A niche job search engine, rather than searching across the Internet for jobs, searches for jobs based on a more specialized criteria - just green jobs from green job boards, for example, or just retail jobs.

Green Job Spider enable job seekers to search the more than 50 job boards that focus on green jobs with just a couple of clicks. Job seekers can search by keyword and location using the basic search and by keyword, category, type of position, sector, and location using the advanced search options.

Looking for a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) or other web job?  SEO Jobs Finder is a niche job search engine with SEO, social media, web, PPC, and copywriting job listings.

For job seekers looking for restaurant employment, JobsOnTheMenu.com, connects job seekers and restaurant and food service employers. Job seekers can search jobs by keyword and location, apply for jobs online learn more about restaurant and food service careers, explore education opportunities and get career advice.

If you're looking for a job in retail, WorkInRetail.com has retail corporate, management and hourly job listings. Job seekers can search by keyword, location, and category.

For just  jobs posted on Twitter, use TwitJobSearch.com to search for jobs by keyword.

When you only want jobs that are posted on company websites, rather than on job boards, LinkUp will get you directly to those job listings.

Related: Job Search Engines | Job Listings

Niche Job Search Engines originally appeared on About.com Job Searching on Saturday, March 13th, 2010 at 06:00:55.

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It might seem odd to some of you that Citrix would make such a statement given that we have made application isolation and streaming capabilities available in the XenApp platform ever since the introduction of Presentation Server 4.5 over 3 years ago.  The fact is that Citrix has always intended to embrace App-V within our XenApp systems, a point that I have often stated, even as early as when Pete Schulz and I were presenting the pre-release hands-on training for Project Tarpon (the project name for what would become XenApp application streaming) as far back as 2006.  Regardless, there are always questions posed by customers and prospects who are left wondering which solution to use, and when.  The answer is "both", let me explain...

Application Virtualization in XenApp:

•          Publishing and Management infrastructure (AppCenter)

•          Application Isolation

•          Application Streaming

•          Receiver plug-ins (Citrix Receiver)

•          Self-service enterprise app store (Dazzle)
  

In XenApp Application Virtualization an app can be packaged as either a XenApp .profile or a Microsoft App-V sequence, either of which enables items 2 and 3 in the list above, that being isolation and streaming.  These packages are then made available to users through the central XenApp publishing and management infrastructure (item 1 in the list) where various properties and policies are configured to determine if, or how, a given application is delivered to a user based on who they are, what device they are using, over what network, etc...

There are 2 Citrix Receiver plug-ins required for a complete solution with regards to XenApp and App-V, one is the Citrix Offline Plug-in, and the other is the App-V Plug-in for Citrix Receiver.

And rounding out the complete Application Virtualization delivery system is the 5^th item in the list Citrix Dazzle, our Self-service enterprise application storefront.

•          Fast search in virtualized Outlook 2010 using Windows Desktop Search

•          Ability for virtualized Office 2010 applications to open, edit, and save Office files hosted with Windows SharePoint

•          Search indexing support for Office file types

•          URL protocol redirection to virtualized Outlook 2010

•          Print to virtualized OneNote 2010
  

But the biggest advantage to using App-V to deliver Office 2010 is "Single vendor support for the application as well as the application virtualization technology".

With many of the challenges around delivering virtualized applications that will rely on Office 2010 as a central enabling component, coupled with the "single throat to choke" advantage of having the application virtualization technology vendor be the same vendor that is supplying the application itself, in my opinion, it just makes good sense to use Microsoft App-V as the preferred app virtualization solution for that application suite.

Often after I walk a prospect through this particular scenario we immediately jump into the "Is Citrix ending its development of their native application virtualization capabilities and going with App-V instead?" item on the agenda. J  The answer here is "No".

The Citrix vision of enabling simple and secure anywhere access is built on many technologies, application virtualization is only one of these building blocks, but it is a critical element of delivering the best user experience to any user on any device while also simplifying the management of the applications.  And that is not only why we will continue to innovate across our broader application virtualization solution, for our native isolation and streaming, as well as better and more deeply integrated support for App-V over time, but it is also why Microsoft and our mutual customers see value in Citrix delivering App-V sequences through XenApp.  Which leads me to the last and final question I have heard over the last few years and that is "Why would Citrix want to support App-V, and what does XenApp enable me to do with App-V that I can't do otherwise"?

