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How to stay on top of your emails

Monday, January 31st, 2011

As a job seeker and an IT professional, you are very busy and don’t have time to be sitting in front of your mail client constantly waiting for the arrival of an email. Especially if you are waiting for job alerts, or emails from IT recruiters Boston, you need to be on top of your game. 

If you are a Google fan and are already using Gmail, then why not take a look at their new desktop notification option.  For those of you who have switched over to a Chrome browser, you will be able to take advantage of this right away.  Other browsers will hopefully have this feature soon.

Applying for IT jobs and working with IT staffing agencies will require you to be alert of job openings.  Most IT staffing companies will contact you as soon as they find that you are a fit for the technical position.  But what happens if you’re working on something when that email arrives and don’t see it until it’s too late? This new feature will have a pop up message from your browser alerting you of the new email. 

With this new feature, you will not be wasting your time refreshing your browser or sitting there waiting for a new email to arrive.  In addition, the notification will allow you to see who the email is from.  By being able to know who the email is from, and seeing the subject line, you can just ignore the message if it’s not important.

So if you need some help staying on top of your job search, why not add this to your list.  Who knows, maybe you’ll get a notification from an IT recruiter with that perfect new technical job today!

From Back End to Front End Development

Friday, January 28th, 2011

In the Information Technology field, IT recruiters understand that development is typically are split between front and back end work.  Some IT programmers even have both.  If you’re interested into getting into the creative (design) side of the IT field, technical recruiters advise you get started by studying the basics such as color, line, and space.  These are some fundamentals that will help you enter into the creative world of website design.  There are many different kinds of software you can use, but the most known is Photoshop.  Of course there is some freeware in case you do not want to invest in Adobe programs right away since they tend to be pricey.

You can start by playing around with the software. Become familiar with the buttons and check out some tutorials.  They can help you learn the different features available and what the software will allow you to do.  Once you get more comfortable with it start looking around for some inspiration.  You can find it all around you including your computer.  There are many different design blogs that will concentrate on various design topics.

IT staffing industry professionals also recommend that you concentrate on fonts.  Fonts will impact how you design as well as how you can work with the space available.  There are many sites that will allow you to download fonts for free. In addition, if you are feeling creative, you can create your own font and use it to show off your creativity. 

So if you have any free time these next few weeks, why not take on some tutorials and venture into the other side of IT development.

Arguing in an IT Recruiting Office

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

As an IT recruiting professional, you have to be able to build and sustain relationships no matter what the situation is.  However, there will come a time when you and other technical recruiters in your IT staffing office will disagree, but you have to know how to handle the situation.

If and when you get into a heated conversation, make sure to remain polite and professional.  You’ll lose credibility in the office for flying off the handle or saying something disrespectful. Throughout the conversation, remember to remain on topic.  This will help your argument, as you won’t be switching constantly between topics. 

Being able to argue on a professional level will show all of the IT recruiters Boston that you are able to handle disagreements fairly.  If it starts to look like others are starting to bicker too much, try to get everyone back to the main argument and move them away from the direction they were moving into. 

Regardless, of what the argument is about, know when a break is a necessary for everyone to cool down.  If you don’t get the result you wanted, do not sulk.  Just make peace with the decision and move on.  You can’t always win every battle in the IT staffing industry.


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