Job News Isn’t ALL Bad
As Americans sat in front of their TVs last week watching President Bush talk about our dwindling economy and job market, many have wondered, “is there any good news?”
While large businesses have lost more than 170,000 jobs over the last six months, small businesses are seeing their employment sector grow. Over 200,000 small business jobs have been created in that time. New data shows a continuation of this trend. Today, Automatic Data Processing (ADP) released the September ADP National Employment Report® and ADP Small Business Report® which showed small business employment - defined as businesses with fewer than 50 workers – added 28,000 jobs during September.
See below for a break-down of the small business data by sector:
• Total small business employment: +28,000
• Goods-producing sector: -16,000 small business jobs
• Service-providing sector: +44,000 small business jobs
If charts and graphs are your thing, click over for the fill report. (PDF)
Andrew G. Rosen
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I have extensive IT and Business Consulting experience and a record of adding value to my position, clients and organization. A summary of my background is below:
Summary:
Russ Kovar is seeking an Information Technology Leadership position in the Chicago land area, that leverages his technical and business experience and provides challenges and opportunities to add value to the organization.
Russ is a Senior Information Technology Leader with over 20 years of in-depth program and senior project management background. An experienced manager of diverse project teams, integrating technology with business, managing cost, increasing revenue and profitability. A team building leader with a focus on process improvement and delivery of effective solutions that align business and technology.
His background includes directing large custom and package software development and implementation initiatives, mobile application development and outsourcing programs, business processes analysis and reengineering and full project integration management. He has extensive experience directing multiple business integration efforts, developing and managing 3rd party vendor relationships, and managing operations to improve business efficiencies.
Russ specializes in helping clients achieve business improvement through increase revenue, reduced costs, improved decision-making and effective business processes. Experience includes managing strategic technology and business delivery objectives in global information and media, Banking, Retail, Service, Wireless Service Management, Telecommunications, Marketing Incentive, Human Resources, Utilities, Cable and Chemical industry sectors.
Key roles and accomplishments include:
· Improved services to clients through directing business integration efforts, managing cross-functional teams that achieved improved project deliverables, operational readiness, infrastructure change migration and client support.
· Resolved critical client problems directing swat teams to service problems with short and long-term solutions, ensuring effective communications with client facing organizations.
· Directed large outsourcing initiatives for a major retail company resulting in reduced maintenance costs, improved support efficiencies and the ability to re-tool client resources for other assignments
· Managed the transition and functional move of seven key client system support functions to a centralized group. Developed and implemented strategy, standards, templates, and guidelines. Directed and coached team resources.
· Managed development of a Business-to-Business web-based strategy for a new sales channel
· Directed integration activities supporting a Vantive Enterprise CRM and JD Edwards OneWorld implementation.
· Led a major outsourcing initiative for a national retail chain. Assisted in driving the strategy and tactical plans for managing vendor role, responsibilities, SLA’s, performance review, ongoing communication and matrix reporting of services provided.
· Managed the development and implementation of packaged and custom wireless service management products
· Initiated business improvements through implementation of re-engineered business processes, staff training and alignment of systems and operational functions.
A result oriented leader; he builds effective teams and facilitate success by assisting stakeholders to achieve business objectives through the alignment of the right
technology and organizational solution.
Please contact me regarding opportunities in the Chicago area.
Russ Kovar
847-891-4038
rkovar1@msn.com