Great question!

Simply put, Citrix is always looking for new ways to leverage Microsoft platform elements to enable new scenarios for our mutual customers, App-V is just one of example of a new element we will be leveraging in future release of XenApp and XenDesktop.  As I said at the beginning of this post, we have intended to partner around App-V from the start of project Tarpon, today we are delivering the first incarnation of that intent.  As far as what unique value does XenApp enable for App-V, let's look at a couple of examples available today.

Publish App-V packages directly from XenApp as "Dual-mode" applications

Through our new App-V integration, Microsoft App-V sequences can be published using the same workflows and wizards as all other applications managed through XenApp. Admins can leverage native XenApp Application Virtualization and Session Virtualization configuration parameters and policies to make Microsoft App-V sequences available for online and offline use.  Dual-mode fallback is also provided, enabling end-points to access App-V applications from a consistent interface, even if the device is incapable of running the application locally, for example when a user needs to access the application from a Mac PowerBook or iPhone. 

Manage App-V client plug-in using Citrix Receiver

The Microsoft Application Virtualization Desktop Client can now be managed and delivered as a plug-in for Citrix Receiver. With XenApp, App-V sequences can now be delivered to lightly-managed endpoint scenarios, even if the end-point is not a member of the Microsoft Active Directory domain.  As a result, new App-V use cases and access scenarios are enabled, including the delivery of applications to a consultant or for companies with "Bring your own computer" (BYOC) initiatives. 

Subscribe to App-V packages using Citrix Dazzle

With Citrix Receiver, users gain self-service access to applications through an enterprise app storefront. Admins can advertise App-V packages with all other XenApp published applications and services for easy, on-demand access by users. There are many more exciting things in the Citrix/Microsoft partnering and integration pipelines that we will be sharing over the coming months, all of which complement the trajectory we have begun with the XenDesktop 4 and now this XenApp 6 release on Windows Server 2008 R2.  I definitely encourage you to check out XenApp 6 and begin considering the new possibilities this platform can enable in your on-demand application delivery and hosted shared desktop initiatives. 

Learn more

• View demo of the user experience of App-V plug-in for Citrix Receiver.
• View demo of Microsoft App-V plug-in for Citrix Receiver POC demo.
• Read blogs from our architect.
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There's an interesting debate going on about the value of online meetings and web conferencing compared to face-to-face in-person meetings. Airlines don't want always want airport visitors to see the "Next Time Meet Online" GoToMeeting ads. And Hyatt is defending business travel.

This is a false choice. Of course, face-to-face meetings are great. The question is are there situations where the benefit of saving time and travel costs outweighs the value of meeting in person? Can you sell to a wider audience? Train people more easily? Attend more productive meetings? Employ (or retain) people in more locations? And, if so, how much time and travel costs do you save exactly? What's the ROI on online meeting tools?

Here's a new graph from our finance dept correlating increased use of GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar at Citrix and decreasing travel cost per employee. 

In this example, the $150 savings is a roughly 3X return compared to the cost of a GoToMeeting license, but reduced travel isn't the only benefit of online meetings. 
For instance, a greater benefit for us is simply including a GoToMeeting link in all on-site meetings. That way people can join from other offices, their home, wherever they happen to be, even if it's just down to road. 

From marketing, to sales, to service, to training, HR, engineering -- what's remarkable is how impactful online meeting tools are across the organization on everyday productivity. It takes time, but usage grows and they become habitual and indispensable. It is becoming a competitive disadvantage to not use them.

One caveat to that is that if you have a web conferencing solution but people don't use it widely (because it's not easy, not reliable or otherwise problematic) than you are missing out on the benefits. The key is usage.

Social Media

This delightful article from Duck Call is just fun, thanks to the research done by Rebecca Hume: Can these Facebook statistics get more fans than Megan Fox?

I get cross eyed over things like "policies." So I was glad to see this post by the inimitable Beth Kanter that pretty much provides all that you need to know and all the resources you could possibly want about Social Media Policies, all in one place.

