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IT Recruiting Companies Debate: K Cups or Ground Coffee
Quantity Are you brewing for the entire IT staffing office or just yourself? If you are brewing coffee at smaller quantities, you will want to go with the Keurig. The K cup machine provides the option to brew one cup without holding up the coffee machine for other technical recruiters. Coffee drip machines are made…
Read MoreGum—IT Staffing Industry Necessity
An IT staffing sales representative is preparing for a meeting with one of his clients. Before he leaves the technical recruiting company, he checks his bag to ensure he has plenty of AVID Technical Resources brochures, pens, and a folder with his notes and paperwork. There is something missing…then he remembers. He reaches into his…
Read MoreIT Recruiting: Do You Take Horoscopes Seriously?
Maybe it’s during the morning commute, or sitting down to coffee and a bagel for breakfast, perhaps it’s an after work guilty pleasure. A number of IT professionals admit they read their daily horoscope. Take it with a grain of salt or words of wisdom, horoscopes may actually be advising technical recruiters, hiring managers, and…
Read MoreIT Recruiting Companies: Building Your Own Brand
Technical recruiters not only work within IT staffing firms, they also work for themselves. Their hard work, inner passion, and drive are reflected in the quality of their work and results. How can they replace the label of IT headhunters and make it one of their own? Read on for some tips to develop a…
Read MoreIT Staffing: Unemployed…Now What?
You lost your job due to a recent layoff– and you are not alone. Plenty of IT job seekers are unemployed IT consultants at one point or another. They know what they should be doing, they hear it every day, and it becomes frustrating. Rather than simply blasting resumes to technical recruiters and going on…
Read MoreKeep It Simple at IT Recruiting Firms
An IT recruiter is assigned a project and he immediately begins planning. After creating a plan, he realizes there may be a better way to implement the steps and scratches his initial idea. He develops a new method, which includes different steps, but also checks and balances along the way and incorporates other IT headhunters…
Read MoreKeeping IT Jobs in Massachusetts
In November 2011, the national unemployment rate was 8.6 percent, while Massachusetts’ unemployment rate was 7.0 percent. With some of the most prestigious technical engineering schools including MIT, Wentworth, and Harvard, IT staffing firms wonder why graduates are choosing to migrate west when it comes to landing an IT job. The Boston IT recruiters of…
Read MoreIT Staffing: Seeing Candidates Through Rose Tinted Glasses
Most technical recruiters admit to having a choice contractor and play favorites whether it be their first placement or IT contractors with similar interests. While it is great to find the good and positive in others, are some IT recruiting firms seeing candidates through rose tinted glasses? Before a technical recruiter recommends him for other…
Read MoreIT Recruiting: New Year’s Resolution
Another year has passed and the time to reflect upon feats and impending change is looming. Before technical recruiting companies are too hard on themselves, remember accomplishments and how IT headhunters achieved these goals. Think of how an AVID Technical Resources recruiter felt after they were successful and the rigorous process to accept and meet these challenges. …
Read MoreIT Staffing Companies Advise to Stop Procrastinating Now
When a technical recruiter is given a task, does he start it right away or wait until the last possible minute to start? The IT recruiter may begin the project, but find himself stuck on the perfect procedure or torn over decisions. He may also find the task to be too trivial or tedious to…
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