Greetings Fellow PMI Members,

It has been an eventful 2nd quarter and I am excited to share our success with you.

A new chapter website was launched that includes features such as member counts; online sponsorship registrations and archived newsletters.  The website will result in an estimated savings of 60% over the next 3 to 5 years.   Additionally, internal collaboration and meeting and storage tools were streamlined resulting in a significant reduction in operational cost for the Chapter.

First quarter membership activities were continued including the monthly dinner meeting table networking, recognizing new members with special events and planning the upcoming July career month activities.

In line with our goal of providing premier professional development, we completed our first online PMP Exam Prep course in June, began advertising Certification & Education (C&E) courses via the Monthly Dinner Meeting and offered 11 courses totalling 132 PDUs.

Written by Kimi Hirotsu Ziemski, PMP – President of Energizing Enterprises – Turning behaviors into benefits

You want me to manage what?!

Relationships.

And no, I don’t think you’re a teenager.  You’re a professional, an adult, and often in the position of working with a number of people who have the potential to have even more differences of opinion than there are people on your team.  As a project manager you actually manage relationships all of the time.  The question is:

“Do you do this in a way that is both ethical and professionally productive?”

There are loads of books on the subject of influencing, on negotiations, and what you should do to increase your level of power.

Written By: Juliette Johnson, PMI Atlanta Writer

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PMI Atlanta is proud to bring back our Recruiter Panel! This year, we present 7 recruiters experienced in nearly every industry Atlanta has to offer. Tap into their knowledge to move your career forward.  Register Today!

Rachel LeClair, Technical Recruiter - MATRIX Resources

Rachel has been working in the IT staffing industry in Atlanta since 2008, with experience serving in both an Account Executive and Technical Recruiter role. She has been with MATRIX since 2011 as a Recruiter and has earned a number of accolades including Rookie of the Year 2012 and Performer of the Year 2013 for the Atlanta Central Branch. Rachel’s success comes from an aggressive and enthusiastic approach to recruiting while fostering strong relationships with her candidates and network; her goal is to establish and maintain long lasting relationships in order to be a trusted partner for others throughout their career.

Michael W. Patrick,  Sr Talent Acquisition Partner - InComm

Great people make all the difference for any team. Michael’s passion is connecting people with common traits, abilities and interests united through shared vision and exceptional service excellence with the right opportunities.  With over 20 years of focused experience, his specialties include Hands on Talent Acquisition Management, Leadership, Candidate Development and Recruiting, Service Delivery and Employee Retention specialist.  He has significant experience within Information Technology, Financial Services, Pharmaceutical, Transportation/Logistics, Sales and Marketing, Government/Public Sector (Federal, State and Local), Telecommunications/Service Providers, Healthcare, Utilities, and Professional Services and is known for Service Excellence and high achievement of business results.

Brent Winzeler, Senior Account Manager - Prestige Staffing

Brent is responsible for account management, recruiting leadership and managing the day to day operations of the Atlanta IT division.  With 8 years IT staffing experience in the Atlanta market, he has been successful by providing the highest level of service and delivering superior IT professionals faster than the competition while maintaining the highest integrity.  Brent graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor’s Degree in Management Information Systems (MIS) and has been with Prestige Staffing since 2005.

Shraddha Chegu, Senior Technical Recruiter – CCCi

Shraddha has over 10 years’ experience as a Technical Recruiter.  Her recruiting experience consists of full life cycle recruitment of contract, contract to hire and direct hire consultants.  She has worked on IT job requirements for various Fortune 5-500 clients.  Shraddha is passionate about continually learning new fields of technology and business.  She strives to have an ethical and transparent recruiting process and enjoys translating a client’s business needs into qualified job orders and identifying candidates that possess the skills to match these requirements.  She is very active on LinkedIn and even owns the following groups on LinkedIn:
                   -    APP(Atlanta PMP Professional) – 200+members
                   -    ACP(Atlanta CISSP Professionals)   - 50+ members

Monika Mueller, Operations Manager - Daugherty Business Solutions

Monika joined Daugherty in January 2011 where she brings extensive consulting experience to the DBS team having worked for PwC and E&Y before making her way to the Sr. Principal level here at Daugherty.  As a dual threat in both Program Management and Operations Management, she oversees client delivery while also overseeing the recruiting and on-boarding process for the Atlanta branch.  

James Miskell, Delivery/Recruiting Manager – DISYS

James joined DISYS in 2013 as Delivery / Recruiting Manager for the Atlanta operation. He has over 15 years of experience in domestic and international Recruitment and Project Delivery. James has worked with a diverse range of businesses and industries offering strategic insights into the employment markets in those industries. He remains current with key technologies and social media to identify and connect with top talent. James is a graduate of Cornell University with a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations.

Stephanie Warner, Senior Talent Advisor – TrueBridge Resources

Stephanie joined TrueBridge in 2011. Stephanie brings more than 15 years of professional experience to TrueBridge Resources and has been successful in recruiting for both the corporate and staffing agency environments.   She also has experience in training facilitation and other areas of human resources.  Stephanie has consulted and been an employee of several major Atlanta companies such as the Home Depot, Scientific Atlanta/Cisco, Sapient, the State of Georgia, the Coca-Cola Company, and Spherion.