with 3-4 years experience in a enterprise level administration role with expertise in Sun Solaris 10, Zones, SAN and LDAP. This person will be a heavy hitter and take ownership of projects, with a monitoring initiative. This person will have strong communication skills and the ability to communicate with all levels of management and change directions with a moments notice.

SNMP is a plus
Solarwins is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
913-522-0179-Cell
913-693-8200
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Oracle / PL/SQL Developer opening in Monroe, LA

Job Overview:

Looking for a person with 2-4 years of Oracle and PL/SQL Development, If they have been part of data migrations this would be a big plus. This person will be a expert in performance tuning applications. This person will have strong communication skills and the ability to interact with all levels of management.

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

JAVA / COBOL Development opening in Overland Park, KS

Job Overview:

Looking for a person with 2-4 years of JAVA, COBOL and JCL Development, wanting to do more .JAVA development. If they have been part of a COBOL to JAVA migrations this would be a big plus. If they have participated in Data Conversion projects, this would be a big plus. This person will have strong communication skills and the ability to interact with all levels of management.

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Web / Sharepoint Developer opening in Austin, Texas / Permanent

Job Overview:

Looking for a web developer with 2-4 years of experience with CSS, HTML, JavaScript, XML and SharePoint Designer. This person will have strong communication skills and the ability to interact with all levels of management and change directions with a moments notice.

Silverlight is a plus
.NET is a plus
Flex is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
Midwest Consulting Group
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Jr. VB.NET Developer opening in Lenexa, Kansas

Job Overview:

Looking for a person with 0-2 years of VB or VB.NET Development, wanting to do more .NET. If they have been part of a VB to VB.NET migrations this would be a big plus. If they have participated in Data Conversion projects, this would be a big plus. This person will have strong communication skills and the ability to interact with all levels of management.

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Sales Force Implementation Manager opening in Lenexa, KS

Job Overview:

Looking for a person with 3-5 years of project management experience, managing CRM implentations of Sales Force Automation and Call Center. This person will have done mulitple implementations and worked in a enterprise level environement.

MS Project is a plus
.NET is a plus
Sharepoint is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Sr. VB.NET Developer opening in Little Rock, AR

Job Overview:

Looking for a developer with 5+ years of experience in VB.NET, ASP.NET,VB and SQL Server 2005. This person will have strong communication experience and have a passion for constant learning and growth.

Financial Services is a plus
Agile is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

SAP QA Tester openings in Overland Park, KS

Job Overview:

Looking for a person with 2-4 years of experience in application development testing. Thr ideal person will have both automated and manual testing in a SAP environment, they will have done test plans, test cases and test scripts. The person will have strong communication skills and be able to assist requirement gathering when needed.

HP Quality Center is a plus
QTP is a plus
VBA is a plus
DB2 is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Business Analyst opening in Austin, Texas

Job Overview:

Need a person with either QA Testing and or Business Analysis experience, with a information technology background. The ideal person will have 3-4 years of both and have came from a enterprise level company. This person will have managed multiple projects in application development and gathered requirements from end users. They will have strong communication skills and the ability to change directions with a moments notice.

CMM is a plus
CMMI ML3 is a plus
Sharepoint is a plus
TFS is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com

Cisco Network Engineer opening in Overland Park, KS

Job overview:

Looking for a person with 4-6 years administration, configuration, installation, security and support of Routers, Hubs and Switches. This person will have a strong knowledge and expertise level in local and wide area networks and supporting systems. This person will have strong communication skills and the ability to work with multiple departments in understanding their needs and future growth.

CCNP is a plus
Cisco Waas is a plus
Lucent QIP is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

VB.NET Developer opening in KC

Looking for a developer with 2-5 years of experience in VB.NET, ASP.NET, WPF and SQL Server. This person will have strong communication experience and have a passion for constant learning and growth. Willing to look at Entry level with some experience.

J-Query is a plus
Silverlight is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

ASP.NET Permanent Developer opening in Little Rock, Arkansas

Job Overview:

Looking for a Web Developer with 2-5 years of experience in ASP.NET, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and SQL Server. Majority of the time will be building applications for IPhone, IPad, Android and Windows Phone 7. Candidates do not have to have previous experience in these types of applications, but will get a opportunity to learn and grow their career.This person will have strong communication experience and have a passion for constant learning and growth.

SQL Server 2008 is a plus
C# is a plus
J-Query is a plus
Silverlight is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

SAP Project Manager opening / Perm in Kansas City

Job Overview:

Need a project manager that has managed SAP implementation and provided support for productions systems. This person will have 5-10 years experience managing multiple projects in a enterprise environment. They will have 1-2 years managing SAP projects, developed project plans, test plans and budgets. This person will have strong communication skills and the ability to work with off shore resources.

SAP ECC, APO, BW is a plus
SAP SD, MM, FI/CO is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

MS BI / Datawharehouse / SSIS Analyst opening in Kansas City, Missouri or Overland Park, KS

Job Overview:

This person will have 5-10 years of experience ETL datawharehouse work with Microsoft BI solution. This person will have 1-2 years using the Kimball method and SQL Server 2008 R-2. The will develop ETL framework to support importing of text files and implement a audit framework for the ETL. They will have the ability to assist with SSAS and SSRS design and implementation. They must be strong in SSIS and have done major datawharehouse projects pulling data down.

OLAP is a plus
SharePoint is a plus
Financial or Supply Chain experience is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Application Administrator opening in Kansas City, Missouri

Job Overview:

Need a person with 3-4 years experience in a enterprise level administration role with expertise in JBOSS, Weblogic, Unix and Scripting. This person will be supporting applications, for developers and will provide administration and security. This person will have assisted multiple test instances, assigned and coordinated. They will have done release builds for development and staging environments.

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Sr. Datastage / Data Analyst opening in Overland Park, KS

Job Overview:

Looking for a person with 2-4 years of ETL and Datastage experience that has worked in a enterprise level databases. This person will have done source target mapping and experience with Websphere DataStage. They will have 3-4 years experience in SQL and Oracle. They will have strong communication skills and the ability to interact at all levels of management and change directions with a moments notice.

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
913-693-8200-Office * Ext 246
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Sr. JAVA Developer - Kansas City / Overland Park, KS

Job Overview:

The individual will be building web portals and e-commerce sites for for marketing and licensing needs, they will be involved in new design and development throughout their tenure. This person will have strong communication skills and the ability to interact with all levels of management.

Looking for a 5-8 year developer to provide full like cycle development building web services in JAVA, Jrules, Weblogic, SQL, VB and JDA. This person must be strong in all 6 skills and be able to demonstrate their expertise.

ILog is a plus
RAD/Interativev is a plus
Oracle is a plus
VBA is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
913-693-8200-Office – Ext 246
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Business Analyst / Project Manager opening in Monroe, LA

Job Overview:

Need a person with either project manager experience or business analysis experience, with a information technology background. The ideal person will have 3-4 years of both and have came from a enterprise level company. This person will have managed multiple projects in application development and gathered requirements from end users. They will have strong communication skills and the ability to change directions with a moments notice.

PMP is a plus
.NET project management experience
Infrastructure analysis is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com

Project Manager opening in Overland Park, KS / Perm

Job Overview:

Need a senior project manager with 5-10 years of project management in application development, they will have strong scrum background. This person will have came from a enterprise level company managing multiple projects and large budgetts. They will have strong communication skills and have the ability to work with clients and heavy user interaction.

PMP is a plus
E-commerce is a plus
.NET projects is a plus


Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com

PHP, MySQL Developer opening in Shawnee, KS

Job Requirements:

Need a heavy PHP, MySQL developer with 3-4 years of experience to provide enterprise level web development. This person will need to be able to communicate with all levels of management and be able to change directions with a moments notice.

Adobe Flex is a plus
CSS is a plus
HTML is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com

Application Development Project Manager opening in Overland Park, KS

Job Overview:

Looking for a person with 3-7 years experience in managing e-commerce application development, managing multiple projects and resources on a consistent basis. This person will have previous application development in a Agile environment and managed large projects. They will have done project plans, test plans, time estimates and budgetts.

.NET app development is a plus
Past development experience is a plus

This client is looking for a permanent resource.

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Sr. C# Developer / Permanent in Sante Fe, NM

Job Overview:

•Design and develop both Web and Windows based applications following industry best practices.
•Maintain existing applications.
•Database design.
•Test and deploy applications.
•Deliver applications in a timely fashion.
•Communicate effectively with management, colleagues and clients.
•Keeping abreast of the latest technology.
-Excellent understanding of object oriented principles and design
-Excellent analytical and problem solving abilities
-Ability to work independently with high energy and self motivation

3-4 years of experience with C#, ASP.NET, MOSS, CSS, Sharepoint, SQL Server 2005,Web Services, Java Script, CSS, HTML and Silverlight. This person will have came from a enterprise level web portal development arena.

