Conference 7.286::digital

    REF .0
    
    If you are in TMP check with your HRM as there have been a few mesages
    on that subject. My HRM forwards all this info to us so we can keep
    abreast of the situation - sorry to say I have been just reading and
    not saving it otherwise I would forward it to you.
    Jan
    

    see OASS::JOBS note 3234.* for complete schedule as well as job
    descriptions.

    I drove down to MRO3 for a meeting & was AMAZED to see all the cars
    there.  I heard that the planners estimated 1500 poeple might show
    up over 3 days, and that 1800 showed up day 1, and 1500 day 2. 
    It looks like people really are interested in seeing what is avail
    in the field & are interested in helping our resource allocation
    problems get resolved.  I heard from some folks that positions were
    filled, jobs accepted virtually on the spot.  This sounds like a
    great way to break thru the admin barriers to getting people in
    jobs they want or need.
    
    Mark
    

	It's also a way to show upper management that personnel and the
	sales organizations have tried everything to hire people into
	Ultrix and Windows.  Out of this they can request to hire from
	outside to fill critical positions.

	Dan

    re.4
    >>Its alse a way to show upper management that personnel and the 
    sales organizations have tried everything to hire people into
    Ultrix and Windows.  Out of this they can request to hire from
    outside to fill critical positions.
    
    IMHO 
    I agree that the Job Fair was a success, but I hardly think that personnel
    and/or the sales organization have tried "EVERYTHING" to hire people,
    especially when there are people here (CXO) and elsewhere that don't 
    have the opportunity to visit a Job Fair back east. I personnaly would
    like to see more emphasis on retraining manufacturing people in plants
    outside of New England before we start hiring from the outside.
    
    Barry

    I too thought the "Job Fair" was excellent.
    
    Still, I found it interesting that while the company is going to
    great lengths to get people "closer to the customer" and out to
    all of the sales offices, (and out of New England), the table with
    the longest lines was the Northeast Area table.
    
    The company desperately needs sales and sales support everywhere
    _except_ New England.   Yet, I could walk up to just about any table
    without waiting in line, except for the Northeast Area table, which
    always had a long, long line at it.
    
    -Don-

    re:. 6
    
    You can't blame people for not wanting to leave family, friends, etc.
    
    My UM told me recently that corporate is finally opening up some relo
    funds to try and get people out to field.  Due to a lack of relo funds
    on my project, we have had to hire outside contractors for positions
    that internal people had expressed an interest in, but couldn't move
    themselves 1200 miles to take.
    
    Bob

I was one of the people who interviewed at the career fair in Marlboro.  I 
had several interviews on the spot for various areas in the country, and I 
was immediately invited out to both Southern and Northern California for 
on-site interviews.  I had four interviews over a nine day period, which 
quickly led to a job offer in Irvine, CA (southern).  The career fair 
certainly was a good way to help me find the perfect job in an area which 
I've always wanted to live, so I must say I am extremely impressed with 
what the field has done to move people out of internal support and into the 
field.

Now, with that said, I must point out one extremely frustrating part of the 
career fair process.  Relocation through the fair has been the most 
confusing thing I have ever experienced at DEC.  The way I understand it, 
California is responsible for part of the relocation, and Marlboro is also 
responsible for a part of it.  I am scheduled to start working out there in 
less than two weeks, and I have yet to have a person from either area call 
me and identify themselves as a contact person to help me through 
relocation.

I have spent days and days on the phone trying to figure out who is 
supposed to be helping me, and only in the last day or two have I made any 
resolutions.  I'm told that part of the reason for these hassles is that I 
am one of the first people to actually be in the process of moving to this 
area through the career fair, and I hope that's true, because if anyone 
else has to go through what I've gone through in the last few weeks, my 
heart goes out for you.

Well, with that said, I must say I'm extremely excited about my new job and 
new location, and I feel confident that the relocation issues will 
eventually work themselves out.  Thanks to DEC for coming up with a great 
program to help out both the company and their employees at the same time.  
I am really impressed!

Andrew

    
    
    	re: -1
    
    	Try calling the COD hotline  DTN 264-5063.
    
    	They have been extremely responsive to me and have done
    	their best to answer my questions.
    
