I did a search at www.hotjobs.yahoo.com for a position requiring 'internet skills'. I received 17 results within the Lansing and surrounding areas and chose this listing http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/jobseeker/jobsearch/job_detail.html;_ylt=Aq.ROj92avndr3Q3v94onrj6Q6IX?job_id=J512989OS Senior Java Programmers: Jackson National Life Insurance Company Back to Results Job ID SrJava222 Company Name Jackson National Life Insurance Company Job Category Technology Location Lansing, MI Position Type Full-Time, Employee Salary Unspecified Experience 2-5 Years Experience Desired Education Level Associates Date Posted November 17, 2006 View Jackson National Life Insurance Company profile and job listings [input] SENIOR JAVA PROGRAMMERS 3 Positions Available Nature and Scope of the Position Within the Technology department, the Internet Development group is responsible for the development of both the JNL Internet and Intranet sites, and associated application development. The Sr. Programmer functions as a high-level technician working on moderate to complex work requests. As a member of the project team, the Sr. Programmer is responsible for application design/analysis, developing project plans, coding, testing, documenting all code, and maintaining and upgrading existing applications. The Sr. Programmer is also responsible for working with both customers and the development team to establish, promote, and enforce architectural guidelines as well as assist in the implementation and problem resolution of work requests. A strong interest in researching, making recommendations and implementing new web-related tools/technologies is highly preferred. The candidate must be able to code, debug and test application programs utilizing JAVA and web-based programming tools. The Sr. Programmer must be instructive and guiding to Junior associates within their assigned team. The candidate must be adaptive to the use of new software aids and programming techniques as they are acquired or adopted within IT. Job Requirements Bachelors degree or equivalent experience and/or education; Successful completion of an analytical aptitude exam; Three + years experience in programming; Three + years experience in application development utilizing JAVA, Servlets and JSP; Three + years relational database experience; Two + years experience in at least three of the following programming tools/techniques: Javascript, AJAX, Webservices, Custom Tag Development; Strong written and oral communication skills; and Demonstrated track record of successful system and project implementations. John Haidamous jhaidamous@xxxxxxxxx "Friendship is like money, easier made than kept." -Samuel Butler __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com