Nonprofit online competitions are proliferating like bunnies in springtime. Dan Morrison, in a guest turn at Geoff Livingston's blog, reveals some of the tips for success from Scott Beale of Atlas Corp about how that NPO won more than $300K in the last two years in online competitions. Read Winning Online Competitions: A Coalition of the Giving

Nathaniel Whittemore, of Change.org, explains a great new geo location app for some smart phones in A Mobile App That Lets You Check In For Charity. It's called "CauseWorld," and it creates "Karma."

Philanthropy and Fundraising

Kerri Feazell summarized what he has learned about the "new normal" in recent months in 5 Things Nonprofits Need to Know About Philanthropy in 2010.

We all hang on Warren Buffett's every word, and now he has shared some thoughts about fundraising and philanthropy. Ian Wilhelm, of The Chronicle of Philanthropy, captures some of the best of Buffett's remarks in Warren Buffett Shares His Philanthropic Philosophy.

Cause Marketing and CSR

Joe Waters, cause marketing guru, reveals how he keeps his edge without ever leaving his couch at Whatgives? We should all be so lazy!

The HuffPost explains the quite wonderful program that American Express is waging to encourage volunteering in American Express Rewards Members For Volunteering.

If you want to check out which companies are doing the best on corporate social responsibility before you spend money, take a look at The Goodness 500. This nifty site knows that we are all busy, so it rates companies on their "goodness" quotient so we can make better spending choices. Check out the blog too for vignettes of inspiring people doing cool things.

Social Marketing

I'm psycho for psychology and ate up this article from Stanford Social Innovation Review titled Subtle Nudges for Greater Good. Learn how to help people rise to their best, not sink to their worst.

News

Charities in N.Y. and Washington Look to Hire in 2010, Studies Find". Oh, let this be one of those "green shoots" they keep talking about with the economy. This article at The Chronicle of Philanthropy is bound to raise your spirits.

Obama to give Nobel Peace Prize award to 10 charities. This CNN article lists the charities chosen by Obama. See what you think about his choices.

Webinars

This free webinar from Guidestar caught my eye because I am a big admirer of Perla Ni, CEO and founder of GreatNonprofits. She will speak on the topic, "Don't Get Lost in the Crowd - Tap into Your Supporters' Passion to Become a Great Nonprofit," on March 31, 1 p.m. (EDT).
Register here.

Network for Good is hosting a free webinar, Online Donors: Why They Leave and How to Get Them Back, featuring experts Katya Andresen, Rebecca Higman, and Kivi Leroux Miller. The date is March 30, 1 p.m. (Eastern).

Photo by Getty Images

Best Links: GeoLocation for Charity, Nonprofit Hiring, Online Competition Tips originally appeared on About.com Nonprofit Charitable Orgs on Friday, March 12th, 2010 at 18:48:25.

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Go to the following key (use 14.0 if you use Outlook 2010) – if the key does not exist, add it.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\office\12.0\outlook
And add:
DWord: DisableAntiSpam
Value: 1 (Hex)
Value of 1 disables the junk filter, 0 enables it.

You need to restart Outlook for it take effect. The Junk email folder will remain (but should not be created if you make a new default pst file) – you can delete the junk folder using OutlookSpy or MFCMAPI.

You can also disable RSS: see http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2008/20080829.htm

 
 
Here's a great opportunity to get free hands-on experience with XenDesktop 4 and Microsoft Hyper-V R2.
This lab is intended for IT Professionals who would like to deliver virtual desktop computers using Microsoft Hyper-V Server™, Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager™ and Citrix XenDesktop™. Users will work through the steps to simulate deploying multiple virtual desktops. 

You will first capture a reference image using the Citrix Provisioning Server for Desktops. Next, you will verify that the computer can be booted from a diskless client computer. You get to create multiple virtual machines using the reference computer as a template.

Finally, the you will use the Citrix Desktop Delivery Controller and System Center Virtual Machine Manager to create a group of virtual desktops and deploy them to end devices. At the end of this lab, you will have worked through all the steps required to implement Citrix XenDesktop using Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager and Microsoft Hyper-V Server.

