Kane Partners Announces Partnership wtih Veris Associates

Press Release for Kane Partners

Kane Partners Announces Partnership with Veris Associates: will Provide Executive Briefings in Mid-Atlantic Region

Lansdale, PA. – May 30, 2008 – Kane Partners LLC, a premier provider of IT and Engineering staffing services, today announced a partnership with Veris Associates Inc. Together they will provide and promote a series of briefings on the subject of corporate learning. These briefings will be held at local Delaware Valley chambers of commerce and regional economic development organizations during the summer of 2008 and beyond.

Veris Associates is a premier provider of consulting and training services in the areas of Information Technology and Human Resources. Last year, Veris Associates significantly grew its regional footprint, adding many new clients to its industry leading practice. Their success is largely attributed to its staff, comprised of thought leaders and industry veterans in both corporate training and management consulting.

Gary Kane, President of Kane Partners LLC said, "By focusing on the complete service offering of Veris, we can provide our customers state-of-the-art solutions to fully maximize their competitiveness in today's challenging market place. We plan to invite our clients to this valuable series of executive briefings on IT service management, negotiation tactics and dealing with “Millennials”.”

"By partnering with Kane Partners, we will expand our services and solutions in the mid-Atlantic region," said Deborah Moses, President of Veris Associates. "Kane Partners is experienced with a well-respected team, and will provide un-paralleled service and expertise to our new and existing customers."

The Series of Corporate Briefings includes the following timely topics:
• The value and management of Millennials: Four Things You Need to Know

• Reducing Cost and Confusion with IT Infrastructure Request Fulfillment

• How to Remain Sane While Managing Multiple Projects

• Getting to the Win: 3 Negotiation Tactics for Better Agreements

• Putting the “Situation” Into Leadership: 5 Tips for Leading People

• IT is a Service: Manage IT!

• IT Metrics: What, How and Why to Measure

• Clearing the Air with Proper Business Communication

For a schedule and more information about any of these free training sessions, please visit the Kane Partners website at www.kanepartners.net and click the tab for Corporate Learning Series.

About Veris Associates, Inc.

Veris is a fast-growing, innovative consulting company, with expertise that closes the gap between consulting and training. They are a premier provider of consulting and training services in the areas of Information Technology and Human Resources. Service Offering Practices include IT Service Management, Information Management Consulting, and Corporate Learning. Veris Associates, Inc. is officially accredited as a Training Provider for ITIL v2 Foundations & ITIL v3 Foundations by EXIN, the Examination Institute for Information Science.

About Kane Partners, LLC

Kane Partners LLC is a Philadelphia staffing and HR Solution firm which specializes in Information Technology (IT) and Engineering. Kane Partners provides these staffing and HR services: Permanent Placement, Retained, Contract, Contract-to-Hire, and Temporary Staffing. Their customer base encompasses a range of industries, including: Electronics, Telecommunications, Consumer Products, Manufacturing, Software Development, Networking, Pharmaceutical, Semiconductor, Insurance, Healthcare, Financial Services, and Government.

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Interviewing Tips: Be Prepared for the Entire Interview

An Excerpt from Kane Partners Website: http://www.kanepartners.net/

Interviewing for a professional position in Information Technology or Engineering will require you to be well prepared since all the candidates will be highly educated and versed in their field. Show your professionalism in your demeanor, speech, appearance and preparation.

First and foremost you must know your resume and job experience information as if you spoke of it everyday. However, being prepared to answer tougher questions is what will set you apart from other candidates. If you are well prepared, you will exude the confidence you need to get the job. Questions may include such inquiries as:

• What qualifies you for the position over other candidates? State the facts without being boastful. Do not speak negatively about other candidates.
• Why do you want to work for our company? Research the company and answer by saying how their company attitude would encourage your best work.
• What projects have you worked on, what was your input and what were the results? Know the facts.
• What is your greatest strength? What is your greatest weakness and how would you overcome it? Talk about your strengths and how they would benefit the company. State how overcoming your weakness is an opportunity for you to improve yourself.
• Why are you leaving your current position? State how you are looking for a more challenging career opportunity.
• If you had a chance to live your life all over, what one thing would you change? Focus on a key turning point in your life and state how you would have liked that to happen earlier.
  Are you interviewing with other companies? If the answer is yes, you do not have to name the other companies. Just let the interviewer know other companies are looking at you without sounding arrogant, but your first choice would be to work for their company.
• What courses or seminars have you attended to keep abreast of changes in your industry? Know the latest news in our field.
• How have you resolved conflicts with previous co-workers or managers? The interviewer is looking at your ability to handle conflict. When answering this question, do not speak negatively of or blame others. Show your maturity and flexibility by stating how you discussed the problem and how the parties involved came up with a solution.
• What are your salary requirements? State your current salary and inform them you would consider any reasonable offer in this range.

