Hello,
As per my post on the round table, here is more info from Jeff:
If there was only one thing I could say about Federated, it's a great group of people to work for. Check it out at federated.ca. Both the IT Manager (Jeff Nordick) & the Technical Support Supervisor (Allan Mozel, who'd be your boss) are very friendly, personable & intelligent people. You'd have no problem working with them. And the company as a whole is very good, with decent pay structures, benefits, bonus structures, training opportunities, etc. Honestly, I wouldn't have recommended the positions to a friend unless I thought they were good opportunities. I've been here for 11 years now, moving from first a Junior to an Intermediate Programmer to now a DBA & I'm still happy. My wife has been with the company for over 21 years.
As far as resumes, if you feel comfortable you could just send them to me & I'll be happy to forward them to the right people in our HR department. Otherwise you could email them straight to HR@Federated.ca or snail-mail to:
Human Resources Federated Insurance of Canada 717 Portage Ave, 4th Floor Winnipeg,MB R3G0M8
If you send them directly make sure to reference the job title & make sure you mention that you found out about the job through me (like I said, I get goodies if you get hired). For you personally of course you'll get a nice shiny recommendation :). Feel free to list me as a reference. Either way, let me know the names of the applicants so I don't look dumb-founded when HR asks me who this guy is :>.
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