IT Resumes
Use This Checklist Before Posting Your Technical Resume
Most IT professionals don’t enjoy writing or updating resumes. Besides the fact that writing resumes is an inherently unpleasant activity, technical resumes can be even more difficult. IT recruiters find that many candidates struggle with the balance between providing enough detail for technically-savvy readers and so much detail that managers and technical recruiters feel like…
Read MoreTips for May and June Tech Grads
If you’re part of the class of 2017, you may be planning to push that job search off until later in the summer. The tech field is a job seeker’s market, right? Why not kick back and take a little break before entering the workforce? Don’t be tempted to do this. Unfortunately, the tech field…
Read MoreWhy You Should Update Your Resume—Even if You’re Not Looking for a New IT Job
Even if you’re not looking for new IT jobs, you should still take 15 minutes to update your resume. What’s the point? Especially in tech, passive candidates get offered interesting opportunities all the time. According to a 2015 survey from LinkedIn, around 60% of companies recruit passive candidates. There are a few reasons why IT…
Read MoreWhat Makes IT Resumes Different?
If you’re looking for new IT jobs, your first step should be to update your resume for IT recruiters and employers. As an IT professional, your resume will be a bit different from resumes in other industries. Here are some key elements of IT resumes. The technical skills section. This is one of the most important…
Read MoreLand IT Jobs You Don't Have the Experience For (Yet)
If you’re seeking a new role in an area of the tech field you don’t have much experience in, there are ways to make you a more appealing candidate to IT recruiters anyway. Whether you’re looking to land your first Helpdesk role, or you want to move from Desktop support to a Network Engineer role,…
Read MoreThe Best Certification to Get in 2017
Is one of your new year’s resolutions to invest in your career with a new certification? The most valuable one to get in 2017 will be an AWS certification. Here are a few reasons why IT recruiters suggest you consider going after one this year. 1. You’ll make more money. AWS certified professionals often make…
Read MoreHow To Write a Good Resume (Even with Employment Gaps)
When you’re searching for new IT jobs, the most powerful tool you have is your resume. Even the best IT recruiting firms can’t land you a job if your resume is terrible. Here’s one mistake that can really ruin a good resume: a poorly handled gap between jobs. Having a gap between jobs isn’t the…
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 More2 Seemingly Small Things That Hurt Your Job Search
Sometimes IT recruiters find that candidates make mistakes that seem small, but actually have a big impact on their job search. Here are two mistakes that seem pretty insignificant, but will likely make it hard to land IT jobs. 1. Your email signature has an inflammatory or unprofessional quote. IT recruiting companies do find that…
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…
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