MS CRM is a plus
AJAX is a plus
Agile is a plus

The client is looking for a permanent resource.

Contact information:

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

MS Dyanmics CRM / Business Analyst in Overland Park, KS

This person will have 2-3 years of experience with MS Dynamics CRM, they will be Involved in a variety of general things- pulling data, Sales metrics creation and analysis, process mapping and documentation, CRM, etc.

Specific Skills:

- Microsoft Dynamics CRM knowledge and experience. Familiarity with rollout, configuration. This person is not a developer, but someone who understands, what it takes to get MS CRM set up and running from the business perspective.

-Process mapping and documentation
-Project management
-Statistical analysis
-MS Access and Excel
-SAS a plus
-Experience with all above in a sales arena a plus

General skills:

-Flexible- have to be able to change directions and plug holes as they develop
-Communication- they will be interfacing with IT project managers as well as business executives.


Contact information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

DB2 / Model 204 DBA opening in Overland Park, KS

Job Overview:

Need a Model 204 / DB2 DBA to provide physical and logical design of DB2 databases and support of Model 204 in a enterprise environment. This person will have 3-5 years expereince with Db2 and Model 204 as a DBA.

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Senior SAN Administration opening in Austin, Texas

Job Overview:

This is a permanent opportunity.

This person will have 5 years experience providing technical expertise in delivering storage administrative support, application support, system design, client/server computer connectivity and interoperability; hardware capacity planning, forecasting, utilization and implementation, in a 24x7 environment.

- 3-5 years EMC Symmetrix experience
- 3-5 years EMC Clariion experience
- 3-5 years EMC Centera experience
- 1-2 years’ experience supporting a NAS storage environment.
- 1-2 years’ experience supporting EMS RecoverPoint.

Desired Skills:

-Microsoft IIS administration experience is a plus
-Backup and Recovery technologies, Veritas NetBackup, EMC RecoverPoint.
-Experience with Disaster Recovery planning, implementation and testing.

Contact information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Sr. ASP.NET opening in Kansas City, Missouri

Job Overview:

•Writing secure, reusable and easily maintainable code.
•Design and develop both Web and Windows based applications following industry best practices.
•Maintain existing applications.
•Database design.
•Test and deploy applications.
•Deliver applications in a timely fashion.
•Communicate effectively with management, colleagues and clients.
•Keeping abreast of the latest technology.
-Excellent understanding of object oriented principles and design
-Excellent analytical and problem solving abilities
-Ability to work independently with high energy and self motivation

3-4 years of experience with C#, ASP.NET technology and SQL Server 2005,Web Services, Java Script, CSS, HTML and Silverlight. This person will have came from a enterprise level web portal development arena.

MS CRM is a plus
SharePoint is a plus
AJAX is a plus
Agile is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Sr. Systems Administration opening in Austin, Texas

Job Overview:

Looking for someone with 7-10 years of Systems administration, analysis, design, configuration, implementation and support of Windows 2003, 2008, MS IIS, MS Operations Manager, MS Forefront Security, and SQL Server 2000 and 2005. This person will come from an enterprise level company and have been part of team managing 100+ servers or images. This person will have experience in administration of MS SharePoint and supporting application development in the .NET framework. This person will perform monitoring of client systems to ensure performance and completion of transactions. This person will have 2-3 years experience with Backup and Recovery technologies, 2-3 years of planning, implementation and testing of Disaster Recovery. This person will have 3-5 years supporting web enabled e-commerce applications and technologies. This person will make recommendations to management for hardware purchases, configuration and engineering.

EMC SAN is a plus
SAN replication is a plus
VMWare is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

September 2010 Job Openings in Software Development and Information Technology

I have included a list of current Job openings in the Kansas City / Overland Park, Monroe, LA and Sante Fe, NM area and my contact information below.

I have a blog at the below link if you would like to review these openings in more detail. Link: http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Current Job openings:

1. Sr. ASP.NET, J-query, CSS, HTML, C# Developer
2. PHP, ASP.NET, Silverlight, CSS, Adobe Flex Web Developer
3. JAVA, C++, CSS, Log4j, Developer
4. Sr. C++ Developer perm wanting to learn C#
5. DB2 / UDB / DBA contract
6. Data Analyst / Erwin
7. SAP / ABAP Developer
8. C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server, WCF, J-query and CSS
9. QA Tester - QTP and HP Qulaity Center
10. C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server Developer
11. Sr. C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server Developer
12. QA Tester / HP Quality Center / QTP
13. Project Manager - Clinical or Insurance background
14. Business Analyst- Conduct JAD Sessions,
15. Oracle Forms and Reports
16. Sr. C# Developer
17. Senior JAVA, JSP, Hibernate, Spring, JSF

These openings are a combination of perm, contract for hire and contract. Call me if I can ever help you with anything or perhaps you know somebody to pass this on to.

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
http://www.mcginfo.com
913-693-8200-Work
913-522-0179-Cell
ryanm@mcginfo.com.
ryantier4@comcast.net

http://www.linkedin.com/myprofile?trk=hb_side_pro

Sr. C# Developer opening in Sante Fe, New Mexico

Job Overview:

Looking for someone with 4-5 years of experience in enterprise level web portal development using C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server 2005. This person will be strong in all 3 layers of development. This person will have strong communication skills and the ability to interact at all levels of management.

JavaScript is a plus
J-Query is a plus
Moss 2007 is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office – Ext 246
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Sr. QA Tester opening in Overland Park, KS

Job Overview:

This person will have 3-4 years experience in test plans, test cases and test scripts in either a manual or automated environment. They will have experience with HP Qulaity Center. They will have experience with the EASE and or ASR system in the telecommunication industry.

QTP is a plus

Contact information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Sr. JAVA / GWT Developer opening in Kansas City

Job Overview:

The individual will be building web portals and e-commerce sites for for marketing and licensing needs, they will be involved in new design and development throughout their tenure. This person will have strong communication skills and the ability to interact with all levels of management.

Looking for a 5-8 year developer to provide full like cycle development building web services in JAVA, JSF, EJB and J2EE. This person must be strong in all 4 skills and be able to demonstrate their expertise.

RichFaces or ICEFaces is a plus
RAD/Interativev is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office – Ext 246
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

2 year contract for SAP / ABAP Developer in Kansas City

Job overview:

2 years of applicable experience in ABAP/4 programming in R/3 version 4.6 and/or higher.

2 years of applicable experience in the following areas:

-Experience in PI(XI), workflow, or portal development
-Integration tools such as LSMW, BAPIs and IDOCs
-ABAP reporting techniques including ALV grid
-ABAP user exit customizations including BADIs and the Enhancement Framework
-ABAP EDI
-SAP ABAP/4 development tools such as ABAP Data Dictionary, ABAP Editor, Area Menus, Function Builder and Business Object Builder; SAP SMART Forms
-ABAP Object Oriented programming
-ABAP Screen Painter and PAI/PBO Flow logic and/or WebDynpro knowledge
-Computer programming aptitude/skills, analysis and researching skills, excellent communication skills, strong technical skills, customer service focus.
-Ability to meet multiple deadlines and resolve issues.
-Ability to work in virtual teams.

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Senior Analyst opening in Monroe, LA

Job Overview:

Need someone with experience to help manage day-to-day issues and production metrics, meet with business partners about issues and status, work with developers to resolve issues and short term development projects.

-5 to 7 years experience. Responsible for analyzing and developing complex processing solutions.

-Complex processing solutions perform up to 5 business functions that potentially cross subsidiaries/divisions.

-Typical activities include: conducting walkthroughs of project deliverables, leading requirements interviews, flowcharting, developing process models, developing, developing program specifications, and training/mentoring junior analysts.

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

PlanView Analyst

Job Opportunity:

This person will have 2-4 years of experience developing reports in Planview. They will Maintain data, reports, and metrics in Planview project portfolio management tool, Support IT project managers and analysts in their use of Planview. Do updates to projects in Planview as directed by IT project managers and analysts, Develop and generate reports for management, including scheduled and ad hoc reports, using Planview and MS Office products, Audit and update Planview database to ensure accurate and timely information and Incorporate software development life cycle methodology interfaces into the metrics and reporting processes.

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com

Sr. SQL Server DBA opening in Kansas City

Job overview:

Looking for someone with 6+ years in SQL Server Database administration, this person will have done physical and logical design of databases. This person will have managed multiple databases at a enterprise level.

SSRS is a plus
SSIS is a plus
SSAS is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com

COBOL / Hogan Developer opening in Kansas City

Job Overview:

Implement solutions based on Business Analyst specifications
Experience with CSC Hogan Umbrella, CIF, RPM, Deposit / Time Deposit applications

This person will have 3-5 years working with Hogan and the following technical skills: Cobol, JCL, Procedures, Assembler, TSO, CICS, VSAM, DB2. This person will have extensive banking experience and provide subject matter expert analysis and development within Hogan.

