Posts Tagged ‘candidates’
IT Recruiting Tips: Your Elevator Pitch
When you step into technical recruiting firms for interviews, does your mind draw blanks or do you spill every intimate detail ranging from your professional experience to your personal life? You never get a second chance to make a first impression, so when hiring managers or technical recruiters request that you tell them about yourself,…
Read MoreCommon Email Blunders at IT Recruiting Companies
Gone are the days technical recruiters only needed to worry about spell check as they fired off rounds of messages to IT job seekers. Now, IT headhunters are concerned about attachments, tone, and character with the IT staffing industry relying heavily on information technology for communication. Before you send off that final email, here are…
Read MoreIT Recruiters Ask You Cut Back on that Cologne…
At small IT recruiting companies, there is a common culprit who seems to have taken a dip in the perfume or cologne bottle prior to work. Initially, people do not seem to mind or may enjoy the scent. By the third hour, the lingering aroma irritates noses and technical recruiters are complaining of headaches and…
Read MoreIT Recruiting Phone Etiquette
It is the end of a long work week and a technical recruiter has been glued to the phone. After a much needed lunch break, he returns to his desk. When his phone rings, he answers unenthused with an exaggerated yawn while snacking on chips. Is this how IT recruiting companies typically manage their phone…
Read MoreIT Recruiters Prepare for the Winter
The trees have lost their vibrant colors and look skeletal in the park. There is a bitter cold frost brewing in the air. With the first week of December upon us, IT recruiting companies are aware of the winter pangs. How can technical recruiters bear the dipping temperatures as winter approaches? Read on for some…
Read MoreAre IT Recruiters too Tech Savy?
For a technical recruiter, imagine a day without your phone. Then, picture your day without electricity at IT staffing companies. Would you be able to survive the full work day? Are technical recruiters simply taking these things for granted or are IT recruiting companies too dependent on technology? There are benefits to the convenience of…
Read MoreIT Recruiting: Social Media Hindering Chances of Employment?
Most of us do not think twice when using Twitter to update statuses or post new profile pictures on Facebook. We routinely monitor our activity to keep pages clean and work friendly. But as a candidate, is your page being used against you? Technical recruiters, do you ensure not to discriminate when filling positions? IT recruiters and…
Read MoreThanksgiving Travel Tips for IT Recruiters
What is there to not enjoy about Thanksgiving? This holiday grants technical recruiters a day off from the IT staffing office to spend time with family and friends while enjoying plenty of food, parades, and football. While travel conditions are not ideal as traffic congestion reaches its peak, here are some tips for the IT…
Read MoreIT Staffing Agencies Favorites: Friend or Foe?
Most IT staffing firms have the office favorite that strives beyond the required work to win over not only other technical recruiters, but also their clients, candidates, and hiring managers. Their work is superior to the standards of IT recruiting companies and consistently accepts and meets challenges with outstanding value, feedback, and performance. Are these…
Read MoreThe One Upper IT Recruiter
We have all had the pleasure of meeting someone who feels the need to one up your situation, whether a positive or negative experience, with one of their own. This technical recruiter or candidate might not mean to trump you with their IT recruiting anecdote or hardship, but soon enough your original point has vanished…
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