Techies, Health Net Wants You
May 5th, 2008
By Roger Pang
Health Net, Inc. is one of the largest publicly traded managed health care companies in the U.S. The company’s HMO, POS, insured PPO and government contracts subsidiaries provide health benefits to approximately 6.6 million individuals.
I recently met with Michael Burchfield, National IT Staffing Consultant, Sr., of Health Net to get more information on […]
2008 CASPA/SEMI High Tech Job Fair Saturday April 19th
April 16th, 2008
2008 CASPA/SEMI High Tech Job Fair
Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel
777 Bellew Drive, Milpitas, CA 95053
Phone: (408) 321-9500
Admission: FREE
Free Refreshments. Free parking.
Participating Employers:
Qualcomm, GUC, TSMC, Super Micro, Power Analog Micro, OmniVision, Marvell, ITRI, SEMI, HUAWEI Tech, Mass Mutual, Search Bank, HHNEC, GSMC (Grace Semi), and more
This annual […]
Is Your Boss a Bully?
March 25th, 2008
Has your boss ever threatened you? According to this NYT story, 37% have reported being bullying at their job. Are you one of them? Bully
Next for College Social Networking? What is Pyuple
March 5th, 2008
What do you get when you combine social networking, a course management system and a course search engine? Welcome Pyuple the next step in college social networking.
According the press release:
As a social network that caters to college students, Pyuple sees itself as providing a service similar to what Facebook gave up before it […]
Emerging-Growth - Semiconductor in Green Technology
February 27th, 2008
From the Chinese American Semiconductor Professional Association
AssociationDate/Time: Saturday, March 1, 2008, 12:30pm - 5:00pm
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center,
5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA 95054
(408) 748-7027
Website: http://www.caspa.com
Fee: FREE Admission
Agenda:
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Registration and networking
1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Welcome from CASPA President
1:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Symposium presentations
4:15 p.m. […]
The Digital Divide for Newspapers
February 21st, 2008
By Roger M. Pang
Newspapers across the country are reporting double digit losses from last year and layoffs, with advertising continuing to decline, who knows when the bleeding will stop.
Last week, Gannet, Tribune, The New York Times and Hearst Corporation announced a joint venture to sell advertising on their respective sites. It’s called quadrantOne and it […]
I Want To be a Monkey When I Grow Up
February 5th, 2008
Here is Techklix’s latest Promo Video.
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Look Paper Ballots in Silicon Valley
February 5th, 2008
By Roger M. Pang
This morning my wife and I walked to the local church to vote. Two years ago we voted on tablet like machines and prior to that it was paper ballots. This year we took 50 steps back because there was a shortage of machines, so we voted on paper ballots again. Above […]
Illegal Interview Questions
January 22nd, 2008
Many of us don’t don’t what questions are allowed to be asked on a job interview.
Just in case you did not know, here is a list of subjects:
Employers should not ask about any of the following, because to not hire a candidate because of any one of them is discriminatory:
Race
Color
Sex
Religion
National origin
Birthplace
Age
Disability
Marital/family status
It is best to […]
Stay Tuned for Techklix’s Technology Knowledge Contest
January 22nd, 2008
Starting in February, we are going to launch a technology knowledge contest with some great prizes.
Be ready to play and stay tuned for details.