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group

913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com

OSS / Developer opening / Network Engineer

Job Overview:

Need someone with experience in Network topology and Operational Support Systems (OSS) This person will understand BPI, Binding Posts and VCI. They will have came from a telecom background and have done software development of one of the following; C, Perl, Unix Shell Scripts, COBOL, CICS, IMS, JAVA.

Permanent and contract openings:

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
Midwest Consulting Group

http://www.mcginfo.com
913-693-8200-Work
913-522-0179-Cell
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Carrier Access Billing / Mainframe opening

Job Overview:


Need someone with 3-4 years of experience with a Carrier Access Billing application in the Telecommunications environment. This person will be the subject matter expert in the application. They will have 5-10 years of experience in Mainframe programming with COBOL, CICS, DB2 and or IMS.

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
http://www.linkedin.com/myprofile?trk=hb_side_pro

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
http://www.mcginfo.com
913-693-8200-Work
913-522-0179-Cell
ryanm@mcginfo.com
ryantier4@comcast.net

3 Senior C#, ASP.NET and 1 Junior .NET developer openings in Kansas City / Overland Park

Requirements:

·Writing secure, reusable and easily maintainable code.
·Design and develop both Web and Windows based applications following industry best practices.
·Maintain existing applications.
·Database design.
·Test and deploy applications.
·Deliver applications in a timely fashion.
·Communicate effectively with management, colleagues and clients.
·Keeping abreast of the latest technology.

-Undergraduate degree preferred in computer science or related engineering discipline

4-5 years of experience with C#, ASP.NET technology and SQL Server 2005,Web Services, Java Script and JQuery.

-Excellent understanding of object oriented principles and design
-Excellent analytical and problem solving abilities
-Ability to work independently with high energy and self motivation

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office – Ext 246
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Senior Web Developer opening in Monroe, LA

·Design and develop both Web using following industry best practices.
·Maintain existing applications.
·Database design.
·Test and deploy applications.
·Deliver applications in a timely fashion.
·Communicate effectively with management, colleagues and clients.
·Keeping abreast of the latest technology.

-Undergraduate degree preferred in computer science or related engineering discipline

2-5 years of experience with PHP, MY SQL, Perl, Web Services, Java Script and JQuery.

-Excellent understanding of object oriented principles and design
-Excellent analytical and problem solving abilities
-Ability to work independently with high energy and self motivation

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com

Sr. JAVA Developer openings in Kansas City, MO, Overland Park KS and Monroe, LA

The individual will be building web portals and e-commerce sites for for marketing and licensing needs, they will be involved in new design and development throughout their tenure. This person will have strong communication skills and the ability to interact with all levels of management.

Looking for a 5-8 year developer to provide full like cycle development building web services in JAVA, JSF, EJB and J2EE. This person must be strong in all 4 skills and be able to demonstrate their expertise.

Hibernate is a plus
RichFaces or ICEFaces is a plus
RAD/Interativev is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office – Ext 246
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Business Analyst / QA Tester opening in Monroe, LA

Needs 2-3 years of anlaysis and gathering of requiremetns and meeting with vendors to determine modifications to applications being developed. This person will have previous experience conducting and participating in JAD sessions. This person will have strong communication skills and the abilty to interact at all levels of management and be flexible to change directions.

QA testing experience is a plus
HP Quality Center is a plus
QTP is a plus

EOE/M/F/H/V

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Six Sigma / Project / Business Analyst Opening in KC

Job Overview:

Experience drawing process maps to describe current and desired process flows as well as to identify non-value added steps.
Experience with detailing processes down to the level of defining the user interface of applications and how the business will use the user interface components to accomplish work.
Experience with data analysis and data summarization as part of presenting recommendations.
Experience working with application developers and application testers along with an understanding of what they need to do their job effectively.
Excellent communication skills, phone and in person.

Desired:

Six Sigma training and experience
Experience with querying and/or designing relational data bases.
Experience with a programming langauge.
Experience with estimating and preparing a cost benefit analysis
Insurance industry experience

Project description - Successful candidates will serve in a business analyst role on assigned projects. The role involves meeting with business owners, identifying metrics expected to improve as a result of the project, documenting processes and eliminating non value added steps in those processes. The business analyst faciliates discussions among business teams and IT teams to define solutions that meet business needs.

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Midwest Consulting Group partial list of technical openings:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Network Administrator / Engineer opening in Overland Park, Ks

This person will have 5-10 years as a Senior Network Engineer / Administrator, they will have experience with VOIP – telephony, Cisco Switches, Cisco Routers, VMWARE ESX, AD, and MS Exchange.

Migration to MS Exchange 2010 is a plus
SAN experience is a plus
Blackberry experience is a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
913-693-8200-Office * Ext 246
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Sun Solaris Administration in Overland Park, KS

Job Overview:

Need a person with 4-5 years of Sun Solaris 10 administration, this person will have strong experience in Solaris , Windows and VMWare. They will have provided installs, designs, configurations, administration and security in the Sun environment. This person will have strong Solaris 10 zones skills.

SAN administration is a plus
Network Engineer skills are a plus


Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
913-693-8200-Office * Ext 246
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Director of Technology in Austin, Texas

Leadership Skills:

·At least 3 years experience leading development teams of at least 10 people.
·At least 2 years experience interviewing and hiring technical staff.
·Comfortable working with business and marketing leadership to formulate business, operational, and technical strategies.
·Must possess a dynamic personality and be capable of motivating a team.
·Dedication and willingness to put in extra time and effort when the situation merits.

Communication Skills:

·Capable and willing to create technical and process documentation.
·Experience writing technical proposals a big plus.
·Able to lead meetings in a professional and productive manner.
·Capable of producing and comprehending UML software models.
·Comfortable and effective at giving presentations to groups.

Technical Skills:

·At least 5 years experience developing Java web applications.
·At least 3 years experience developing .NET web applications.
·At least 1 year of experience architecting software solutions.
·Broad knowledge of server hardware, operating systems, networking, and modern web hosting infrastructures as a whole.
·Skilled with identifying, analyzing, and solving technical problems.
·Solid grasp of relational databases and schema development.
·Prior experience working with both Oracle and SQL Server.
·Experienced and well versed in all aspects of security – including network security, platform security, and web application security.
·Knowledgeable regarding OWASP web application vulnerabilities and mitigation techniques.
·Experience working with a Content Management System (CMS) and preferably specific experience with MOSS 2007.

Other Skills

·Understanding of enterprise level computing concepts, such as identity management.
·Solid knowledge of leading software development methodologies.
·Well versed in PM techniques and capable of developing detailed project plans for development projects.
·Previous experience “starting up” a company or major project a plus.
·Experience working with budgets a plus.


Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
Midwest Consulting Group
913-693-8200-Office – Ext 246
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

3rd Quarter openings in Kansas City, Overland Park, KS, Austin, Texas, Oklahoma City, OK

I have included a list of current Job openings in the Kansas City / Overland Park, Austin, Texas, Oklahoma City area and my contact information below.

I have a blog at the below link if you would like to review these openings in more detail.

Link: http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Brief list of other openings:

Current Job openings:

1. Sr. C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server and SharePoint - Perm & Contract - Overland Park, Ks.
2. PHP, C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server - Web Developer - Perm - Oklahoma City, Ok.
3. JAVA, Flex, CSS, Flash, UI Developer- Overland Park, KS - Permanent
4. Sr. C++ Developer perm wanting to learn C# - Great Salary - OP, Kansas
5. Informix DBA contract opening in Kansas City, Missouri
6. Project Manager - PMO, SOX Compliance Manager - Austin, Texas - Perm
7. Senior UI Designer - Overland Park, KS - Perm
8. Project Analyst - Overland Park, KS - Contract
9. Citrix Administration - Kansas City, Missouri - Contract
10. VMware Administration - Overland Park - Contract
11. Sr. C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server Developer - Overland Park, KS - Perm
12. QA Tester / HP Quality Center / QTP - Perm - Kansas City, Missouri

Call me if I can ever help you with anything.

Hope your summer is going good.

Take Care,
Ryan

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

http://www.linkedin.com/myprofile?trk=hb_side_pro

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
http://www.mcginfo.com
913-693-8200-Work
913-522-0179-Cell
ryanm@mcginfo.com.
ryantier4@comcast.net

C# / PHP Perm Developer opening in Oklahoma City

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop complex web applications
• Maintain existing applications
• Work with customers and other staff to help determine project specifications
• Work with other developers in modularizing web application design

Requirements:

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or related discipline
• Certifications related to programming are preferred
• 2-3 years experience with PHP and Database programming
• Experience in ASP.NET web programming, Visual Basic.NET, JavaScript, Classic ASP, Source Control, C# .NET, Microsoft .NET frameworks and MS SQL Server a plus
• Familiarity with Windows OS functionality
• Some knowledge of Mobile Application Development (iPhone, Android, and Blackberry) a plus

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
913-693-8200-Office – Ext 246
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Sr. C# / Developer opportunity in Austin, Texas

Job Overview:

The developer will contribute to design and implementation of .NET Web applications
-The developer will support and contribute with design and implementation of internet based .C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server web applications using .NET 3.5/4.0

Position-specific Required Skills:

This person will be strong in Web development in C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server.

