From a developerWorks:Lotus posting:

I am looking for a senior web application developer with AJAX/JS, xHTML, and CSS experience (above and beyond core server-side LotusScript ). It is for an immediate assignment in Albany, NY (USA) and is scheduled to last 6 months. If interested, please send me your resume with experience developing enterprise Domino web applications to dominoadmin@hotmail.com. This project is for updating an existing Domino application. It would be on-site and working with an existing development team. Travel and expenses would be at cost (within reason) to the customer. Please send your hourly rate. Thanks team.. hoping to help out here. Experience with the latest versions of V7.x and V8.x a plus.

Michael Sloan

Domino Web Hosting/Messaging Consultant

Successful blue chip financial organisation require a Lotus / Domino Web hosting and messaging technical consultant. This is a superb career opportunity to work in a design and build team, you'll need to demonstrate previous experience in a similar role with strong troubleshooting background.

Experience in a larger organisation will be an advantage. Previous experience with Domino design responsibilities is essential. Advantageous skills include Quickplace/Quickr, Sametime, Windows - Good experience of Windows hosting environments, including hardened builds. If you have these skills and are looking for an organisation who invest in their people ongoing training, career progression and a supportive working environnment then please contact Rob Rowland at Church International ASAP.

Todd Cich, Technical Resource Director

919-653-0207 ext 224 (o)
919-673-8060 (m)
877-860-0222 (toll free)

I am presently seeking a Lotus Collaboration resource in the Northern Virginia area.  Please let me know if you can be of any assistance in identifying a consultant.  Job Description is below.

I am the Technical Resource Director with InCentric Solutions, an information technology solutions provider and IBM Premier Business Partner.  I was hoping you could be of some assistance to me in finding an IBM Lotus Collaboration Administrator for a project in the Northern Virginia corridor.  Please let me know if any members of the DC User Group may be interested.

We presently have an immediate need for a Lotus Collaboration Specialist who has a strong background implementing Quickplace and Quickr v.8x.

This person will be part of our customers internal Collaboration Team and be responsible for assisting with upgrades, installation and support of IBM Lotus collaboration solutions including the following;

Perform Lotus Quickr v.8.0 to Quicker v8.1 upgrade and installation and server builds in a Windows environment

Perform Quickr connector upgrades

Install Domino web server

Provide administration support for Quickr and IBM Sametime environments

Job Requirements:

Certified Lotus Notes Professional (CLP)
Must be proficient with IBM Lotus Notes collaboration tools such as Quickplace, Quickr and Sametime

Duration:  640 hours

SearchCIO.com sent out an e-mail recently, that said, in part:

Enterprise CIOs are just realizing the many benefits of investing in
collaboration tools and platforms, which include improving
productivity, workflow and communications.

This month's CIO Briefing offers expert advice and resources for
weighing the various collaboration options. Within the guide, you'll
find enterprise case studies, product overviews and trend articles on
the adoption and success rates of enterprise collaboration tools and
platforms.

Click here to access this month's CIO Briefing for more resources on
collaboration:
http://go.techtarget.com/r/3507177/571781

Clicking through the links, you find very little concerning IBM Lotus offerings. I would think that since Lotus Notes and Domino created the space, that you would see a higher profile for the software. But that is not the case. But maybe I missed something.

When it is mentioned, the reader is taken to www.ibm.com. I am sure that you realize that finding Lotus software on that site can be a daunting task, unless you already know where to look. So, the links in the Info-Tech presentation, Collaboration Tools Revisited in a Web 2.0 World, while nice, aren't specific to the technologies that they discuss. My question is "How will a potential customer find the appropriate 'Collaboration Tools' on the IBM site?"

Much of the other case studies and overviews deal with technologies that compete with Lotus/IBM. Throughout this "All-In-One" the successful implementations of Lotus software is lacking. No discussions of Quickr, Connections, Sametime, or Sametime Unyte. And yet, a look through the Lotus site, you can find case studies that show the benefit of Lotus' product offerings. How did SeachCIO miss those?

Perhaps we can all evangelize the Lotus offerings to the editors of SeachCIO. We can educate them about the Lotus roadmap, history in this space, and perhaps provide them with some links to additional information. Maybe we should point out that they should take a trip to Orlando in January to meet with Lotus executives, spend some time in the Labs, and experience the tools firsthand. "The Customers Speak" would be a good session for SearchCIO to attend, too.

