ZS Associates

From Purdue IEEE

Company Information

Website: http://www.zsassociates.com

Employment Opportunities: http://sdcareers.zsassociates.com

Corporate Email

9/12/2006-9/14/2006

Dear David,

My name is Sharvari Shetty and I am a Business Information Specialist with ZS Associates. We are recruiting at Purdue for various positions this fall, and will be on campus from Sep 12 - 14.

Please find attached below an email with more information about opportunities available at ZS as well as a schedule of events. We would really appreciate if you could pass this email on to IEEE members.

Thank you for your time. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Sincerely, Sharvari

Sharvari Shetty ZS Associates 847.492.3559

ZS Associates to visit Purdue campus this fall

ZS Associates is a global management consulting firm specializing in sales and marketing strategy, operations and execution. During the past 20 years we have worked with more than 1,000 companies in over 65 countries around the world, helping our clients achieve success by delivering both issue-specific solutions as well as large-scale business transformations.

With 15 offices and over 800 people worldwide, the ZS team is diverse and widespread. We are proud of our unique working environment, where the work is challenging and intense, yet our culture is informal.

We look forward to meeting IEEE student members and speaking with them about ZS at our upcoming on-campus events:

Tuesday, September 12 ZS Company Presentation: 6-8 pm EST, Stewart Center, Room 218CD. Food will be provided.

Wednesday, September 13 Engineering Industrial Round Table: Purdue Memorial Mall

Thursday, September 14 School of Management Career Fair

Please note that the deadline for submitting resumes through University Career Services is Tuesday, September 26. We also require that interview candidates apply on-line at www.zsassociates.apply2jobs.com.

Included below are job descriptions for the various roles at ZS. Please visit our website (http://www.zsassociates.com) to obtain further background information on ZS or detailed information about openings at our company. If you would like to speak further about our company or would like more information, please feel free to contact me at sharvari.shetty@zsassociates.com or 847.492.3559.

Thank you for your time, and we hope to see you soon.

Sincerely, Sharvari

Job descriptions for openings at ZS:

Business Information Specialist (BIS) BISs create data-driven solutions and systems to address clients' business problems. As a BIS, you will: - Design and implement business intelligence systems - Analyze and build complex databases - Combine technical, analytical and business expertise to help clients in sales and marketing analytics - Utilize programming skills to improve client operational processes

Operations Research Analyst (OR) ORs develop & utilize analytical models to help clients make sound business decisions. As an OR, you will: - Develop advanced statistical models - Utilize sophisticated optimization techniques - Design custom analytical tools - Leverage basic programming skills to gain insight from client data

Business Associate (BA) BAs design an approach, analyze data, and develop insights for our clients. As a BA, you will: - Integrate multiple sources of data to evaluate strategic objectives - Leverage problem solving skills to address the client's overarching business issues - Synthesize analytical results to provide actionable recommendations

Software Developer (SD) SDs build shrink-wrapped and custom software tools that help our clients and consulting teams make multi-million dollar decisions. As an SD you will: - Establish expertise in object-oriented design, user interface design, algorithms, web interfaces, and quality assurance - Design and build software from the ground up instead of being handed someone's specs - Develop a deep understanding of the business problems our software is being built to solve For more information on the SD position, please visit http://sdcareers.zsassociates.com/

ZS work status requirements for US employment positions 1. For undergraduates interested in our US positions, we are considering US Citizens and US Permanent Residents only, with the exception of those who are fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, or Japanese. 2. For Masters and PhD students interested in our US positions, we are considering foreign nationals in addition to US Citizens & US Permanent Residents. 3. Under the treaty of NAFTA, we can consider Canadian citizens and Mexican citizens for US offices. 4. We also have positions available for: - Canadian Citizens/Permanent Residents of Canada for our Toronto office - Candidates with European Work Authorization for our European offices - Japanese Citizens/Permanent Residents of Japan for our Tokyo office