Networking article

Heather, a member, asked me to post this article because

"I thought this article from a recent issue of the Rainmaker Report might be of interest to the group - especially at this stage when so many of our jobs involve a blur of responsibilities."

So thanks, Heather, and here's the link for all of you to enjoy: How to Nail Your Networking Intro.

More Job Leads

TheStreet.com is looking to fill five positions in its newsroom.

If interested, email your resume to me at cherella.cox@thestreet.com.

If you chose to contact HR directly, please let me know, so I can put in a word for you; and be sure to tell them where you heard this scoop.

Overnight Editor/Reporter

TheStreet.com is looking for a seasoned business news professional to work from midnight to 8 a.m. Sunday through Thursday. This editor will be the primary site manager during the overnight period and will need to edit and write articles and briefs as news develops in the U.S. and international markets after hours. Our overnight editor will also scan the wires and other major news and business properties to update the daily schedule at 7 a.m. The successful candidate will have at least five years of editing or reporting experience. Working from home may be an option for the right candidate. TheStreet.com offers an attractive benefits package and a competitive salary.

China/India Market Specialists

TheStreet.com is looking for market specialists to cover the equities markets in China and India. The specialist should also be able to provide analysis on the news events of that region, with special attention paid to Chinese and Indian companies that have ADRs listed on a U.S. exchange. The successful candidates must have either covered these regions as a research analysts or business journalist or managed equity portfolios with emphasis on China and India. TheStreet.com offers an attractive benefits package and a competitive salary.

Personal Finance Editor

TheStreet.com is looking for a personal finance editor to work fulltime in its New York headquarters. The personal finance editor will be able to manage a team of reporters and freelance writers covering everything to negotiating a mortgage to household budgets and tips for living the good life. This news manager also will need to recruit reporters and personal finance experts, work closely with the photo and video editors and have basic knowledge of a P&L statement. The successful candidate will have a minimum of 7 years managing a team of reporters and be able to demonstrate a strong history of developing enterprise projects. TheStreet.com offers an attractive benefits package and a competitive salary.

Economics Reporter

TheStreet.com is looking for a seasoned economics reporter to work fulltime in its New York headquarters. The economics reporter will cover the U.S. economy and will be expected to break news and provide analysis of news events. The successful candidate will have a minimum of seven years of business or financial news reporting and demonstrate expert knowledge of the financial markets, leading economic indicators and monetary policy. An MBA is preferred but not required. TheStreet.com offers an attractive benefits package and a competitive salary.

Senior Technology Reporter

TheStreet.com is seeking a journalist who has a minimum of five years of experience covering the technology arena, primarily well-known companies such as Apple, IBM, Intel, Dell and Cisco. This person will spend approximately half of his or her time writing news analysis and columns about developments in the tech sector, and the other half working with our multimedia group to produce video features. You will need to have outstanding contacts throughout the industry and a thorough understanding of the complex technologies you will be covering. You also need to put industry news into market context so that investors will know not only what happened and why, but also what they should do with their portfolio. TheStreet.com offers an attractive benefits package and a competitive salary.

Job Lead from Member

Katie Walton, a member of our group, sent out this job lead today:

My department at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers has two open Business Analyst positions that we need to fill. Attached is the job description, but the quick run down is that business analysts are project and process managers that help develop internal web applications. It's a fun job because you get to wear so many different hats from project manager to system administrator and help desk. We're looking for someone smart with technical knowledge and a demonstrated ability to multi-task. The job would most likely involve some travel. Please pass it on to anyone you think might be looking for this type of change!

Interested candidates can send their resumes directly to me at waltonk@asme.org. I also used to be a Business Analyst here at ASME and would be more than happy to answer any questions!

Meeting with NYU Staff

Joanne and I will be meeting with Andrea and Alyssa before our next meetup to discuss how we can work together to make this the best alumni group ever. Both Joanne and I are excited about this, and how far this group has come in a short time.

Please e-mail us any member news or job postings you'd like to disseminate to the group.

Along those lines, I'm happy to announce that I'm no longer unemployed: I will be starting at Oxford University Press on June 30th as the Production Manager for their two medical imprints. And for those of you who helped me network and/or just keep going--thank you.

Here's a question for the group: what blog(s) do you find the most useful for keeping up with publishing-related news? I'll post your responses on the blog sidebar for everyone's convenient reference, as I did with Sarah's resource links and my favorite blogs.

Our first meetup

Twelve NYU publishing alumni, ranging from 2003 graduates to 2008 graduates, met at the Croton Reservoir Tavern in midtown (see photos above). We talked, exchanged ideas and memories, drank, and ate Joanne's delicious cupcakes. Overall, a good time was had and everyone was very excited that a publishing-specific NYU Alumni Group now existed.

Some of the attendees had participated in a similar NYU-sponsored alumni group a few years' back and had some great ideas, and from speaking with them, the idea for this blog was born.

Instead of a newsletter, Joanne and I will keep this blog up-to-date with group event information, member news, job postings, and anything you send us that you'd like us to post here. Also, after a few attendees left, I posed a question (that I will repeat at the end of this post), that started an interesting conversation. Along those lines, I plan on having similar questions ready for the round-robin part of future meetups, and will then post it on the blog for non-attendees to be able to chime in.

Our next meetup is scheduled for 7/28. I've almost synched up all the LinkedIn and Facebook members and created one master distribution list, so that you won't be getting double e-mails, but I'm not quite there yet. But I will be sending an e-mail about the next meetup and creating an event for it on Facebook.

Until then, e-mail me or Joanne with anything you'd like posted, sign up for the blog e-mail or RSS feed so that you're kept posted...and I hope to see you at the next event.

And before I sign off, here's the promised question:

Of all the classes you took to graduate from the Master's program, which do you consider the most difficult and which the most useful?

Attendees considered Tom Woll's finance class, Tom Fox's production class, and the capstone class to be the most useful and the capstone class, Steve Cohen's management class, and the trade publishing class (as taught by one particular professor) to be the most difficult.

Let us know your opinion.