Advice from IT Recruiters
Review: "Breakthrough Technical Recruiting"
Ford’s Breakthrough Technical Recruiting offers IT Recruiters & Technical Hiring Managers advice for navigating the IT headhunting process. Ford speaks with authority from his own years of supervisors’ experience as a former recruiter, armed with technical recruiting strategies that led to high placement rates. Finding and identifying highly qualified technical candidates is a challenge Ford…
Read MoreReview, "IT Made E-Z"
Starting out, the technical recruiter needs to learn tools to to increase sales & placements. Patrick Bowman’s book, IT Made E-Z, guides the new technical recruiter through the process of maximizing technical recruiting techniques. Bowman reveals tips for technical interviewing efficiency, and making a partnership between clients and the technical recruiting team. He covers specific…
Read MoreReview: "A Beginner's Guide to Technical Recruiting" by Prabakaran Murugaiah
What does a technical recruiter starting out for the first time in an IT Staffing Firm need to know? According to Prabakaran Murugaiah, author of “A Beginner’s Guide to Technical Recruiting”, a lot. Murugaiah warns technical recruiters in-training that the big picture in the IT Staffing industry and in technical headhunting is changing at a rapid pace in 2011…
Read MoreReview: "Technical Screening – Java Developers" by Obi Ogbanufe
Technical Recruiters know that placing an IT candidate in a Java role is no easy task – technical candidates with the right background, technical skills, and level of proficiency with Java aren’t always a quick find. One interview approach technical recruiters use when screening IT candidates for a potential interview for a Java Developer role…
Read MoreConsidering a Career in Technical Recruiting?
What are the benefits of a career in technical recruiting & how do you know if it’s a career path you want to pursue? Technical recruiting requires the ability to listen to prospective IT candidates & engage in headhunting. Technical recruiters also need to be able to size up an IT professional’s technical strengths and weaknesses…
Read MorePersonality Testing for Technical Recruiters & Employers
Technical recruiters at AVID Technical Resources know that personality determines more than just what movies you like or what type of music you prefer. Personality tests, possibly the most famous of which is the MBTI test; the Myers Briggs Personality Test, allow employers to predict a candidate’s potential fit for a specific job using their…
Read MoreReview: "The Complete IT Recruitment Survival Guide"
“The Complete IT Recruitment Survival Guide”, by Ayub Shaikh, offers advice direct from Shaikh’s prior career as an IT Recruiter. Inventor of a company designed to teach IT Recruiters about IT markets, including Java & more, Shaikh is an expert on his topic. He covers the history of IT Recruiting, various IT roles, and coverage…
Read MoreReview: Technology Made Simple for the Technical Recruiter
Technical Recruiters will find “Technology Made Simple for the Technical Recruiter: A Technical Skills Primer” by Obi Ogbanufe helpful for developing recruiting strategies and tech skills. AVID Staffing Firm employs IT Recruiting techniques covered by Ogbanufe in her book. Details she delves into include basic programming terms, networking tips, & operating system/network vocab. She even…
Read MoreSkilled Tech Positions In Demand
Company demand for highly skilled tech workers has been increasing since the start of 2012. IT job candidates seeking higher salaries than they were able to land during the worst of the recession are likely to have more options now. Although the recession may not officially be over, demand for high-tech skills have significantly increased.…
Read MoreSkill Testing Online
Any job-seeker who has interviewed with a staffing firm before has probably taken online skill-testing. Staffing firms can purchase online skill tests from test providers like Proveit, Eskill, or Brainbench, which offers testing for candidates in a range of skill sets. Technical test topics include Java, Dreamweaver, and ColdFusion MX. These resources can be useful…
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