Saturday, May 23, 2009

Cataloging Consultant - Kabul, Afghanistan‏


Cataloging Consultant
(Temporary)


The American University of Afghanistan (AUAf) seeks an experienced cataloger to help create a technical services department in a nascent academic library. We seek someone willing to give us the benefit of their expertise for three months to a year. The position would be ideal for a recently retired cataloger, in excellent health, who is willing to tolerate a little discomfort and perhaps even a modicum of danger for the opportunity to change the world by contributing to the rebuilding and revitalization of Afghanistan after its thirty years of war and political disruption.

For universities seeking a role in development and capacity-building in Afghanistan, especially those with large library technical services departments, AUAf urges them to consider sending an experienced and amiable cataloger to us on a temporary duty assignment.

Position responsibilities:


• Introduce best practices cataloging to a developing library.
• Advise and assist in establishing a small technical services department that adheres to American academic library standards.
• Advise and assist in using the fullest potential and all relevant features of the open source Koha 3.01 Zoom integrated library system. (Familiarity with Koha is preferred, but not essential)
• Upgrade the skills of copy cataloging staff.
• Teach original cataloging to cataloging staff.
• Examine up to 5,000 current catalog records for accuracy, completeness, and usability.
• Create records for new material.
• Help formulate the best method of using the ILS for inventory control and distribution of textbooks.
• Recommend and/or implement methods for the collection, documentation, digitization, and accessibility of gray literature, governmental and NGO reports, and/or Internet sites pertaining to Afghanistan.

Salary: $5,000 per month plus housing and transportation
Qualifications: ALA-accredited MLS and three years of full-time cataloging experience in an American academic library.
Send resume and letter of inquiry to Mike Hanson, Director of the Library, American University of Afghanistan: mhanson@auaf.edu.af

All who read this announcement are urged to disseminate it as widely as possible among the cataloging community.


Mike Hanson
Director of the Library
American University of Afghanistan
P.O. Box 458, Central Post Office
Darulaman Road
Kabul, Afghanistan

www.auaf.edu.af
In-Country: 0794-558-925
International: 93-794-558-925

FREIGHT ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE (INTERNATIONAL)

REQUIRED: FREIGHT ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE (INTERNATIONAL)

As a true local One Stop Logistics provider and licensee of Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) in Indonesia, RPX Holding delivers services of air transportation, customs clearance, freight forwarding, warehousing, domestic and international delivering goods. The company runs an extensive network coverage area in 126 cities/districts and employs more than 1600 dedicated, skilled and professional individuals. Supported by our fleets ranging from motorcycles, trucks, along with very own Boeing 737-200 aircrafts, we truly are total logistics solutions for our customers.

We believe our success will stem from a focused, synergistic approach amongst our subsidiary companies, with the support of our employees and alignment with our principals, alliance partners and suppliers.

In line with our company’s objective and organizational demand, we are currently seeking for:

Main Responsibility:

Proactively identify and develop customer relationships and perform an accomplished level of sales responsibilities to build the customer base, achieve revenue target and ensure customer's satisfaction experience

Requirements:

• Must have experience in direct sales of Freight Forwarding, Logistic and Cargo Industry
• Bachelor’s degree/equivalent in business, logistics/distributions industry or related
• Strong planning, organizing, negotiation and presentation skills
• Good interpersonal and communications skills
• Excellent presentation Skills
• English fluency & computer literate
• Have own car is a must

If you consider yourself as a strong and convincing personality with total dedication to quality and customer satisfaction, we encourage you to apply for the above position. Please put the position’s code in the subject of your email and kindly send your comprehensive application letter and/or resume to:

isina@rpxholding.com

For more details of company profile and other available positions please visit: www.rpxholding.com

Vacancy - in Multinational Company‏

Regional Area Representative ( RAR – MNC )
To analyze sales business plan & identify new sales strategy, capture sales opportunity through carry out survey, develop an utmost effective management of daily sales operation, and utilizes resources to provide excellent services

Dealer Network Development ( DND – MNC )
To identify new business opportunity, capture more market share on product development through carry out surveys, ensure sales market growth through developing appropriate sales strategy and system procedures, prolong maximize market penetration through developing new channel & independent business partner
Interested candidates are requested to send in their complete CV as an attachment in MS Word Format only in English with current & expected salary and recent photograph to : career@sintesa-resourcing.com

Please put the position applied RAR - MNC / DND - MNC on the subject line. Only short listed candidates will be notified.
If you wish to view our client vacancy & join our mailing list, kindly visit or website at www.sintesa-resourcing.com

National Taiwan University Faculty Positions‏

Dept. of Library and Information Science in National Taiwan University is seeking to employ two full-time faculties

1.Qualification:
Ph. D. of library and information science or related fields. (Information Organization, Information Retrieval,
Information Services, Information Resources, Information Science included.)
or Ph. D. of Information Management, Information Engineering or related fields.
2.Documents Necessary:

*copy of Ph.D. diploma;
those who have not yet received the diploma at the time of application must provide a formal statement from the doctoral institution indicating that it will be in hand by the time of appointment
*transcripts of graduate study
*copy of certification of working experience
*resume
*at least one published academic article within 3 years (published after Nov.1, 2006, doctoral dissertation included)
*a list of articles published
*a list of courses instructed with course outlines, syllabus and bibliography
3.Date of appointment and position official rank:
Appointment will be assigned by February 1, 2010. Official rank is according to working experience and qualifications.
4.Deadline: August 14, 2009
5.How to apply:
All the documents mail to Dr. Clarence Tsa-Kang Chu, Chairman and Director
Address: Department of Library and Information Science, National Taiwan University
No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 106, Taiwan, R. O. C.
Email: tkchu@ntu.edu.tw
Tel: 886-2-3366-2958 or 886-2-3366-2968
Fax: 886-2-2363-2859

JAVA J2EE Developer/Analyst and JAVA J2EE Developer -- Singapore‏

We have multiple urgent openings with one of our prestigious clients for JAVA J2EE Developer/Analyst and JAVA J2EE Developer roles in Singapore.