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

VMWare / San Administrator opening in Kansas City

Job Overview

-Expert level knowledge/experience in support of enterprise VMware ESX environment.
-Day-to-day support and troubleshooting of enterprise VMware ESX environment supporting VM Server guests, VDI guests and Lab Manager.
-Experience managing DRS, HA, SMP
-Experience with doing P2V migrations
-ESX operating system upgrades for vi3
-Patching of ESX hosts on vi3
-ESX license administration

Additional Skills preferred:

-Power shell scripting
-Linux Administration
-vSphere 4 experience
-Windows 2003 Administration

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
913-693-8200-Office – Ext 246
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Sr. C# / Sharepoint Developer opening in Austin

Job Overview:

-The developer will contribute to design and implementation of SharePoint applications for future and also help with the existing web parts and user controls.
-The developer will support and contribute with design and implementation of internet based .C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server web applications using .NET 3.5/4.0
-The developer will work with 3-4 senior/junior developers in developing and supporting .Net/SharePoint applications.

Position-specific Required Skills:

This person will be strong in Sharepoint and Web development in C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server.

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
913-693-8200-Office – Ext 246
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

PMO Project Manager / Sox Compliance Opening in Austin, Texas

Job Requirement:

-Oversee and direct contract compliance activities including time-sensitive deliverables and reports,

-Coordinate activities and guide compliance resources in completion of technology and process audits such as ISO 27002, Sarbanes-Oxley and Payment Card Industry-Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS),

-Supervise and oversee contractually required reporting, including weekly, monthly and quarterly reports,

-Support PMO business and financial planning activities and estimates,

-Function in the role of Quality Manager for the portal, including auditing of project deliverables, processes and work products,

-Draft and refine board presentations and related reports for contracted board meetings,

-Provide guidance and oversight to 3 compliance and reporting analysts,

-Support PMO Director and project managers in executing project activities, including project planning and reporting,

-Follow documented processes and procedures, and

-Participate in continuous process improvements that will result in greater efficiencies, improved customer service, increased revenue, and overall improved program performance.

Position-specific Required Skills:

-Bachelors Degree, preferably in Business or Computer Science;

-Excellent written and oral communication skills;

-Proven experience in managing contract compliance and audit requirements;

-Experience managing day-to-day relationships with clients;

-Proven ability to work independently;

-Experience in a CMM or CMMI ML3 organization is highly desired;

-At least five years experience in a team lead or management role; and

-Experience working with government entities, especially state and local governments is desired.

Position-specific Desired Skills:

-Experience with Microsoft Office Project and Daptiv Project Management tools is desired,

- Experience working with Microsoft Office SharePoint is desired,

-Experience with ISO standards as pertaining to organizations (business and management) and associated audit activities is desired.

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
913-693-8200-Office – Ext 246
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

UI / UX Architect opening in Kansas City

Minimum Experience:

5+ years experience leading a User Interface team participating in the complete product development lifecycle of several successfully launched web and/or software applications. Portfolio required.

Technologies/Skills:

CSS, Graphic preparation tools (e.g., Photoshop/Illustrator/Fireworks), HTML, advanced CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Google Search Appliance & Analytics, Flash Video & Windows Media, SEO, Mobile design (iPod, Blackberry, Android).

Responsibilities:

They will function as the design lead for the web development team. They shall assist in developing thorough, realistic plans that support organizational objectives. Shall work with stakeholders to understand their business models and goals and help define strategy, content, and features for design of their web site. Be able to analyze audiences and their information and functional needs. Define site architecture and navigation that serves as a blueprint of the site upon which all other aspects are built. Create wireframes, site maps, schematics, process maps, feature lists, mockups, visual specification, working prototypes and other artifacts to describe the intended user experience. Articulate a strategy for a proposed solution based on business goals, market conditions and audience needs. Produce user requirements specifications, including personas, scenarios, task analysis, flowcharts, and organization and navigation models.

Qualifications:

Expertise in user interface design processes and methodologies. Experience with multi-variant testing, workflow modeling, web analytics, audience targeting and personalization, and social media knowledge. Proven ability to Design intuitive and compelling user interfaces based on strategies, research and business objectives (portfolio required). Must have strong visual design skills including screen layout, information design, color and typography, and a great attention to detail. Understanding of user-centered design principles and iterative product development cycles. Experience with CSS used to brand and rebrand graphical user interfaces. CSS should be able to control not only look and feel (font, color, style) but also positioning and inclusion/exclusion of page elements. Cross-browser compatibility expertise. Experience with Search Engine Optimization.

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant
Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell

http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

SQL Server / SSIS / ETL Developer opening in KC

Qualifications:


• Bachelor's degree in computer technology discipline desirable.
• Strong knowledge of Data Warehousing methodologies and concepts, including and not limited to: star schemas, snowflakes, ETL processes, dimensional modeling and reporting tools
• 3 + years of experience in dimensional modeling, cube design and development using SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
• 5 + years DTS / SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
• Experience with Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE)
• Experience Multidimensional Expression (MDX) queries and Data Mining Expression (DMX) queries for analysis services
• Good working experience with OLAP and Reporting Services/MS Excel combination
• Strong data modeling experience and key understanding of relational database development.
• Significant experience in extracting data from multiple sources including a data warehouse environment.
• Ability to comprehend complex technical and logical concepts and adapt quickly to changes.
• Strong quantitative, analytical, problem solving, organizational, communication and interpersonal skills are required.
• Attention to detail and maintaining high quality standards is a must.
• Ability to prioritize and manage concurrent projects, demonstrate initiative and work independently with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze business and technical requirements, as well as data warehouse data models, to understand the detailed data management requirements
• Collaborate on the global data architecture design and planning for the physical structure and implementation of data warehouses and data marts.
• Design, document and build physical database environments from table, column, index and view definitions to storage requirements and drive spacing and growth accommodations.
• Work with developers and data analysts to identify, design and implement solutions for extraction and integration of data to and from data warehouses and data marts for the purposes of reporting, decision support and analysis.
• Develop scripts for the creation of the physical data warehouse database schema(s), data security and protection, managing performance, performing backups/ restores, and archiving data.
• Document and standardize data structures, procedures and processes.
• Manage, Monitor and Administer database and system performance. Including optimization and tuning of data loads, extractions and recommending appropriate procedure, query or package changes and optimizations to ensure and improve system performance and reliability.
• Strong ad-hoc SQL query development skills, working knowledge of relational databases and MS Word, PowerPoint, Access, Visio
• Superior data mining, extraction, transformation, modeling, validation testing, and presentation skills are mandatory
• Reporting, technical writing and documentation experience

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

VP of Software Engineering / Product Development

Job Description:

Reporting to the President, this senior leadership position will partner with other senior team members on a long term technology roadmap. This position integrates all Software Development disciplines and specialty groups into a team effort forming a structured development process that proceeds from the concept to production to test to operation.

1. Articulate implementation strategies, technologies, architectures, people skills and processes to achieve repeatable performance and to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

2. Drive results through inspired leadership and accountability with a focused and disciplined approach to product development consistent with best practices in the company and the industry.

3. Demonstrate the skill sets necessary to lead others and to define processes that directly and efficiently support the company vision, mission, and goals.

4. Establish and maintain internal design reviews and guidelines for product development and engineering processes.

5. Plan and allocate appropriate engineering resources for projects and provide scheduling, people resources, asset allocation, budgets and estimates at completion.

6. Design and implement process changes which support Company's Quality initiatives.

7. Oversee our technology group to achieve synergies and maximize the value of all Innovation resources.

8. Interface and communicate with internal customers to solidify a "team" relationship along with resolving technical and programmatic issues.

9. Empower team members to achieve their best through collaboration and achievement of common goals.

Education Requirements:

-Solid expertise in the software development field (BS in Computers or related fiels) coupled with resource management skills and at least 5-10 years of experience in management of Software Development for clients.
-Proven expertise at leading a Software Development Department
-Strong Leadership ability

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

VP of Operations / Perm opening in KC

Plans, organizes, directs, and controls the activities of the Operations function of the division. Responsible for the performance of all Department functions

Essential Functions:

1. Reviews and approves adequate plans for the control of planned outputs, budget spending, labor efficiency, material efficiency, engineering effectiveness, customer service, and order entry efficiency, along with human utilization.

2. Reviews performance against operating plans and standards. Provides reports to subordinates on interpretation of results and approves changes in direction of plans.

