Professional Priorities
This web page shows what attracts me to a company and what I value in a
work environment.
 | Stay Highly Marketable - provides security and professional
satisfaction.
 | Work with cutting edge technologies in Web development. Also experiment with and have wide exposure
to other technologies.
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| Have hardware & software at my home office (network, servers, etc...).
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| Have a budget I can manage for professional development (training, conferences, etc...).
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| Access to technology mentors.
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| Flexibility
| Work from home office. |
| Have backup employee resources so that time off is employee
friendly. |
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| Work for a great Company
| Service Related
- employees with my job responsibilities are seen as an asset and a
source of revenue. |
| Employee focused |
| Financial Stability
 | Solid P&L Statements |
| Stability
- is stable with changes in the Business Market and the Stock
Market. |
| Size of Company
| If a small company
| Strength of the
Company
| Describe your
net profits during the recession of 2001 - 2003? |
| Describe you're
gross sales over the past 3 years? |
| What is the
history of your "Profit Sharing Incentive"
contribution to your 401K plan for the past 3 years? |
| Who are the
competitors that you compete against? |
| What is the
percent of Market share that you hold within your
space of business? |
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| References
| Will you
provide 2 or more references of some long term
clients? |
| Will you
provide references to some employees in a similar
role as my job description that have been with the
company for 1year, 5years, >5years? |
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| Any employee stock
purchase plans? Private or Public |
| Describe the
operating style of Upper Management and the Board of
Directors? |
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| Compensation
| Company will profit nicely from my contributions (revenue - my
compensations = profit for company). |
| My Salary is in the top 90% of the market.
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| Overtime pay - this helps to manage the amount of overtime an
employer requires. |
| Work hours ( Target Utilization )
| Term: Standard Available Work Hours - 52Weeks * 40 hrs =
2,080 |
| Overtime is seen as a bonus to the employee and the company
and not a requirement to be profitable. |
| Target Utilization percentage (Target Billable hours / 2080
= Target Utilization Percentage) - takes into account holidays,
vacation, possible sick days, training, conferences, non
billable required office work and normal bench time in between
projects.
| Utilization Example: (No Travel)
Holidays - 10 days = 80 hrs
Vacation - 3 weeks - 15 days (can vary) = 120 hrs
Sick days (possible) - 10 days = 80 hrs
Training - 1 week - 5 days = 40 hrs
Conference - 1 week - 5 days = 40 hrs
Non Billable Office work (10% of 2080) = 208 hrs
Normal Bench Time (10% of 2080) = 208 hrs
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Total Non Billable Hours = 776
Target Billable Hours (2080 - 776) = 1,304
Avg Target Utilization Percentage (1,304 / 2080) = 62% |
| Utilization Example: (w/ 50% Travel)
Note: Use the #s in the above Utilization Example + Non
Billable Travel time.
Non Billable Travel time per travel week = 14 hrs (7 hours
1way = 1hr drive, 1.5hr Airport, 2.5 hr flight, 1.5hr after
flight)
Non Billable Travel time (50% Travel) (14hrs * 25weeks) =
350 hrs
Total Non Billable Hours = 776 (see above example) + 350
(travel) = 1,126 hrs
Target Billable Hours (2080 - 1126) = 954
Avg Target Utilization Percentage (954 / 2080) = 45% |
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| Measurable yearly performance bonus payouts. |
| Attractive benefits.
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| Sign On Bonus |
| Ownership and/or stock options.
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| Compensation Contract.
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| Travel
| 50% avg or less. |
| Additional compensation for traveling. |
| Travel time is considered part of your work hours for that
week. |
| Option to fly home every weekend. |
| Note: Travel where you file on Sun and return on Friday
night gets old very quickly. |
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| Integrity - The company and its employees have the quality of being known to be honest, upright, and
hold to sound principles. |
| Family - The company has procedures in place that
help balance work with family culture. |
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