Posts Tagged ‘information technology’
Are You Lying on Your IT resume?
Recent studies seem to show that IT professionals lie far more often on their resumes than their counterparts in industries outside information technology. But this can hurt you in the long run…
Read MoreThe Ice Bucket Challenge Reaches the IT Field
While the ice bucket challenge has certainly made it into the social media feeds of professionals everywhere, IT consultants and IT recruiters are particularly likely to have seen it because social media is so prevalent in the field and often actually used as part of IT jobs.
Read More3 Ways to Be a Hit in Your New IT Job!
The first few months of a new job are crucial for IT professionals. Performing well in this window of time could yield a few benefits: creating a great relationship with coworkers, and bosses, as well as adding onto a good reputation that will impress IT recruiters and IT staffing firms. Be vigilant about these things in your first few months of a job…
Read MoreAre You Asking These Important Questions at Your New IT Job?
There are plenty of ways IT staffing firms and IT headhunters can help prep you for your first day at a new job, but there are certainly some questions that IT consultants should be sure they ask their new coworkers and bosses.
Read More3 Quick Ways to Improve Your IT Job Search
While IT consultants can always count on IT recruiters and IT staffing agencies to provide them with great connections to companies that are hiring, there are some things that IT professionals can do to make sure they’re the most marketable candidate on their technical recruiters’ rosters.
Read MoreDon’t Make These Mistakes at Your IT Job!
You don’t have to be in one of your first jobs in information technology to be making some mistakes that really hurt your career. IT contractors could easily wind up missing some social cues for workplaces that really hurt their reputation with other IT consultants they work with or the IT recruiters they want to…
Read MoreAre Your Emails Hurting Your IT Career?
In information technology, email is often the most commonly used way to communicate between IT consultants and their coworkers, clients, bosses, etc. If your emails aren’t done well, you could be communicating poorly with any of these people. Worse, you might be ruining your reputation with various IT recruiters and IT staffing firms (and thus…
Read MoreThings You Should Never Say In IT Job Interviews
IT recruiting firms will always put plenty of time into prepping IT consultants and their resumes for interviews for IT jobs. However, there are some things IT contractors need to do to prepare themselves on their own. Below are some of the things that technical recruiters may not warn you about, but you should never…
Read MoreIs Your IT Team Overworked? How to Fix it.
Sometimes in information technology, a team’s workload is unrelenting. Perhaps there are just too many top-priority projects and too few IT consultants on staff to finish them. How can IT managers delegate to the IT contractors reporting to them even if their plates are already full? Here are a few options to consider: Show your…
Read MoreDo you Overshare at Your IT Job?
As open-plan offices increase in popularity, IT contractors and IT managers are all finding themselves experiencing—or perhaps becoming—a office oversharer. According to studies, more than 3 in 5 workers says they are dealing with people oversharing at work….
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