3. Presents monthly reports on performance as requested by the Chief Executive Officer.

4. Develops and presents to the President matters requiring a decision.

5. Develops and recommends corporate operations policy within the Operations Department.

6. Defines and recommends objectives in each area of Operations. Develops specific short-term and long-term plans and programs, together with supporting budget requests and financial estimates.

7. Reviews and approves cost control reports, cost estimates, and manpower and facilities requirements forecasts.

8. Coordinates and collaborates with other departments of the corporation in establishing and carrying out responsibilities.

9. Reviews and approves the setting of budgets throughout the Operations Department.

10. Reviews and approves Operations major projects involving major functional changes within the Department's functional areas.

11. Develops plans for new areas of technology for the manufacturing functions along with sufficient planning for areas that support the mission of the Corporation within Operations.

Management Responsibilities:

1. Reviews and approves the implementation of manufacturing and organizational plans that support the Operations Master Plan.

2. Establishes objectives and procedures governing the performance of assigned activities. Issues specific annual objectives to immediate subordinates and reviews objectives of the Operations management.

3. Selects and maintains qualified personnel in all positions reporting directly and recommends compensation for them.

4. Directs, monitors, and appraises the performance of units immediately reporting and provides the necessary coordination between activities.

5. Identifies training needs, initiates development of subordinates, recommends effective personnel action.

6. Maintains appropriate communications within area of responsibility.

7. Keeps employees informed as to company/department plans and progress.

8. Coordinates activities of assigned units with those of other company units. Seeks mutual agreement on problems involving coordination.

9. Consults with all segments of management responsible for policy or action. Ensures compliance within area of responsibility. Makes recommendations for improving effectiveness of policies and procedures.

10. Reviews and endorses or revises budget proposals received from direct reports. Submits budgets for assigned activities in accordance with the budget procedure. Approves budget expenses up to authorized dollar amounts.

Additional Responsibilities:

1. Assumes other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.

2. Provides orientation and on-the-job training for subordinates and ensures that the authority and responsibility for each position are defined and understood.

3. Ensures that duties, responsibilities, and authority and accountability of all direct subordinates are defined and understood.

Education and Experience:

1. B.S., in Computing, Digital Media or Related Field, MBA is a plus.

2. Affiliation with digital media companies.

3. A minimum of three (3) years as a Vice President of Operations in a Software Development, Print Media, Digital Media or Technology orientated background with the responsibilities of producing, purchasing, inventory control, production control, and technology, as well as shipping, receiving, and warehousing.

4. A minimum annual production value of sales of $15 million with a minimum of 200 direct labor employees.

5. Sound administrative skills, well-developed management skills
Principles and people.

6. Experience in working in a nonunion environment.

7. Proven ability to recruit, trains, and motivate personnel in order to balance staffing strength with profitability and growth.

Personal Characteristics:

1. Strong analytical, numerical, and reasoning abilities.

2. Participative management type advocates team concept.

3. Well-developed interpersonal skills. Ability to get along with diverse personalities. Tactful, mature.

4. Ability to establish credibility and be decisive but able to recognize and support the organization's preferences and priorities.

5. Satisfactory communication skills, written and verbal.

6. Results oriented with the ability to balance other business considerations.

EOE/M/F/H/V

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
913-693-8200-Office
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com

Technical Architect / Perm opportunity / Kansas City Opportunity

Minimum Experience:

5+ years leading development teams through full lifecycle including requirements gathering, technical assessments, package evaluation, technical design, development, launch and support.

Responsibilities:

The person shall function as the technical lead for the web development team. Shall plan, design and develop flexible, framework-based code repositories for overall system architecture. Shall take ownership of architecture/technology decisions for all aspects of the system application development life-cycle including use of services-oriented design, database design and infrastructure planning. Shall establish development standards, code reviews, unit test metrics, quality assurance metrics, optimization standards, maintenance standards and overall performance analysis. Must be able to articulate high-level planning and design needs for integration with other/third-party systems.

Utilize agile methodologies for rapid application development (RAD) and proto-typing. Shall mentor application development team of programmers and lead project teams as needed. Must have advanced skill sets in web-based application development.

Qualifications:

Expertise in Object-Oriented programming concepts, design patterns, N-tier architecture design and framework-based development methodologies. Understanding of eCommerce principles, eCommerce frameworks and platforms. Exposure to mobile design and development (devices like iPhone, Blackberry, Android) (mobile browser platforms like Windows Mobile, RIM, Palm etc). Exposure to Internationalization and Localization concepts using known framework tools. Exposure to Test automation tools & techniques like Visual Studio Performance Tools, NUnit, MSBuild etc. Can define and execute internet security models. Takes initiative to investigate new tools and methodologies and recommends development strategies for team adoption. Working knowledge of SharePoint 2007 (MOSS and WSS 3.0) product and tools/framework specific to content publishing and management and low-level network/systems integration (command-line PING, TRACERT, DOS shell programming etc) a plus.

Technologies/Skills:

C#, ASP.Net, JavaScript, HTML, TSQL, AJAX, SQL Server 2000-2008, jQuery, CSS, .NET Framework versions including 3.5, JSON, Visual Studio 2005-2010, Source control systems like TFS or VSS

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office – Ext 246
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com

Sr. UI / UX Architect opening in Kansas City / Perm opportunity

Requirements:

5+ years experience leading a User Interface team participating in the complete product development lifecycle of several successfully launched web and/or software applications. Portfolio required.

Responsibilities:

This person shall function as the design lead for the web development team. The person shall assist in developing thorough, realistic plans that support organizational objectives. Shall work with stakeholders to understand their business models and goals and help define strategy, content, and features for design of their web site. Be able to analyze audiences and their information and functional needs. Define site architecture and navigation that serves as a blueprint of the site upon which all other aspects are built. Create wireframes, site maps, schematics, process maps, feature lists, mockups, visual specification, working prototypes and other artifacts to describe the intended user experience. Articulate a strategy for a proposed solution based on business goals, market conditions and audience needs. Produce user requirements specifications, including personas, scenarios, task analysis, flowcharts, and organization and navigation models.

Qualifications:

Expertise in user interface design processes and methodologies. Experience with multi-variant testing, workflow modeling, web analytics, audience targeting and personalization, and social media knowledge. Proven ability to Design intuitive and compelling user interfaces based on strategies, research and business objectives (portfolio required). Must have strong visual design skills including screen layout, information design, color and typography, and a great attention to detail. Understanding of user-centered design principles and iterative product development cycles. Experience with CSS used to brand and rebrand graphical user interfaces. CSS should be able to control not only look and feel (font, color, style) but also positioning and inclusion/exclusion of page elements. Cross-browser compatibility expertise. Experience with Search Engine Optimization.

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office – Ext 246
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

2 Senior C# Developer openings in Kansas City

Requirements:

·Writing secure, reusable and easily maintainable code.
·Design and develop both Web and Windows based applications following industry best practices.
·Maintain existing applications.
·Database design.
·Test and deploy applications.
·Deliver applications in a timely fashion.
·Communicate effectively with management, colleagues and clients.
·Keeping abreast of the latest technology.

-Undergraduate degree preferred in computer science or related engineering discipline

4-5 years of experience with C#, ASP.NET technology and SQL Server 2005,Web Services, Java Script and JQuery.

-Excellent understanding of object oriented principles and design
-Excellent analytical and problem solving abilities
-Ability to work independently with high energy and self motivation

Contact Information:

Ryan Mac Donald
Senior Staffing Consultant

Midwest Consulting Group
9401 Indian Creek Parkway - Suite 1120
Overland Park, KS 66210
913-693-8200-Office – Ext 246
913-522-0179-Cell
http://www.mcginfo.com
ryanm@mcginfo.com

Partial list of MCG Employment openings link:
http://midwestconsultingryanmacdonald.blogspot.com/

Potential Questions a Employer may ask in a interview

The below list of questions has been provided to help you prepare for various questions that you may encounter in various situations and positions. Not all questions will be relevant but this will help you prepare for the next interview.

If you have any questions or would like me to help you role play or prepare for your next interview do not hesitate to call me - Ryan Mac Donald - 913-693-8200 MCG Consulting.

Complete List of Behavioral Interview Questions

Behavioral Interviewing, a style of interviewing that is increasing in popularity due to its effectiveness, can be an intimidating activity. We have assembled an exhaustive list of sample behavioral interview questions. This guide is intended to help job seekers and interviewers alike in their preparation for their upcoming interview.

Check out our guide on how to answer behavioral interview questions, and then use this list as a "study guide" of sorts to make sure you are as prepared as possible!

Complete List of Behavioral Interview Questions

Adaptability:

Describe a major change that occurred in a job that you held. How did you adapt to this change?
Tell us about a situation in which you had to adjust to changes over which you had no control. How did you handle it?
Tell us about a time that you had to adapt to a difficult situation.
What do you do when priorities change quickly? Give one example of when this happened.