Click here to get started:

TechNet Virtual Lab: Implementing XenDesktop 4 with Microsoft Hyper-V R2
 

Reader's Question: I work for a large corporation that has a performance management system where only a certain percentage of people can get the highest ratings. Two years in a row, my manager (and her manager) have agreed that I should receive an "Exceeds Expectations". This rating is associated with a higher raise and a higher bonus amount.

Two years in a row, this rating recommendation was downgraded by those above them to "Achieves Expectations". I was told this wasn't personal; it's just the numbers. (Susan adds: In similar systems, only a certain percentage of employees can rank in each numeric rating category.)

I work in a sales environment where the top sales people automatically get the highest ratings. I also don't report directly to the VP (and I assume those who do have an easier job of getting the rating they deserve). My reviews both years were glowing. Written on them were my manager's comments that she recommended I receive an "Exceeds Expectations" rating. Two years in a row, it was downgraded.

I feel very badly about working for a company with this type of performance appraisal system. When I asked my manager what more I could do to get to keep the rating they submitted for me, she told me, "nothing." There is nothing more she can do either. She can't get blood from a stone.

As an employee, I cannot see any benefit for a company in having a system like this. If someone does have good people, they should be able to rate them as such. If they have many good people, then all the power to them. The good people should be rated accordingly and they've done their job as hiring managers well.

Are there other companies with this type of system that you know of (this is my first experience with this)? Why do they have systems like this? How would you go on being the top performer, that you know you are, when the rating system is so unfair? Any words of wisdom would be appreciated.

My Response: If you read through my materials on performance appraisal and ranking systems, you know that I totally disagree with them. They are a method used by companies to contain costs and falsely limit the availability of high ratings, a practice of which I also disapprove.

Philosophically, proponents of such a system, which usually includes a percentage factor that specifies the percentage of employees who may attain each rating, would argue that it makes performance raters more discerning. Only exceptional employees are highest rated and unexceptional employees fall to the bottom of the rankings.

They might also say that such a system makes certain that true differentiation of performance is expected and rewarded. (As a new proponent of rating and ranking, one 30,000 employee division of a large corporation found that 96% of its employees had received the highest rating prior to the new system which divided level of rating by: 10% - exceptional, 15% - exceeds expectations, 60% - meets expectations and 15% - below expectations.)

I don't know what more I can say. Many companies do this, to their detriment, in my opinion. All I can suggest to you, since you don't appear to be in a position to affect the performance appraisal system, is that you stealth job search to find a company that lets your obviously many talents and contributions be rewarded as they deserve.

Consider talking with your manager about using more specific and quantifiable examples of your contributions and efforts on the appraisal document - the piece I have often observed is missing - in a competitive employee ranking exercise.

If your company has a method for soliciting employee input, you might give yours about this performance appraisal process. But,  if your manager is unable to impact the final decisions, in competition with all of the other managers for their employees, there is not much more that you can do.

I am going to post this question anonymously on my site to see if we get any other feedback. Your thoughts?

_{Image Copyright James Tutor}

More About Employee Performance Appraisal

• Take Those Numeric Ratings...
• The Case Against Performance Appraisals
• Use an Employee Self Evaluation
• Performance Development Checklist

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Rate Me; Rank Me; Lose Me originally appeared on About.com Human Resources on Friday, March 12th, 2010 at 12:58:44.

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上一回提到用Provisioning Server(PVS)可以大大减轻管理员的负担。这回我们结合PVS系统的搭建，看看PVS系统是如何简化XenDesktop环境的。

PVS利用了PXE技术，终端机通过DHCP服务器上的66和67 option得到PVS服务器的地址和执行文件名。

 PVS服务器的安装不难，基本上按照向导走下去就可以。只要注意安装前用域的管理员身份登录就可以了。还有，安装途中会询问用那个帐号执行服务，要输入域的管理员身份。PVS本身并不需要域就可以工作，但是XenDesktop需要域环境。用PVS展开的工作站要加入到域，才能够加入到XenDesktop的Farm。正因为如此，PVS的服务需要域管理员的权限来追加工作站到域，并管理活动目录里面的工作站数据。