    			Sherry

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 Digital - 'Career Opportunity Days II' Jan. 9, 10, 11
   In an ongoing effort to better meet our business needs in a highly
 competitive industry, "Digital - The Next Decade" continues to focus on
 specific career opportunities in the U.S. Field. To help meet those needs, 
 "Career Opportunity Days II" will be held Jan. 9, 10, and 11 in MRO3. The
 event seeks to fill hundreds of critical Sales, Software Sales support, and
 direct revenue support positions outside the greater Boston area. "In order
 for Digital to be successful, it is very clear that we have to deploy more
 resources to direct and indirect revenue positions in the field," says Tom
 Colatosti, Organization and Workforce Development manager. "Increasingly, work
 needs to be more directly linked to customer needs. Every employee needs to
 consider his or her career objectives in today's changing business
 environment. Employees need to recognize that work is changing and moving
 closer to the customer. Digital is committed to continue to invest in its
 employees to ensure they have the necessary skills and are adequately prepared
 for this new work," Tom continues. "The 'Career Opportunity Days' process is
 not just for employees who have already seen their jobs change, but is
 appropriate for every employee," adds Jim Waldron, Career Opportunity Days
 program manager. As a result of "Career Opportunity Days I," approximately 300
 employees responded to the challenge and embarked on new careers in the Field.
 "Career Opportunity Days II" seeks to build on this success. It will differ
 from the first event in several respects:
  o  Currently, the Field is seeking to fill 1,000 newly-created positions.  
     These positions did not exist during "Career Opportunity Days I."
  o  Positions now include other Field opportunities in addition to 
     Sales and Software Sales Support.
  o  Pre-registration and pre-scheduled interviews are an important part of 
     the event to ensure that candidates are appropriately and efficiently 
     matched with hiring managers.

   To register for "Career Opportunity Days II," every interested employee
 should submit his or her resume electronically between now and Dec. 5. (See
 mailing instructions below.) All resumes received will be acknowledged.
 Resumes will be reviewed and forwarded to appropriate hiring managers, who
 will select candidates for interviews. Interviews will be confirmed during the
 week of Dec. 18. The interviews will be conducted during "Career Opportunity
 Days II," Jan. 9-11.
   Most positions are available in most U.S. locations.
   Sales Reps are needed in all major industries, all U.S. locations and all 
 major applications. Opportunities are available in Government Sales,
 Volume/OEM Sales, Large Account Team Sales, etc. 
   Customer Support:  Proposal/quote generation; program management; project 
 management; sales administration; etc.
   Sales Support:  Applications (e.g., Finance, Engineering, Office Systems, 
 Imaging, etc.), Technologies (e.g., High End Systems, UNIX, Data Base, OLTP,
 etc.)
   Software Consultants
   Customer Training
   Customer Support Centers
   Customer Services

 Instructions for mailing resumes
   Employees should mail their resumes, including badge number and geographic 
 preferences (list of codes provided below), using either VAXmail or ALL-IN-1.
   Via VAXmail, send resumes to FDCV25::CAREERMGMT. At the "subject" prompt, 
type in your badge number and geographic preference, separated by a period.  
Example: 123456.CEA
   Via ALL-IN-1, send resumes to CAREERMGMT@FDCV25@VMSMAIL. There are no
 spaces. When the subject prompt comes up, type in your badge number and
 geographic preference separated by a period. Example: 123456.CEA
   In the following list are abbreviations for the geographies for the above 
 subject. Mail a separate resume for each geography you wish to interview with.

 NEA -  Northeast (upstate New York and Connecticut only)
 MAA -  Mid-Atlantic (e.g., Maryland, Washington, D.C.)
 CEA -  Central (e.g., Illinois, Missouri)
 WEA -  Western (e.g., Oregon, Washington)
 SOA -  Southern (e.g., Georgia, Alabama)
 NYA -  New York (including northern New Jersey)
 SWA -  Southwest (e.g., California, Arizona)
 SCA -  South Central (e.g., New Mexico, Colorado)
 ECA -  East Central (e.g., Michigan, Ohio)
 CSC -  Customer Support Center (locations nationwide)
 
   If you have questions regarding these mailing instructions, please contact 
 Marilyn Curran at DTN 223-4390. You will be notified by electronic mail of 
 interviews scheduled. General questions should be addressed to the Career 
 Opportunity Days Hotline starting Nov. 27. Call DTN 264-5063 or (603)
 884-5063.

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