Practice your responses to your questions with an impartial party. Take their criticism as a learning experience. Responding correctly and with confidence will be a great advantage to your interview. Speak clearly and concisely. Make your point in as few words as possible. Rambling on or trying to impress your interviewer with complicated explanations will be detrimental.
Complete your interview preparation by dressing appropriately. First impressions for a professional position such as an IT or Engineering job will set the tone for how orderly your work is done. If you are dressed sloppily or too casually, the interviewer will assume you give the same regard to your work.

And most importantly, body language tells more about a person than we realize. Enter and exit the interview with confidence, not arrogance. Sitting straight up, but not stiff, and keeping arms at your side or on your lap shows you are comfortable and open to discussion. Always demonstrate enthusiasm in whatever you say and do.

After each interview, evaluate yourself to learn how you can improve and prepare for future interviews. No matter how often you interview, there is always room for improvement. The bottom line is when you enter an interview, the interviewer’s attitude is “make me want to hire you” and it is your job to make that happen.

Memorial Day Weekend Rainbow Kickoff

Kane Partners is located in a small town called West Point, PA also known with the mailing address of Lansdale, PA. Many of you are familar with Merck, well we are right next door! Check out our Photos from yesterday's Rainbow just over Merck.

Yesterday's Memorial Day weekend outlook was rather gloomy but as the storm clouds cleared in the late afternoon we were graced with not one but two rainbows. Sure enough today in West Point, PA the weather is gorgeous and we could not have asked for more as we head into the Holiday Weekend!

Drive safe, have fun!

The Rainbow....

Social Networking via the Internet: March 2008 Roundtable Review

Social Networking via the Internet: March 2008 Roundtable Review
By: Kristin Kane, Senior Consultant, Kane Partners Staffing Solutions

Technology is constantly changing, which has brought change to "the art of Social Networking." What are the myths and realties of "Social Networking," how do you adjust? How do you get involved and choose the right site that millions that are already utilizing? Karen P. Katz, founder of the Career Acceleration Network (CAN), LLC, a creative career strategist, and Kevin Winters, MBA, All Seasons Web Solutions have teamed up to educate the Collaborative on how to best use on-line social networking tools. Technology and networking has brought together people with a common interest of networking, meeting new people, sharing ideas and thoughts, both professional and personal in a new virtual world.

Most people are familiar with the Kevin Bacon game of "Six Degrees of Separation" a concept that each person is an average of 6 steps from Kevin Bacon. LinkedIn is the best example of an on-line network to describe this theory. When considering an on-line network or social group there is always an option to join or not to join, to connect or not to connect. For those that choose to join and connect they are building a personal on-line networking community. In doing this, it is suggested you "Nurture your Network" and maintain your contacts, not just use someone for information or a connection and throw away, like a tissue. Think before you accept a connection, make sure you are aware of who you are connecting with, keeping in mind you want to build a workable network. Try not to get caught up in getting the most connections, which can lead to useless or cold connections down the road.

The focus was on three key terms that included: Online Identity, Social Networking and Linked-In.
On-line Identity is described as your web presence that can be both personal and/or professional. Once your information is out there, it can be difficult to have it removed. Those with on-line identities can include anyone with an e-mail address, a log in name and password for a website, bloggers, those with websites of personal/professional, the list continues. Did you ever "Google" yourself? You can manage your on-line identity by limiting or not limiting the information you post or make public.

Social Networking connects those with similar interests in networking topics, a group of personal/professional contacts; it is assumed an on-line network. This is considered an extension of traditional networking. Usually it requires joining a particular group or logging onto a website associated with networking.

LinkedIn is the most well known and professional on-line networking sites. It allows members to search jobs, find old contacts, colleagues or friends and allows members to display professional profiles. This is an easy way to get connected in a non-invasive controlled environment.

