Has the past winter left you cool to your surroundings? Do housing prices cause you to gasp? Perhaps relocation is in your future.

Albin Engineering Services, Inc. has been chosen to provide high-tech professionals for Motorola’s new Teledesic project, the most sophisticated constellation of satellites since the highly successful Iridium project. Teledesic will build a global, broadband "Internet in the Sky," through a network of satellites, providing telecommunications access to all parts of the planet. Teledesic will be based just outside Phoenix, Arizona.

Some of the job specialties Motorola will require include:

Per diem is a tax break to assist U.S. residents unable to find work in their area. To qualify, a consultant must maintain a residence more than 100 miles from the work site and be fiscally responsible for the residence.

AESI handles per diem on an hourly basis, up to 40 hours/week. For example, in Santa Clara County, the per diem is approximately $27/hour for 40 hours/week. A consultant earning $50/hour would only be taxed on $23/hour for the first 40 hours/week; $27/hour would be untaxed. For time beyond 40 hours/week, the full $50/hour would be taxed.

AESI’s method for managing per diem, is designed to limit the consultant’s exposure and maximize the benefit to the consultant. For further details about per diem rates, see the U.S. Government’s web site for Travel Management Policy at http://policyworks.gov.

Hiring managers receive stacks of resumes on a daily basis. Getting your resume to rise to the top is vital to reaching the next stage interviewing. Even if you have the finest credentials, a poorly presented resume will get passed over. Here are some tips for getting your resume noticed.

General Resume Tips

• Write an objective statement targeted towards the job you are applying for.
• List a summary of your skills, briefly describing how each was used. A hiring manager will decide within the first few lines to read on.
• Use achievement statements with active words such as: developed, implemented, managed, etc. Include the tools or skills used.
• Use bulleted lists for a quick read.
• If your employment history consists of many contract positions, use month and year for employment dates. This shows the manager there are no unexplained gaps.
• As long as the resume has substance, the length is not limited to one page.
• Include a footer on each page with your name and page x of y.
• Remove Hobbies/Activities.
• ALWAYS use spell check.

Electronic Resumes

• Resumes should be attached in ASCII text format or in the body of the email message.
• Avoid using bullets, tabs, underlining, text alignment, special fonts, bold or italicized text, different sizes of text, and other special characters.
• Limit each line to 60 characters. Enter at the end of each line. Wrapping will not work in ASCII format.

AESI Resume Submittal

• The most efficient method for submitting resumes to AESI is via email with a Word attachment.
• Save the Word file in rich text format (RTF).
• HTML resumes are not preferred.
• Keep it simple when formatting the document.

AESI Summer Picnic - The 4th annual summer picnic will be held on Saturday, August 14th at Saratoga Springs. Due to the success of last year’s picnic, Saratoga Springs was chosen again as the venue. Features include: fantastic food, games for big and little kids, a pool, and cool surroundings for relief from the August weather. The picnic is open al all AESI employees, consultants and their immediate families. For details, call 408-733-AESI(2374). Ask for Kate Lentine.

Industry Events - The following is a sample of trade shows and conferences providing opportunities for professional development. For a more extensive list, go to the Calendar of Events page.

If you would like to receive a copy of this newsletter and be added to our mailing list, complete the form on our newsletter request page.

Visit our Newsletter Archives to read all back issues of Technically Speaking.