Please see Job Description mentioned below for both positions.

1. JAVA J2EE Developer/ Analyst

• Recognised Degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering/Computer Science or a relevant discipline
• Relevant Experience of 3 – 5 years
• Experience in Java/J2EE Application Server platform



• Experience in web based applications development (Servlets, JSP, JavaScript)
• Experience in Websphere is mandatory
• Hands on experience in XML is must
• Experience in RAD is must
• Experience in DB2 will be an advantage
• Good analytical, designing and problem-solving skills
• Responsible, dedicated and pro-active
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

2. JAVA J2EE Developer

• Recognised Degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering/Computer Science or a relevant discipline
• Relevant experience of 1 – 3 years
• Experience in Java/J2EE Application Server platform
• Experience in web based applications development (Servlets, JSP, JavaScript)
• Experience in Websphere will be preferred
• Hands on experience in XML is must
• Experience in RAD will be a plus
• Experience in DB2 will be an advantage
• Responsible, dedicated and pro-active
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Both positions are on 1 year contract. Locally available candidates regardless of their visa status are welcome to apply.

If you’re willing to explore this opportunity please send your resume with Current, Expected Salary & Notice Period details to hrsg@ias.com.sg. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Please feel free to circulate this mail to your friends and colleagues as we have multiple openings for this position.

Friday, May 15, 2009

JUNIOR LINGUIST RECRUITMENT

Company Description
WISE-CONCETTI JVC. is a joint-venture company between WISE SERTECH, Inc. (www.wisest.co.kr), one of the leading localization service providers in Korea, and the CONCETTI group (), one of the top 3 Vietnamese total consulting service providers in management consulting and technology transfer & investment consulting.
Urgently Required:

Now we are looking for a dynamic and highly motivated people to be a part of our team for our new representative office in Jakarta. Our working environment offers opportunities for people to grow and develop, enabling you to thrive and achieve your maximum potential in some following positions:

Location:
Indonesia, Jakarta

JobTitle:
Junior Linguists (JTR)

JobDescriptions:
The Linguist translates source texts into the target language (English into Indonesian vice versa, usually mother-tongue language) and adapts the texts to meet local requirements. Tasks include editing, proofing and fixing final layout after Desk-Top publishing until the text meets set quality standards. The job involves communicating with end-user clients and internal and external teams on scope, quality, process, problem solving and status reporting.

Responsibilities:
• Translating, editing and proofreading from English into Bahasa Indonesia vice versa.
• His/her project related to the schedule, budget and quality. So he/she will deliver the deliverable to clients with quality in time.
• Should be able to express a source language in the target language appropriately. Those who majored in corresponding industries and those with experience are preferred
• Providing technical and linguistic support to partner companies and freelancers, assuring the quality of their translations as well as file analysis, scheduling and planning of localization projects.
• Maintaining file management and glossary management after project management
• Arranging translation of large volumes of material and ensuring strict deadlines are met.
• Review the texts in line with the client’s guidelines and as such you will be responsible for quality assurance, consistency and terminology management.
• Responsibility for the profitability of these accounts so you must be commercially aware, with exacting standards, strong linguistic methodology, strong account management skills and good attention to detail.
• To keep strictly confidential all Confidential Information of the Client and not to use it in any way whatsoever save as may be necessary for the provision of the Services

Required Qualifications:
• BA of English and IT experiences is mandatory
• BA or MA in computer science or in English language countries is preferred.
• Experienced in translating texts from English into Bahasa Indonesia vice versa, as well as editing and proofreading experience for minimum 1 years
• Fluency in reading, written and oral capability of English and Indonesian
• Translation skills and methodologies
• Terminology management and research skills
• Excellent computer skills – working knowledge of several applications, platforms, hardware and internet technologies
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Detailed and service minded, and aware in cultural issues
• Ability to self-manage – time, schedules, multiple task activity requirements
• Ability to work under continual deadline constraints and a keen eye for detail
• Ability to use various localization tools like Trados, Catalyst, Hellium, Locstudio, is preferred
• Ability to work well with others
• Willing to be located in Jakarta

Benefits
Salary plus allowances, incentive, medical, insurance.
We will offer a unique opportunity for career development, outstanding benefits package, training and a great working environment that supports your development and recognizes your achievement.
Please submit your completed resume or curriculum vitae, contact number not more than 2 (two) weeks after this advertisement, fresh graduate are welcomed to apply. Please indicate the position code in the subject of your email to:
hr_wiseconcetti@yahoo.co.id
Wise Concetti Ltd.

Menara Prima
2nd Floor – Unit J
Jl. Lingkar Mega Kuningan Blok 6.2
Kawasan Mega Kuningan
Kuningan Timur, Setiabudi
Jakarta Selatan 12950