 
这个网站有安装的全过程可以参照一下http://virtual.51cto.com/art/200903/112863.htm

设置好DHCP的Scope Option，装好PVS服务器之后。可以按以下步骤设置PVS。
1.      首先需要为PVS指定存放vDisk的空间。右击Stores然后选择Create Store。在弹出的画面里面设置Store的名字、哪个Site使用这个Store和Store的物理位置(Path)。如果创建多个PVS服务器的高可用性环境，Path则需要指定共有文件夹的UNC名。

2.      接下来，为终端机使用的硬盘建立一个映射文件vDisk。右击vDisk Pool创建一个新的vDisk文件。VHD format有两个选择：Fixed和Dynamic。如果硬盘空间足够的话，建议选择速度较快的Fixed。这个vDisk文件将成为终端机的硬盘映射，必须设定足够的File size。

3.      建立好vDisk后，右击vDisk Pool里面的vDisk选择Properties。在弹出的vDisk Properties画面下方有个Edit File Properties按键。按了它就会弹出vDisk File Properties画面。在Mode标签里可以设置vDisk的模式，PVS5.1支持3种模式：Private，Standard和Difference Disk。Private模式下，所有变更直接写入vDisk文件。和通常的本地硬盘没有多大区别。而Standard模式下，终端用户只有vDisk读取权，对硬盘的变更会保存在别处，而且会在重启时消失。变更内容保存在哪里，用Cache Type来决定。最后一种模式是Difference Disk模式，这种模式将对vDisk的变更保存在Server或文件服务器上，和Standard模式的Server Disk不同的是，变更不会在重启时被删除。下面这个Knowledge Base对Cache Type做了更详尽的解释。Understanding Write-Cache in Provisioning Server (http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX119469)
因为我们要把一台终端机的硬盘数据全部写到这个vDisk文件里，所以选用Private模式。接着在Option标签里将High availability (HA)和Active Directory machine account password management两个选项选上。vDisk的创建就完成了。

4.      最后，将终端机加入PVS。先右击Device Collection建立一个Collection，然后在Collection里面追加Device。右击刚刚建立的Collection然后选择Create Device就会看到设定画面。设定内容很简单，只有Name和MAC两项是必须的。使用Standard模式的vDisk的时候，这里设置的Name将成为终端机的名字。MAC就是网卡的MAC地址，在终端机上执行ipconfig /all命令，然后寻找对应网卡的Physical Address就可以找到MAC地址。在XenServer上运行的终端机的MAC地址可以从XenCenter直接得到。上一回我们创建了XenDesktop环境的时候，创建了一台VDA工作站，这回就把这个VDA工作站加入PVS服务器。将VDA的机器名和MAC地址输入按OK。然后右击新建好的Device，在Gerneral标签里将Boot from设置为Hard Disk。这意味着这台终端机将从本机的硬盘启动。最后，在vDisks标签里选择上一步创建的vDisk。

5.      接下来，我们来到VDA工作站。在XenCenter里将Network设定为启动顺序中的第一。

6.      启动VDA工作站，会看到类似下面的启动画面。


7.      启动后，确认桌面右下角System tray的Virtual Disk图标没有打叉。点击它确认状态是Active。

8.      放入PVS的安装盘，安装XenConvert 2.0。安装后启动它，默认应该是From：本机，To：Provisioning Services vDisk。不必修改它，直接按Next。在下一个画面把所有的本地硬盘都选上，并选上Empty Recycle Bin。按了Next之后就开始上传数据了，会花很长时间。

9.      上传完成后，点击Log按键确认没有错误发生

到这里vDisk就准备完毕了，接下来我们要展开多个VDA工作站。写了这么长，估计看也看累了吧。下一回，我们要把这个vDisk改成Standard模式，然后让多个VDA工作站共用它。并将多个VDA工作站加入XenDesktop环境。

崔嵩

- 2010年3月12日

Introduction

How often have you found that there is a lot of "How To" or run-book style documentation out there, but none of them seem to completely address the combination of your requirements? And while you have expertise in one or more product areas, have you found that making the pieces work together seems challenging sometimes?