There are two general categories for "social networking" either social or professional. Why connect, why join? To reconnect with someone in a non-invasive fashion, to keep in touch with someone or to seek information you may have forgotten about someone. The connection is done via the internet, which helps avoid what could be an awkward phone call. Once the connection is re-established it makes a future call a 'warm' call having a new commonality, your network.

Jason Alba is an author of two popular "Now What" books for LinkedIn and Facebook, excellent resources if you missed this Roundtable. Other notable sites to use in building an online presence include:Business: LinkedIn.com, Spoke.com, ZoomInfo.com. At these sites you can create business profiles, list contact information and business related information. Personal/Social: MySpace, Facebook, Friendster. You can post personal information, picture, chat on 'wall' spaces, usually non-work related.Non-Profits: http://www.wildapricot.com/blogs/newsblog, KIVA.org.

Website vs. Blog: A website is often a static place usually used as an information portal for products or services, coined as 'push marketing'. A blog is a dynamic site that is constantly changing offering a more informal place to post comments, articles or allow customers to make comments and interact in a forum setting. This can be a controlled environment by the Blog owner.

It is becoming more common to see Blogs and Websites used together or linked together as an extension of one another. Blogs often will be seen higher on a Google search, assisting in name recognition through SEO (Search Engine Optimization).

When building your network and social profile there are two tools that can bring information directly to you, called Google Reader and RSS Feeder. You can signup with Google Reader (a free tool/page) to send articles, links and news feeds to one 'landing' site to have information of direct interest to you in one location without having to search each item. You can also subscribe to the RSS Reader which sends updates from websites or blogs, so you don't have to check a site for changes, they come to you! You can link your RSS Reader to Google Reader.
LinkedIn is used by all types of business professionals including Fortune 500. The site is used to network and connect with others and as a recruiting tool. LinkedIn uses degrees of connection: Your Contacts (1st degree), your contacts connections (2nd degree) and their connections which are (3rd degree) from you.

You can use your connections to assist in a warm introduction or to just view profiles. Another common use of LinkedIn is to learn more about a client or prospective client by viewing their profile. What makes LinkedIn unique is the many features offered along with ability to control all aspects of your profile and settings, and set your privacy levels. It is suggested you "brand" yourself with your profile. Select keywords for your summary to set yourself apart from others, creating a unique on-line personality. Most people use LinkedIn's free profile which allows for plenty of networking and available connections. When linking with someone, contacting them first on your own or through a friend might help in securing the connection and avoiding using your 5 free "Invites to Introductions" which comes with the free account. After the 5 are used you can purchase more but you have unlimited "Invite to Connect."

An interesting note: Be careful who you Invite, there are 3 options when someone receives your invite to connect: Accept, I Don't Know and Ignore. If you get 5 "I Don't Knows" you are blocked from your LinkedIn Account as a "Spammer."

When you create your profile remember: ask for recommendations. It is said by on-line experts that you should average 65 connections on LinkedIn to have an effective profile and 10% should provide a recommendation.

Our 2 Part Collaborative Roundtable brought many new faces including an effective Q&A's of how to create and manage profiles. This was an impressive collaboration of minds to help extend our traditional networking to social networking.

We hope to see you on a social networking site soon!

(This article was published in The Collaborative Newsletter of the Suburban Chamber of Commerce in Willow Grove, PA. April 9, 2008.)

Going Green. . .

Kane Partners Staffing Solutions Going Green for 2008!

Having a Green Office can be fun and challenging all at the same time. In an effort for the Kane Partners Team to lower our carbon foot print, we are changing our ways one step at a time... When you think of a staffing company the first thought is resumes resumes resumes... we are very conscious of over printing and actively use our electronic database to help minimize the amount of paper we use. We also have been carpooling to lunch and networking events, reusing paper before recycling, recycling everything from paper to plastic to glass and newspapers, turning off the office lights during peak hours and using the natural light, opening windows vs turning down the AC, we have the Energy Star light bulbs and computer equipment. Keep an eye out for our electronic newsletter coming soon!

We will keep you posted as we continue to lower our carbon footprint. . . any suggestions please post!

Thanks to Len Lasek who has taken the initiative to start our office recycling program in 2006!