While the Contact Us page is very generic, you can use it to send your comments to the Editors. The Contact Us page can be found here.

Link: SearchCIO.com: All-in-One Guides: Collaboration Strategies: Look Who's Talking

Lotus Notes Project Manager

Mahwah Company seeks Project Manager for six month consulting
assignment (with strong possibility of extension) for an email
application migration project from Microsoft Exchange to Lotus Notes.
Must have five to eight years experience in project management and
have PMI Certification or equivalent. Must have at least five years
experience with Lotus Notes (versions R6.5 or higher) in client,
server and web environments and knowledge of Microsoft Exchange in
client, server and web environments. Must also have experience in
migrating Microsoft Exchange to Lotus Notes or in managing email
application platform migration projects. Knowledge of Domino Web
Access, Blackberry and BES (Blackberry Enterprise Server) are pluses.
US citizens and Green Card Holders and those authorized to work in
the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor H1b
candidates at this time. No recruiters please!

IRENE CAPPUCCINO
IMC ASSOCIATES
6 Moyse Pl., Edison, NJ, 08820
Office (908) 608-9111 Fax: (908) 608-9115
irene@irenec.com

http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/jobs/uk/lotus%20notes.do

This section looks at the demand for IBM Lotus Notes skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lotus Notes over the last 3 months to 18 March 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

So...  more jobs, slightly lower wages.  Welcome to the new economy.  :)

From Ed Brill's site, Chris Blatnick is featured on The Employee Factor site as an "Employee Evangelist."

What is an Employee Evangelist?

An employee evangelist is someone who believes so much in the company they work for and the products they sell that they passionately commit themselves to them. The evangelist becomes both an internal advocate and external sales force with the sole purpose of promoting the product or service that they love.

How does Chris view evangelism?

I believe evangelists also have an innate desire to help other people.  That desire, coupled with their sincere belief in the product or service they love, helps drive them to become an evangelist in the first place.  They also are generally very motivated people.  Being an evangelist is not just a 9 to 5 job.  Rather, that person puts in the extra time and effort that it takes to preach the message to others.

Many of you know Chris or have seen him speak at many conferences. You can sense his enthusiasm for the Lotus product offerings and his passion for creating better applications. His interview will provide you with some great insight, ideas, and appreciation for the benefits of evangelism.

Link: The Employee Factor: Meet Chris Blatnick - An Employee Evangelist

Passed along to us from Sean Burgess...  Thanks!

Location:  Charlotte, NC
Duration:  6 months to 1 year
Role:  Lead Lotus Notes Developer

Project Description:

• Lotus Notes(Must be at senior or lead level)
• Write reports for ADT GW database, progress, completion, projections, throughput monitoring, post processing calendars
• ADT FunMail TPROC monitor
• Securities Migration reporting similar to GW.
• Update records, maintain code, move status, and develop manual agents for the Migration Coordinatiors
• Migration Coordination
• Monitor the following databases and migrations
• Golden West
• AG Edwards
• Fun Mail
• Setup CMT
• Monitor CMT process
• Validate address changes, branding, forwarding

So Lotusphere is over, and you're back from the sunny (albeit cold on a few evenings) state of Florida.  Or...  Lotusphere is over, and you've finished reading all the blogs and news stories about the event that you didn't get to attend (not that you're bitter or anything...)

So what now?

Before it gets too far removed from the actual event, it'd be a great idea to put together a brief 5 to 10 minute "Here's What I Learned From Lotusphere" presentation for your coworkers and management.  Perhaps start with the Lotusphere in 60 seconds video.  Pull out some press links from the Lotusphere 2008 Press Coverage page.  Head over to PlanetLotus.org and see what over 200 bloggers had to say about the event.  You have plenty of material to pull from.

It's easy for those of us living and breathing Lotus software to think that everyone has the same awareness of where IBM and Lotus are going with Notes/Domino (and Quickr and Sametime and...)  But for your management and coworkers, Lotusphere is just another week in the year where you weren't there at work and IBM talked about some of their software.  If you're expecting them to catch the buzz and excitement from merely reading the latest InfoWeek article, you're expecting too much.  It's up to you to convey the information, and more importantly, the context surrounding it.

And if you *do* put together a presentation with slides and such, think about posting it to your blog (or someone else's) blog for others to see and use.  Heck, send it to Gregg and I.  We'll post it here!