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4 Steps To Take When an Employee Resigns
It’s usually difficult for any employer when an employee resigns. However, it’s particularly difficult when you lose an IT professional. In today’s market, it can be difficult to find the right person for your open IT jobs. IT recruiting agencies suggest taking these 4 steps to make this loss for your team a lot easier—even if you have…
Read MoreHire Tech Talent in a Job Seeker's Market
If you’re working with (or thinking about working with) IT recruiters to fill your IT job openings, you’ve probably noticed that the tech job market is more of a job seeker’s market. IT staffing firms have found this to be true for a long time, and it will likely continue for a while, too. So…
Read More3 Tips for Choosing the Right LinkedIn Profile Picture
LinkedIn is so widely used that it has essentially become necessary to join if you want to connect with IT recruiting companies and search for new IT jobs. If you’re not on LinkedIn, it will be much harder for IT staffing companies and potential employers to find you. (It also might suggest you don’t really embrace…
Read MoreWhy You (Usually) Can't Interview Outside of Work Hours
Sometimes IT recruiters will find that candidates are completely prepared for interviews and phone screens but there is one obstacle that makes it hard for them to land IT jobs: they can’t figure out how to schedule them. IT staffing companies find that sometimes candidates think they think they can’t take time from their workday…
Read MoreHave Questions About Background Checks?
Sometimes when you’re working with IT recruiting companies to find new IT jobs, you’ll be asked to do a background check. Since candidates often have a lot of questions about these items, here are some common questions IT staffing agencies tend to get about background checks. 1. Why do I need to do these? Your…
Read MoreIs it Time to Speed Up Your Hiring Process?
IT recruiters find that one of the biggest misconceptions employers have about hiring IT professionals is timing. The amount of time employers take to hire in most industries is simply too slow when it comes to hiring for open IT jobs. Sometimes by the time a company is ready to have the IT staffing firms…
Read MoreIs Your Resume in The Wrong Format?
Technical recruiters receive resumes from IT professionals that are built from all kinds of resume templates. Most resume templates are fine (even the free resume templates), but there is one type of format that IT recruiters usually cannot use: a functional format resume. What is a functional format resume? It’s a resume that shows IT…
Read MoreResume Too Long? 3 Easy Cuts to Make
Most IT staffing firms will concur that IT professionals don’t really need to adhere to the 1 or 2 page rule for their resumes. IT recruiters routinely work with candidates who have very long resumes, sometimes over 5 or 6 pages. However, IT staffing agencies’ best candidates aren’t always the ones with novel-length resumes. Technical…
Read MoreTips for Responding to Counter-offers
From time to time, IT recruiters do work with candidates who receive counter-offers from their employers. While counter-offers seem pretty flattering, the truth is that IT staffing agencies would suggest you proceed with caution. The promise of more money is always exciting, but there are 2 major cons to consider. Con 1: Accepting a counter-offer may…
Read MoreUnconventional Titles on IT Resumes
IT recruiters come across plenty of candidates who have odd job titles in IT. IT staffing companies find that especially in the tech field (and particularly startup companies) titles can include words like ‘ninja’ or ‘rockstar’. If you have one of these creative titles, here’s how to handle it on your resume so you attract IT…
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