I ran into such an example not too long ago. I had to configure an Access Gateway SSL VPN to a XenDesktop environment, accelerate the traffic, and support Single Sign On. There was not a comprehensive document out there that I could leave behind with the customer.

So I took a different approach. Rather than create an exhaustive document, I just listed the steps and referenced only the specific sections in existing product documentation, knowledge base documents, and some custom information.

For my specific project needs, (User/AGEE PlugIn/Repeater PlugIn > NetScaler AGEE > Repeater > XenDesktop) I came up with the following set of instructions that I left behind with the customer.

Step One - Create the XenDesktop Environment

I, personally, was OK with setting this up. Otherwise I would have used the Evaluating XenDesktop section (Section 4) of the XenDesktop product documentation available from the Citrix eDocs site. This can be retrieved from http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/index.jsp and selecting XenDesktop.

Step Two - Install the Citrix Repeater

To insert the Citrix Repeater into the data flow, I simply performed the steps outlined in the Citrix Repeater Quick Installation Guide. This document comes with the product, or can be downloaded from the Citrix product download site(http://citrix.com/English/ss/downloads/index.asp in my case.

One note was that on the second page of this guide, the "Gateway" address referred to is the default gateway that is used by the management dialogs - not the default gateway for user traffic.

Then I added the licenses to the Repeater. The licensing process is driven by the "License Host ID" that is shown in the Repeater Management GUI. I found the details of this procedure in the Citrix Branch Repeater Licensing Guide, which was part of the product documentation set I downloaded.

Lastly, I set up the Signaling IP address. This is the Repeater-hosted IP address that the client-based repeater plug-in-in connects to in order to establish acceleration with the repeater appliance. This is discussed on page 7-84 of the Citrix Branch Repeater Family Installation and User's Guide document available from the product download section of the Citrix web site. This IP address is set in the Repeater GUI > Configure Settings > WANScaler Client panel. Note that this Signaling-IP must be enabled in the menu as well.

Step Three - Configure the NetScaler Access Gateway

In this step, I added the configuration elements to the NetScaler Access Gateway such that it would allow the Repeater to optimize the traffic to the XenDesktop infrastructure behind it. I used the instructions in the "Turbocharge Access Gateway" document which is available for download from: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX121035.

Since I was using NetScaler Access Gateway Enterprise Edition, I used only Section 7 for the details of how this is done.

Section 9 of this handy document pertains to customizing the Repeater Client software - used at the remote user's laptop, etc. - in order to pre-populate the signaling IP address. In volumes, this is good to do for ease of distribution. Because mine was a simple, limited-user configuration, I chose to let the user customize the parameter after installing the Repeater Plugin.msi (from the Citrix product download site(http://citrix.com/English/ss/downloads/index.asp in my case) on their own.

Then they simply do the following:

• Open the Receiver and right click the Acceleration Plug-in in the list.
• Selecting Manage Acceleration will present a menu to specify the Signaling-IP address.

Also, since my configuration goes straight to the XenDesktop system and not to a landing page, updating the NavUI home page as discussed on page 25 in the above document, was not required.

Lastly, because the acceleration traffic policy set above breaks the Single Sign On process, I needed another Access Gateway Traffic Policy. This traffic policy causes Repeater-specific optimization to be bypassed for all http traffic sent to the XenDesktop Desktop Delivery Controller.

I simply repeated the steps on pages 18-19, but using SSO-Policy and SSO-Profile. The specific overrides will include:

• Policy -> DestIP == <IP address of DDC> Netmask 255.255.255.255
• Profile-> Protocol = HTTP; WanScaler = OFF

Then I bound the two policies to the Traffic section in the Virtual Server's Policies tab. There I made sure that the exclusion policy is set to a higher priority (lower numeric value) than that of the generalized traffic policy. This causes optimization to be turned OFF for http (the SSO traffic) requests to the Desktop Delivery Controller only.

Acceleration is performed, however for all other (TCP) traffic to the rest of the subnet because this traffic does not match the criteria of the first policy in the list.

Summary

In following the above steps, I quickly created a configuration which authenticated and accelerated user traffic to the XenDesktop virtualized environment.

Furthermore, using the Repeater Plug-in dialogs, the user can see the actual acceleration realized.