Ambition:

Describe a project or idea that was implemented primarily because of your efforts. What was your role? What was the outcome?
Describe a time when you made a suggestion to improve the work in your organization.
Give an example of an important goal that you set in the past. Tell about your success in reaching it.
Give two examples of things you've done in previous jobs t hat demonstrate your willingness to work hard.
How many hours a day do you put into your work? What were your study patterns at school?
Tell us about a time when you had to go above and beyond the call of duty in order to get a job done.
Tell us about a time when a job had to be completed and you were able to focus your attention and efforts to get it done.
Tell us about a time when you were particularly effective on prioritizing tasks and completing a project on schedule.
Tell us about the last time that you undertook a project that demanded a lot of initiative.
Tell us how you keep your job knowledge current with the on going changes in the industry.
There are times when we work without close supervision or support to get the job done. Tell us about a time when you found yourself in such a situation and how things turned out.
What impact did you have in your last job?
What is the most competitive work situation you have experienced? How did you handle it? What was the result?
What is the riskiest decision you have made? What was the situation? What happened?
What kinds of challenges did you face on your last job? Give an example of how you handled them.
What projects have you started on your own recently? What prompted you to get started?
What sorts of things have you done to become better qualified for your career?
What was the best idea that you came up with in your career? How did you apply it?
When you disagree with your manager, what do you do? Give an example.
When you have a lot of work to do, how do you get it all done? Give an example?

Analytical Thinking:

Describe the project or situation which best demonstrates your analytical abilities. What was your role?
Developing and using a detailed procedure is often very important in a job. Tell about a time when you needed to develop and use a detailed procedure to successfully complete a project.
Give a specific example of a time when you used good judgment and login in solving a problem.
Give me a specific example of a time when you used good judgment and logic in solving a problem.
Give me an example of when you took a risk to achieve a goal. What was the outcome?
How did you go about making the changes (step by step)? Answer in depth or detail such as "What were you thinking at that point?" or "Tell me more about meeting with that person", or "Lead me through your decision process".
Relate a specific instance when you found it necessary to be precise in your in order to complete the job.
Tell us about a job or setting where great precision to detail was required to complete a task. How did you handle that situation?
Tell us about a time when you had to analyze information and make a recommendation. What kind of thought process did you go through? What was your reasoning behind your decision?
Tell us about your experience in past jobs that required you to be especially alert to details while doing the task involved.

Building Relationships:

Give a specific example of a time when you had to address an angry customer. What was the problem and what was the outcome? How would you asses your role in diffusing the situation?
It is very important to build good relationships at work but sometimes it doesn't always work. If you can, tell about a time when you were not able to build a successful relationship with a difficult person.
Tell us about a time when you built rapport quickly with someone under difficult conditions.
What, in your opinion, are the key ingredients in guiding and maintaining successful business relationships? Give examples of how you made these work for you.

Business Systems Thinking:

Describe how your position contributes to your organization's/unit's goals. What are the unit's goals/mission?
Tell us about a politically complex work situation in which you worked.

Caution:

Have you ever worked in a situation where the rules and guidelines were not clear? Tell me about it. How did you feel about it? How did you react?
Some people consider themselves to be "big picture people" and others are "detail oriented". Which are you? Give an example of a time when you displayed this.
Tell us me about a situation when it was important for you to pay attention to details. How did you handle it?
Tell us me about a time when you demonstrated too much initiative?

Communication:

Describe a situation in which you were able to effectively "read" another person and guide your actions by your understanding of their individual needs or values.
Describe a situation when you were able to strengthen a relationship by communicating effectively. What made your communication effective?
Describe a situation where you felt you had not communicated well. How did you correct the situation?
Describe a time when you were able to effectively communicate a difficult or unpleasant idea to a superior.
Describe the most significant written document, report or presentation which you had to complete.
Give me an example of a time when you were able to successfully communicate with another person, even when that individual may not have personally liked you , or vice versa.
Give me an example of a time when you were able to successfully communicate with another person, even when that individual may not have personally liked you.
Have you ever had to "sell" an idea to your co-workers or group? How did you do it? Did they "buy" it?
Have you had to "sell" an idea to your co-workers, classmates or group? How did you do it? Did they "buy" it?
How do you keep subordinates informed about information that affects their jobs?
How do you keep your manager informed about what is being done in your work area?
How do you go about explaining a complex technical problem to a person who does not understand technical jargon?What approach do you take in communicating with people?
What kinds of communication situations cause you difficulty? Give an example.
Tell us about a recent successful experience in making a speech or presentation. How did you prepare? What obstacles did you face? How did you handle them?
Tell us about a time when you and your current/previous supervisor disagreed but you still found a way to get your point across.
Tell us about a time when you had to present complex information. How did you ensure that the other person understood?
Tell us about a time when you had to use your verbal communication skills in order to get a point across that was important to you.
Tell us about a time when you were particularly effective in a talk you gave or a seminar you taught.
Tell us about an experience in which you had to speak up in order to be sure that other people knew what you thought or felt.
Tell us me about a situation when you had to speak up (be assertive) in order to get a point across that was important to you.
Tell us me about a time in which you had to use your written communication skills in order to get an important point across.
What challenges have occurred while you were coordinating work with other units, departments, and/or divisions?
What have you done to improve your verbal communication skills?
How have you persuaded people through a document you prepared?
What are the most challenging documents you have done? What kinds of proposals have your written?
What kinds of writing have you done? How do you prepare written communications?

Conflict Resolution:

Describe a time when you took personal accountability for a conflict and initiated contact with the individual(s) involved to explain your actions.

Customer Orientation:

How do you handle problems with customers? Give an example.
How do you go about establishing rapport with a customer? What have you done to gain their confidence? Give an example.
What have you done to improve relations with your customers?

Decision Making:

Discuss an important decision you have made regarding a task or project at work. What factors influenced your decision?
Everyone has made some poor decisions or has done something that just did not turn out right. Has this happened to you? What happened?
Give an example of a time in which you had to be relatively quick in coming to a decision.
Give an example of a time in which you had to keep from speaking or not finish a task because you did not have enough information to come to a good decision. Give an example of a time when there was a decision to be made and procedures were not in place?
Give an example of a time when you had to be relatively quick in coming to a decision.
Give me an example of a time when you had to keep from speaking or making a decision because you did not have enough information.
How did you go about deciding what strategy to employ when dealing with a difficult customer?
How do you go about developing I information to make a decision? Give an example.
How do you involve your manager and/or others when you make a decision?
How have you gone about making important decisions?
How quickly do you make decisions? Give an example.
In a current job task, what steps do you go through to ensure your decisions are correct/effective?
Tell us about a time when you had to defend a decision you made even though other important people were opposed to your decision.
What kind of decisions do you make rapidly? What kind takes more time? Give examples.
What kinds of problems have you had coordinating technical projects? How did you solve t hem?
What was your most difficult decision in the last 6 months? What made it difficult?
When you have to make a highly technical decision, how do you go about doing it?

Delegation:

Do you consider yourself a macro or micro manager? How do you delegate?
How do you make the decision to delegate work?
Tell us how you go about delegating work?
What was the biggest mistake you have had when delegating work? The biggest success?

Detail-Oriented:

Describe a situation where you had the option to leave the details to others or you could take care of them yourself.
Do prefer to work with the "big picture" or the "details" of a situation? Give me an example of an experience that illustrates your preference.
Have the jobs you held in the past required little attention, moderate attention, or a great deal of attention to detail? Give me an example of a situation that illustrates this requirement.
Tell us about a difficult experience you had in working with details.
Tell us about a situation where attention to detail was either important or unimportant in accomplishing an assigned task.

Employee Development:

Tell us about a training program that you have developed or enhanced.

Evaluating Alternatives:

Have you ever had a situation where you had a number of alternatives to choose from? How did you go about choosing one?
How did you assemble the information?
How did you review the information? What process did you follow to reach a conclusion?
What alternatives did you develop?
What are some of the major decisions you have made over the past (6, 12, 18) months?
What kinds of decisions are most difficult for you? Describe one?
Who made the decision?

Flexibility:

Have you ever had a subordinate whose performance was consistently marginal? What did you do?
How have you adjusted your style when it was not meeting the objectives and/or people were not responding correctly?
What do you do when you are faced with an obstacle to an important project? Give an example.
When you have difficulty persuading someone to your point of view, what do you do? Give an example.

Follow-up and Control:

How did you keep track of delegated assignments?
How do you evaluate the productivity/effectiveness of your subordinates?
How do you get data for performance reviews?
How do you keep track of what your subordinates are doing?
What administrative paperwork do you have? Is it useful? Why/why not?

Initiative:

Give me an example of when you had to go above and beyond the call of duty in order to get a job done.
Give me examples of projects/tasks you started on your own.
Give some instances in which you anticipated problems and were able to influence a new direction.
How did you get work assignments at your most recent employer?
What changes did you develop at your most recent employer?
What kinds of things really get your excited?
What sorts of projects did you generate that required you to go beyond your job description?
What sorts of things did you do at school that were beyond expectations?

