Archive for January, 2010

GeoSearch and Equiom Team Up to Offer Staffing Services

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Strategic partnership to offer full service staffing to the geospatial sciences industry

BOULDER – January 19, 2010 – Combining their complementary capabilities, GeoSearch and Equiom announced today the formation of GeoSearch Staffing, a resource placement and staff augmentation service for the geospatial sciences and GIS employer community. This new partnership offers contract personnel recruitment and staffing services using GeoSearch’s access to top geospatial and GIS talent and customer relationships, and Equiom’s world-class employment capabilities. Equiom’s talent placement solution optimizes an organization’s talent supply and streamlines the hiring cycle, while GeoSearch brings its 21 years of experience with the geospatial community to serve as the single point of contact for GeoSearch Staffing services.

“We are very excited to be aligning with Equiom, an experienced leader in providing sustainable teams to technology organizations large and small,” said GeoSearch President Richard Serby. “We have identified the perfect compliment in Equiom and, together, we have assembled an invaluable service to offer employers an efficient and cost-effective option to tap the brightest geospatial resources available.”

“The alliance between Equiom and GeoSearch was a simple decision, one that allows our staff augmentation model to be powered by the GeoSearch recruiting prowess,” said Bassam Saliba, CEO of Equiom. “We are pleased to be teaming with the leading geospatial career source, GeoSearch, Inc. and we are excited to offer this integration to geospatial businesses.”

Personnel hired by GeoSearch Staffing enjoy competitive wages, salaries, and benefits and are assigned to commercial companies and public agencies for specific projects. GeoSearch Staffing employees receive health/medical, 401K, paid time off, and other benefits associated with permanent full-time employment.

About GeoSearch

GeoSearch, Inc. (http://www.geosearch.com) is a personnel recruitment firm specializing in the geospatial sciences and technologies operating since 1989. We offer a wide range of cost-effective and efficient recruitment products and services in geospatial sciences, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), photogrammetry, and many other related sciences. We recruit technical, management, sales and marketing professionals. Our highly targeted candidate database and long history in the geospatial sciences allow immediate access to qualified professionals.


About Equiom

Equiom, Inc. (www.equiom.com), a software consultancy and intellectual property development firm established in 2001, delivers innovation through an integrated set of services that include talent placement, project outsourcing, business technology consulting, and application & infrastructure security. Our practice helps startups and major corporations identify, plan, develop, and deploy effective technology solutions and services to specific business problems. Equiom’s ability to innovate, as well as execute and deliver, is built on a careful balance between the drive to advance technology, and the need to achieve business goals. We have a proven track record of consistently developing and delivering successful products to market on time and on budget. Our clients include high-profile companies as well as innovative startups. Among them are Microsoft, yahoo!, bSquare, Expedia, Ford, and Real Networks.


For more information about GeoSearch Staffing:

866-962-7772

http://www.geosearchstaffing.com

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Geospatial Jobs and the 2010 Economy

Friday, January 15th, 2010

On January 28th Directions Media will host a Geospatial Jobs and the 2010 Economy Webinar from 12 to 1 pm Eastern Standard Time.  Mike Agron will moderate and speakers include our own Rich Serby of GeoSearch, David DiBiase from Penn State University, Jennifer Swift from the University of Southern California and Michael Gould of ESRI.

How do the current economic realities impact jobs? Where are the jobs? Which jobs are ‘hot’ and what is the current demand for specific job titles, skills and experience? What are the current educational requirements to land these jobs? This webinar addresses these topics and more. If you have experienced a change in your employment status during this difficult economic period or trying to prepare for the prospect of a entering a difficult job market, this webinar is for you.  Register Here!