TNR Global attended the UMASS Career Fair for Engineering, Natural Sciences, and Technology at the flagship campus in Amherst.  The fair was extremely well attended, with undergraduates, graduate students, and recent grads present.

Career Services places STEM majors with employers.

“It was very well organized” said Managing Director Natasha Goncharova.  ”We spoke to a number of very well qualified students for software development positions.”

Students registering for the Career Fair, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

There were more than 80 companies recruiting at the fair in the fields of software development, manufacturing, and engineering.  ”We are extremely lucky to have such a highly rated University for Computer Science right in our backyard” said Karen Lynn, Director of Business Development.  The Computer Science department is in the top 20 of Computer Science departments in the country according to US News and World Report.  The TNR Global office is located in Hadley, less than 5 miles from campus.

TNR Global held an iPod Raffle while collecting resumes. Resumes will be collected throughout the weekend online, and two winners will be announced on Monday, October 3rd.  Winners will be contacted directly.  To participate in the iPod Raffle, applicants can submit resumes digitally by emailing them to jobs@tnrglobal.com.

TNR Global, LLC is a systems design and integration company focused on enterprise search and cloud computing solutions for publishing companies, news sites, web directories, academia, enterprise, and SaaS companies.

TNR Global will be attending the UMASS Career Fair on Wednesday, September 28, 2011. Drop off a copy of your physical resume and you will have a chance to win an iPod Shuffle.  We will be at table #29 from 10:00AM-3:00PM.

Email us a cover letter and resume and you will have a chance to win a second iPod Shuffle.

Stop by and chat with alumnus Managing Director Natasha Goncharova, ‘03 or Director of Business Development Karen Lynn, ‘92 about internships and an opportunity for a career in Enterprise Search Technology at TNR Global, LLC.

“The fine print….”

Send resume and cover letter to jobs@tnrglobal.com with the subject heading “UMASS Career Fair.”  All entries will be entered into the raffle and chosen at random to win an iPod Shuffle 2GB,  Please email resumes as simple text email or as web URLs.

ELIGIBILITY:  VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. The Raffle is open to everyone worldwide who is at least 18 years of age. Employees, officers, directors, representatives, and immediate family members of TNR Global, LLC and their respective parent companies, affiliates and subsidiaries are not eligible to participate in this Raffle.

If you missed our recent webcast -  Solr To The Rescue: Successful Migration From FAST ESP to Open Source Search Based on Apache Solr, Lucid Imagination posted the video and slides for you to view at your convenience. Check it out here…

On Nov 18, 2010, 14:00 EST (19:00 GMT),  join us for the Webinar, organized by Lucid Imagination:  Solr To The Rescue: Successful Migration From FAST ESP to Open Source Search Based on Apache Solr.

Michael McIntosh, VP Search Solutions, TNR Global will be on the webinar panel along with Eric Gaumer, Chief Architect, ESR Technology, and Helge Legernes, Founding Partner & CTO, Findwise discussing approaches for migrations from FAST ESP to Open Source Search based on Apache Solr.

Webinar description:

Users of FAST ESP have become increasingly concerned since the purchase of Fast Search and Transfer by Microsoft in 2008. The discontinuation of the Linux platform and the subordination of FAST features into Sharepoint have created a greater sense of urgency to seek out alternatives. Many FAST ESP users are considering open source enterprise search based on Apache Solr as an option. This roundtable discussion will provide valuable insights for search users looking to make the change to Solr.

The panel covers factors driving the need for a FAST ESP alternatives, differences between FAST and Solr, typical migration project lifecycle & methodology, complementary open source tools, migration pro’s & con’s, best practices and customer examples, and recommended next steps.

Register