Interpersonal Skills:

Describe a recent unpopular decision you made and what the result was.
Describe a recent unpopular decision you made and what the result was.
Describe a situation in which you were able to effectively "read" another person and guide your actions by your understanding of their needs and values.
Tell us about the most difficult or frustrating individual that you've ever had to work with, and how you managed to work with them.
What have you done in past situations to contribute toward a teamwork environment?
What have you done in the past to contribute toward a teamwork environment?

Innovation:

Can you think of a situation where innovation was required at work? What did you do in this situation?
Describe a situation when you demonstrated initiative and took action without waiting for direction. What was the outcome?
Describe a time when you came up with a creative solution/idea/project/report to a problem in your past work.
Describe something that you have implemented at work. What were the steps used to implement this?
Describe the most creative work-related project which you have carried out.
Give me an example of when you took a risk to achieve a goal. What was the outcome?
Sometimes it is essential that we break out of the routine, standardized way of doing things in order to complete the task. Give an example of when you were able to successfully develop such a new approach.
Tell us about a problem that you solved in a unique or unusual way. What was the outcome? Were you satisfied with it?
Tell us about a suggestion you made to improve the way job processes/operations worked. What was the result?
There are many jobs in which well-established methods are typically followed. Give a specific example of a time when you tried some other method to do the job.
There are many jobs that require creative or innovative thinking. Give an example of when you had such a job and how you handled it.
What have been some of your most creative ideas?
What innovative procedures have you developed? How did you develop them? Who was involved? Where did the ideas come from?
What new or unusual ideas have you developed on your job? How did you develop them? What was the result? Did you implement them?
When was the last time that you thought "outside of the box" and how did you do it?

Integrity:

Describe a time when you were asked to keep information confidential.
Give examples of how you have acted with integrity in your job/work relationship.
If you can, tell about a time when your trustworthiness was challenged. How did you react/respond?
On occasion we are confronted by dishonesty in the workplace. Tell about such an occurrence and how you handled it.
Tell us about a specific time when you had to handle a tough problem which challenged fairness or ethnical issues.
Trust requires personal accountability. Can you tell about a time when you chose to trust someone? What was the outcome?

Introducing Change:

Have you ever had to introduce a policy change to your work group? How did you do it?
Have you ever met resistance when implementing a new idea or policy to a work group? How did you deal with it? What happened?
When is the last time you had to introduce a new idea or procedure to people on this job? How did you do it?

Leadership:

Give an example of a time in which you felt you were able to build motivation in your co-workers or subordinates at work.
Give an example of your ability to build motivation in your co-workers, classmates, and even if on a volunteer committee.
Have you ever had difficulty getting others to accept your ideas? What was your approach? Did it work?
Have you ever been a member of a group where two of the members did not work well together? What did you do to get them to do so?
What is the toughest group that you have had to get cooperation from?
What is the toughest group that you have had to get cooperation from? Describe how you handled it. What was the outcome?

Listening:

Give an example of a time when you made a mistake because you did not listen well to what someone had to say.
How often do you have to rely on information you have gathered from others when talking to them? What kinds of problems have you had? What happened?
What do you do to show people that you are listing to them?
When is listening important on your job? When is listening difficult?

Motivating Others:

Have you ever had a subordinate whose work was always marginal? How did you deal with that person? What happened?
How do you deal with people whose work exceeds your expectations?
How do you get subordinates to produce at a high level? Give an example.
How do you get subordinates to work at their peak potential? Give an example.
How do you manage cross-functional teams?

Motivation:

Describe a situation when you were able to have a positive influence on the actions of others.
Give an example of a time when you went above and beyond the call of duty.
Give me an example of a time when you went above and beyond the call of duty.
How would you define "success" for someone in your chosen career?
Tell us me about an important goal that you set in the past. Were you successful? Why?

Negotiating:

Describe the most challenging negotiation in which you were involved. What did you do? What were the results for you? What were the results for the other party?
Have you ever been in a situation where you had to bargain with someone? How did you feel about this? What did you do? Give an example.
How did you prepare for it?
How did you present your position?
How did you resolve it?
Tell us about the last time you had to negotiate with someone.
What was the most difficult part?

Organizational:

Describe a time when you had to make a difficult choice between your personal and professional life.
Give me an example of a project that best describes your organizational skills.
How do you decide what gets top priority when scheduling your time?
What do you do when your schedule is suddenly interrupted? Give an example.

Performance Management:

Give an example of a time when you helped a staff member accept change and make the necessary adjustments to move forward. What were the change/transition skills that you used.
Give an example of how you have been successful at empowering either a person or a group of people into accomplishing a task.
How do you handle a subordinate whose work is not up to expectations?
How do you coach a subordinate to develop a new skill?
How do you handle performance reviews? Tell me about a difficult one.
How often do you discuss a subordinate's performance with him/her? Give an example.
Tell us about a specific development plan that you created and carried out with one or more of your employees. What was the specific situation? What were the components of the development plan? What was the outcome?
Tell us about a time when you had to take disciplinary action with someone you supervised.
Tell us about a time when you had to tell a staff member that you were dissatisfied with his or her work.
Tell us about a time when you had to use your authority to get something done. Where there any negative consequences?
There are times when people need extra help. Give an example of when you were able to provide that support to a person with whom you worked.
What have you done to develop the skills of your staff?
When do you give positive feedback to people? Tell me about the last time you did. Give an example of how you handle the need for constructive criticism with a subordinate or peer.

Personal Effectiveness:

Give an example of a situation where others were intense but you were able to maintain your composure.
It is important to maintain a positive attitude at work when you have other things on your mind. Give a specific example of when you were able to do that.
Keeping others informed of your progress/actions helps them fell comfortable. Tell your methods for keeping your supervisor advised of the status on projects.
Tell us about a recent job or experience that you would describe as a real learning experience? What did you learn from the job or experience?
Tell us about a time when you took responsibility for an error and were held personally accountable.
Tell us about a time when your supervisor criticized your work. How did you respond?
Tell us about some demanding situations in which you managed to remain calm and composed.
There are times when we are placed under extreme pressure on the job. Tell about a time when you were under such pressure and how you handled it.
What have you done to further your own professional development in the past 5 years.
When you have been made aware of, or have discovered for yourself, a problem in your work performance, what was your course of action? Can you give an example?

Persuasion:

Describe a situation in which you were able to positively influence the actions of others in a desired direction.
Describe a situation where you were able to use persuasion to successfully convince someone to see things your way.
Describe a time when you were able to convince a skeptical or resistant customer to purchase a project or utilize your services.
Have you ever had to persuade a group to accept a proposal or idea? How did you go about doing it? What was the result?
Have you ever had to persuade a peer or manager to accept an idea that you knew they would not like? Describe the resistance you met and how you overcame it.
How do you get a peer or colleague to accept one of your ideas?
In selling an idea, it is sometimes useful to use metaphors, analogies, or stories to make your point. Give a recent example of when you were able to successfully do that.
Tell us about a time when you had to convince someone in authority about your ideas. How did it work out?
Tell us about a time when you used facts and reason to persuade someone to accept your recommendation.
Tell us about a time when you used your leadership ability to gain support for what initially had strong opposition.
Tell us about a time when you were able to successfully influence another person.

Planning and Organization:

Describe how you develop a project team's goals and project plan?
How do you schedule your time? Set priorities? How do you handle doing twenty things at once?
What do you do when your time schedule or project plan is upset by unforeseen circumstances? Give an example.
What have you done in order to be effective with your organization and planning?

Presentation:

How do you prepare for a presentation to a group of technical experts in your field?
How would you describe your presentation style?
Tell us about the most effective presentation you have made. What was the topic? What made it difficult? How did you handle it?
What kinds of oral presentations have you made? How did you prepare for them? What challenges did you have?

Problem Solving:

Describe the most difficult working relationship you've had with an individual. What specific actions did you take to improve the relationship? What was the outcome?
Give me an example of a situation where you had difficulties with a team member. What, if anything, did you do to resolve the difficulties?

Problems Solving:

Have you ever been caught unaware by a problem or obstacles that you had not foreseen? What happened?
Tell us about a time when you did something completely different from the plan and/or assignment. Why? What happened?
What are some of the problems you have faced; such as between business development and project leaders, between one department and another, between you and your peers? How did you recognize that they were there?
When was the last time something came up in a meeting that was not covered in the plan? What did you do? What were the results of your judgment?

