IT recruiting
Education Strives to Keep Up with IT
In a struggle to keep up with the constantly changing demands of the information technology field, universities are creating new educational programs to create IT professionals ready to participate in the hottest areas, such as Big Data. IT recruiters will able to select from pools of IT contractors with new degrees in very current areas,…
Read MoreIT Raises its Presence in a Surprising Arena
IT recruiting firms, IT managers, and IT consultants are all still discussing a surprising topic: national policy. IT staffing agencies and other IT professionals, even those as influential as Mark Zuckerberg, began a heated conversation about H-1B workers several months ago as the nation considered significantly increasing the number of H-1B visas allowed per year.…
Read MoreBuilding a Positive IT Team
The best companies to work for are the ones where “service with a smile” isn’t just a façade for customers or clients, it’s natural. This is especially true of companies in information technology because it so often ends up being more of a “back of the house” industry where grumpy IT consultants could easily hide…
Read MoreHow Will the IT Sector Keep Up With Job Demand
How will America keep up with its information technology sector job growth? Though the market of IT professionals waxes and wanes, its American portion is still problematically low for the amount of IT jobs technical recruiters are trying to fill. (A large portion of American IT consultants seem to disagree with this reading of the…
Read MoreJob Hopping in IT
IT jobs are certainly not meant to be proverbial lily pads. However, in a tough economy with an even tougher economy behind us, IT recruiters and IT managers are exercising more leniency towards so-called “Job Hoppers.” While IT staffing agencies would not consider resumes full of short stints ideal, they are far less likely to…
Read MoreIT Recruiting by the Numbers
IT headhunters would certainly pinpoint generations X and Y as controversial generations to hire for IT jobs. There are plenty of prominent complaints IT recruiters get about generation X and Y IT professionals. However, the generation IT staffing firms have a hard time getting a consensus on is actually the baby boomer generation. Plenty of…
Read MoreIT Perks are Growing Despite a Bad Economy
IT staffing companies and IT consultants are seeing a trend that feels incongruous in today’s job market: more perks at tech companies. In an economy with unemployment rates at an uncomfortably high amount, pay cuts everywhere, and people being forced to double-up on job responsibilities, the information technology industry is booming and working hard to…
Read MoreStepping into an IT Manger's Shoes — the Key to Success
IT professionals and IT recruiters are both subject to the whims of IT managers. As in any field, an IT manager is complex and has his/her own even more complex set of priorities. The best way to work well with a manager is for technical recruiters and IT consultants to try to consider things from…
Read MorePreparing for an IT job interview- Step by Step
IT staffing firms have a laundry list of qualities they look for in an IT consultant, but one of the most important is ability and willingness to prepare for IT job interviews. Technical recruiters encounter a myriad of IT contractors who do not seem to follow the major steps in prepare for interviews. This is…
Read MoreComing to an IT Company Near You: More Women
IT recruiting agencies, IT consultants, and the information technology industry as a whole has long decried its lack of women, especially in powerful positions. Recently, however, it seems as though strides have been made towards actually doing something about this problem. IT recruiters and IT contractors will certainly recognize the name Marissa Mayer, Yahoo’s hyper-visible CEO…
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