The Boston Chapter of the IEEE Consultants' Network publishes a web directory and when volunteer resources allow, a printed directory of it's consulting members, and maintains a database for job referrals and society records. Non consulting members will receive all benefits other than publicity and referral service. Non consulting members names will only appear on membership listings and society records. If you wish to become a member, you must fill out the paper application form found at the website ( http://www.boston-consult.org ). If you wish to be listed as a consultant in the directory and job referral database, you must also submit a resume in the form of an electronic application or arrange for transcription into electronic form (additional cost). We currently accept applications sent by electronic mail (email preferred) or mailed on floppy disks in the format described below. Deadline date for inclusion in the web directory is January 31.All resumes will go directly into the job referral database soon after receipt. Resumes received after the deadline date will be included in the next appropriate web supplement.

Mail your application form, check, (and disk, if applicable) to the address given above. The preferred method is to send your (electronic application) resume by Email to our application server at "cn_application2005@qualware.com". You will receive confirmation or rejection (with explanation) by return e-mail automatically in a couple of minutes.

Your computer-readable resume should be in 7-bit ASCII (a.k.a. "MS-DOS TEXT") format. It should be sent as email text (preferably) in the standard format described below; or sent as a file on an IBM compatible floppy disk. If mailing in a floppy disk:

• The file must contain 7-bit ASCII data in the standard format.
• The file name should be composed of the first 8 characters of your last name followed by the first 3 characters of your first name. For instance, SMITH.JOE would be Joe Smith's file name.

You must send your data in 7-bit ASCII text. This should be the most basic way to store text. However, modern 'user friendly' programs conspire to help you whether or not you want their help. Here are some suggestions on forcing them to work:

Most of the time, sending your data in the body of you email works fine. However, if you get a rejection with =3D at the beginning of every one of your data lines, it wasn't 7-bit ASCII. The mail programs that do it try to shield their users from such a forbidding concept, so it's not always easy to send 7-bit, and sometimes it's impossible. Here's how to get your mail program to send 7-bit.

A) Your mail program might not be sending plain ASCII text. It may look like run-of-the-mill characters on the screen, but your mail program may have different ideas. The following instructions explain how to set several popular mail programs:

MS Outlook: Menu:Tools;Options:TabMailFormat:SectionMessageFormat:PlainText

Netscape Communicator or Mozilla Communicator: 3 things to do:
   Menu:Edit:Preferences:Mail&Newsgroups:Formatting
     1) Set "Use plain-text editor"
     2) Set "Convert Message to Plain Text"
   Menu:Edit:Preferences:Mail&Newsgroups:Formatting
     3) Set "Send messages that use 8-bit characters 'as is'"

AOL: Can't be changed, it seems. If you use AOL, you need to use another mail program or mail a floppy.

B) If you're creating data in an external file and inserting it into your email, your external editor might be causing the problem.

You might be typing your submission in an editor or word processor that's inserting characters that aren't 7-bit ASCII. The way to stop this depends on your editor/word-process and mail program. Saving your completed application as 7-bit ASCII and then opening the file again before copying and pasting to your mail program might help. Some editors are able to save in 7-bit ASCII or 'MS-DOS text", usually under a SAVE-AS command. For example, MS-Word and MS-WordPad can, but MS-Notepad can't force 7-bit ASCII. Just saving as 'text' won't guarantee success.

If you reach a brick wall, contact cn.boston@ieee.org.

Look at the examples for clarification of the following instructions.
Each line (or field) must start with it's field number and "=" with no spaces.
Each line and field number must be included even if empty.
All fields are limited to 45 characters except the skills and resume fields:
 · The skills fields can have 100 characters and
 · The resume body can have 100 words.

There are two skills fields - a skill code line and a skill phrase line:

No lines can exceed 45 characters except the skill lines (100 characters) and the resume body (100 words).
The resume body field can contain only 100 words regardless of hyphens.
Subjects inside [ ] can be left blank. The line numbers must still be supplied.
Use a Spell Checker. Silly mistakes suggest incompetence. Trivial errors can result in missed skill searches.

For further information E-mail us at "cn.boston@ieee.org".

NOTE: The Skills list and code numbers are the same as last year.

101 Management - Business
813 Management - Downsizing
103 Management - Engineering
102 Management - General
104 Management - Manufacturing
150 Management - Venture Capital

202 Services - Advertising
201 Services - Business Plans
805 Services - CAD Documentation
808 Services - Database Management
203 Services - Design Tools/Case
820 Services - Expert Testimony
204 Services - Financial
205 Services - Legal/Patents
207 Services - Manufacturing
206 Services - Marketing
209 Services - PC Layout
883 Services - Project Management
208 Services - Pubs/Tech Writing
214 Services - Seminars
213 Services - Training

301 Hardware Design - Analog
310 Hardware Design - Amplifiers
302 Hardware Design - ASICS
303 Hardware Design - Digital
876 Hardware Design - Circuit Simulation
305 Hardware Design - Electro-Mechanical
304 Hardware Design - Mechanical
311 Hardware Design - Low Noise
306 Hardware Design - Packaging
312 Hardware Design - Receivers
307 Hardware Design - Reviews
857 Hardware Design - Sheet Metal
313 Hardware Design - Transmitters

401 Software Design - Assembly
403 Software Design - C/C++
859 Software Design - CASE
404 Software Design - DOS
413 Software Design - Embedded Systems
405 Software Design - Fortran
400 Software Design - General
406 Software Design - GUI
661 Software Design - Matlab
407 Software Design - Object Oriented
840 Software Design - Object Management
402 Software Design - Other HLL
409 Software Design - Real Time
410 Software Design - Systems
411 Software Design - Unix
412 Software Design - Windows/XWindows

630 Databases
881 Databases - Access
882 Databases - Filemaker
880 Databases - Foxpro
846 Databases - Powerbuilder
865 Databases - Sybase

705 Computer - Busses
804 Computer - Busses,VME
501 Computer - Mainframe/Mini
505 Computer - Microcontrollers
510 Computer - Microprocessors
503 Computer - Personal
504 Computer - Workstation

610 Acoustics
611 Multimedia Audio
612 Sonar
620 Chemical
660 Mathematics
670 Medical
680 Physics
681 Plasmas
826 Interferometry
828 Ionospheric Research
835 Metrology
841 Ocean Engineering
690 Optics
692 Electro-Optics
716 Lasers
710 Fiber Optics
815 Electromagnetics
816 Electron Beam Systems

702 Antennas & Propagation
853 Receivers
870 Transmitters
855 RF Absorbers
717 Microwave
704 Broadcast Technology
818 EMI/EMC
819 ESD
821 Ferrites
832 Magnetic Materials
802 Backpanels - PWBS
706 Communications - Data
707 Communications - Electronics
830 Low Noise Circuits
709 Consumer Electronics
714 Industrial Electronics
875 Power Electronics
837 Network Management
718 Networks - LAN/Telephone
879 Windows for Workgroups
806 Client-Server Systems
812 Distributed Processing
874 Voice Response

711 Instrumentation
728 Components
809 Dielectrics
807 Connectors
814 Displays
878 Electronic Materials
858 Surface Mount Technology
822 Field Testing
823 Functional Requirements
640 Environmental
751 Reliability
848 Product Assurance
851 Quality Assurance
721 Quality Assurance - Hardware
852 Quality Assurance - ISO 9000
722 Quality Assurance - Software
887 Non-destructive Evaluation
726 Standards
727 Regulations
740 Regulations CSA
741 Regulations NRTL
742 Regulations TUV
743 Regulations UL
744 Regulations VDE
750 Product Safety