Problem Resolution:

Describe a situation where you had a conflict with another individual, and how you dealt with it. What was the outcome? How do you feel about it?
Describe a time in which you were faced with problems or stresses which tested your coping skills. What did you do?
Describe a time when you facilitated a creative solution to a problem between two employees.
Give a specific example of a time when you used good judgment and logic in solving a problem.
Give an example of a problem which you faced on any job that you have had and tell how you went about solving it.
Give an example of when you "went to the source" to address a conflict. Do you feel trust levels were improved as a result?
Problems occur in almost all work relationships. Describe a time when you had to cope with the resentment or hostility of a subordinate or co-worker.
Some problems require developing a unique approach. Tell about a time when you were able to develop a different problem-solving approach.
Sometimes the only way to resolve a defense or conflict is through negotiation and compromise. Tell about a time when you were able to resolve a difficult situation by finding some common ground.
Sometimes we need to remain calm on the outside when we are really upset on the inside. Give an example of a time that this happened to you.
Tell us about a recent success you had with an especially difficult employee/co-worker.
Tell us about a situation in which you had to separate the person from the issue when working to resolve issues.
Tell us about a time when you identified a potential problem and resolved the situation before it became serious.
There is more than one way to solve a problem. Give an example from your recent work experience that would illustrate this.

Project Management:

Tell us about a time when you influenced the outcome of a project by taking a leadership role.
Using a specific example of a project, tell how you kept those involved informed of the progress.

Relate Well:

Describe a situation where you had to use conflict management skills.
Describe a situation where you had to use confrontation skills.
Give me an example of a time when a company policy or action hurt people. What, if anything, did you do to mitigate the negative consequences to people?
How do you typically deal with conflict? Can you give me an example?
Tell us about a time when you were forced to make an unpopular decision.
What would your co-workers (or staff) stay is the most frustrating thing about your communications with them?

Removing Obstacles:

Have you ever dealt with a situation where communications were poor? Where there was a lack of cooperation? Lack of trust? How did you handle these situations?
What do you do when a subordinate comes to you with a challenge?
What have you done to help your subordinates to be more productive?
What have you done to make sure that your subordinates can be productive? Give an example.

Resolving Conflict:

Have you ever been in a situation where you had to settle an argument between two friends (or people you knew)? What did you do? What was the result?
Have you ever had to settle conflict between two people on the job? What was the situation and what did you do?
Tell us about a time when you had to help two peers settle a dispute. How did you go about identifying the issues? What did you do? What was the result?


Resource Management:

Tell us about a time when you organized or planned an event that was very successful.

Sales:

Describe how you prepare for a sales call for a new client.
How do you go about making cold calls?
How have your sales skills improved over the past three years.
Tell us about your most difficult sales experience.
Tell us about your sales volume over the past three years. What have you done to influence it?

Scheduling:

Describe the most difficult scheduling problem you have faced.
How did you assign priorities to jobs?
How did you go about making job assignments?
When all have been over-loaded, how do your people meet job assignments?

Self Assessment:

Can you recall a time when you were less than pleased with your performance?
Describe a situation in which you were able to use persuasion to successfully convince someone to see things your way.
Give me a specific occasion in which you conformed to a policy with which you did not agree.
Give me an example of an important goal that you h ad set in the past and tell me about your success in reaching it.
If there were one area you've always wanted to improve upon, what would that be?
In what ways are you trying to improve yourself?
Tell us about a time when you had to go above and beyond the call of duty in order to get a job done.
What do you consider to be your professional strengths? Give me a specific example using this attribute in the workplace.
What goal have you set for yourself that you have successfully achieved?
What was the most useful criticism you ever received?

Selecting and Developing People:

How do you coach an employee in completing a new assignment?
What have you done to develop your subordinates? Give an example.
What have you done to improve the skills of your subordinates?
What was your biggest mistake in hiring someone? What happened? How did you deal with the situation?
What was your biggest success in hiring someone? What did you do?

Setting Goals:

Did you have a strategic plan? How was it developed? How did you communicate it to the rest of your staff?
How do you communicate goals to subordinates? Give an example.
How do you involve people in developing your unit's goals? Give an example.
What company plans have you developed? Which ones have you reached? How did you reach them? Which have you missed? Why did you miss them?
What goals did you miss? Why did you miss them?
What goals have you met? What did you do to meet them?
What were your annual goals at your most current employer? How did you develop these goals?
What were your long-range plans at your most recent employer? What was our role in developing them?

Setting Performance Standards:

How do you go about setting goals with subordinates? How do you involve them in this process?
How do you let subordinates know what you expect of them?
What performance standards do you have for your unit? How have you communicated them to your subordinates?

Setting Priorities:

Have you ever been overloaded with work? How do you keep track of work so that it gets done on time?
How do you manage your time?
How do you schedule your time?
When given an important assignment, how do you approach it?

Sound Judgment:

Describe a situation when you had to exercise a significant amount of self-control.
Give me an example of a time in which you had to be relatively quick in coming to a decision.
Give me an example of when you were able to meet the personal and professional demands in your life yet still maintained a healthy balance.
Give me an example of when you were responsible for an error or mistake. What was the outcome? What, if anything, would you do differently?
If you were interviewing for this position what would you be looking for in the applicants?
We work with a great deal of confidential information. Describe how you would have handled sensitive information in a past work experience. What strategies would you utilize to maintain confidentiality when pressured by others?
When have you had to produce results without sufficient guidelines? Give an example.

Strategic Planning:

Describe what steps/methods you have used to define/identify a vision for your unit/position.
How do you see your job relating to the overall goals of the organization?
In your current or former position, what were your long and short-term goals?
Tell us about a time when you anticipated the future and made changes to current responsibilities/operations to meet future needs.

Stress Management:

How did you react when faced with constant time pressure? Give an example.
People react differently when job demands are constantly changing; how do you react?
What kind of events cause you stress on the job?
What was the most stressful situation you have faced? How did you deal with it?

Teamwork:

Describe a situation in which you had to arrive at a compromise or help others to compromise. What was your role? What steps did you take? What was the end result?
Describe a team experience you found disappointing. What would you have done to prevent this?
Describe a team experience you found rewarding.
Describe the types of teams you've been involved with. What were your roles?
Describe your leadership style and give an example of a situation when you successfully led a group.
Give an example of how you have been successful at empowering a group of people in accomplishing a task.
Give an example of how you worked effectively with people to accomplish an important result.
Have you ever been a project leader? Give examples of problems you experienced and how you reacted.
Have you ever been in a position where you had to lead a group of peers? How did you handle it?
Have you ever participated in a task group? What was your role? How did you contribute?
Please give your best example of working cooperatively as a team member to accomplish an important goal. What was the goal or objective? To what extent did you interact with others on this project?
Some people work best as part of a group - others prefer the role of individual contributor. How would you describe yourself? Give an example of a situation where you felt you were most effective.
Tell us about a time that you had to work on a team that did not get along. What happened? What role did you take? What was the result?
Tell us about a work experience where you had to work closely with others. How did it go? How did you overcome any difficulties?
Tell us about the most difficult challenge you faced in trying to work cooperatively with someone who did not share the same ideas? What was your role in achieving the work objective?
Tell us about the most difficult situation you have had when leading a team. What happened and what did you do? Was it successful? Emphasize the "single" most important thing you did?
Tell us about the most effective contribution you have made as part of a task group or special project team.
Think about the times you have been a team leader. What could you have done to be more effective?
What is the difficult part of being a member, not leader, of a team? How did you handle this?
What role have you typically played as a member of a team? How did you interact with other members of the team?
When is the last time you had a disagreement with a peer? How did you resolve the situation?
When working on a team project have you ever had an experience where there was strong disagreement among team members? What did you do?

Time Management Schedule:

Describe a situation that required you to do a number of things at the same time. How did you handle it? What was the result?
How do you determine priorities in scheduling your time? Give an example.
How do you typically plan your day to manage your time effectively?
Of your current assignments, which do you consider to have required the greatest amount of effort with regard to planning/organization? How have you accomplished this assignment? How would you asses your effectiveness?

Toughness:

On many occasions, managers have to make tough decisions. What was the most difficult one you have had to make?
Tell us about setbacks you have faced. How did you deal with them?
What has been your major work related disappointment? What happened and what did you do?
What is the most competitive situation you have experienced? How did you handle it? What was the result?
What was your major disappointment?


Variety:

How many projects do you work on at once? Please describe.
When was the last time you made a key decision on the spur of the moment? What was the reason and result?
When was the last time you were in a crises? What was the situation? How did you react?
Which of your jobs had the most rapid change? How did you feel about it?

Values Diversity:

Give a specific example of how you have helped create an environment where differences are valued, encouraged and supported.
Tell us about a time that you successfully adapted to a culturally different environment.
Tell us about a time when you had to adapt to a wide variety of people by accepting/understanding their perspective.
Tell us about a time when you made an intentional effort to get to know someone from another culture.
What have you done to further your knowledge/understanding about diversity? How have you demonstrated your learning?
What have you done to support diversity in your unit?
What measures have you taken to make someone feel comfortable in an environment that was obviously uncomfortable with his or her presence?

(source kansas department of labor)