Posts Tagged ‘information technology’
3 Mistakes IT Managers Commonly Make—and How to Deal With Them
Information technology, like all industries isn’t immune to poor management techniques. All IT recruiters and IT consultants have had direct or indirect experience with terrible IT managers at IT jobs. Below are the some of the most common mistakes that technical recruiters and IT contractors have to deal with—and how to deal with them. Speaking…
Read MoreFrance's Email Decision: Will it Affect IT Workers Worldwide?
By now, most IT professionals around the world probably know about the big move by the information technology field’s labor unions in France. The move to give IT contractors, IT recruiters, and IT managers the right to disconnect from their IT jobs and email after 6 pm has made epic waves around the internet. In…
Read MoreThree Ways to Make Mondays Better at Your IT Job
Mondays always wind up being the slowest day of the week, whatever side of the information technology field you’re on. IT recruiters, IT contractors, and IT managers all feel the drag on Monday. But there are a few things IT professionals can do that will make their Mondays go as quickly as their Thursdays. Start…
Read More3 Ways to Communicate Better With Your IT Managers
Like most managers, IT managers are pressed for time and sometimes (if not often) stressed or overwhelmed with deadlines and projects. For IT contractors, communicating with a manager at their IT jobs can be intimidating, especially when they don’t know them well. Below are a few tips for IT consultants to improve their communication with…
Read MoreHow to Say No to IT Managers Gracefully
IT professionals are often pressed for time, as the information technology industry tends to run on a 24-7 schedule. When IT managers hand their IT contractors one project too many, what is the best way to gracefully say “no thank you!” Read on to see some tips for the best ways IT consultants can say…
Read MoreThe Best Way to Polish an IT Resume
As in any field, there’s plenty of bad advice on how to create resumes passed around the information technology field. One of the worst pieces of advice that IT professionals might have encountered is to just list out their skills. While IT managers and IT recruiters want to be able to clearly see what IT…
Read MoreWhy IT Managers Can’t Be Friends with Reports
As in every industry, some IT professionals occasionally come across a moment when they have to make a decision: Can they be friends with their boss? Or if they’re an IT manager, can they be friends with the IT consultants who report to them? Whether you’re in information technology or zoology, the answer to this…
Read More3 Ways to Start Your IT Work Day Off Right
IT professionals from all over the Information Technology industry can agree that there are universally wonderful and terrible ways to start the day at their IT jobs. Here are a 3 ways everyone from IT recruiters, to IT consultants, to IT managers can start their days. Get up right away. Sleeping beyond one snooze button…
Read More5 Ways to Blow an IT Job Interview
IT recruiters and IT managers are admittedly hard up for IT professionals these days. The information technology field is absolutely a job seeker’s market right now. However, that doesn’t mean that IT consultants can’t perform well in interviews. If IT contractors make any of the major mistakes below, they’re actively taking themselves out of the…
Read MoreComplaining about IT Coworkers Effectively
IT professionals in every corner of the Information technology industry—from IT consultants to IT headhunters—have to deal with the occasional issue with a coworker. The best case scenario is to have to avoid bringing the issue to IT managers. However, sometimes IT contractors and IT recruiters have no choice. For those unfortunate times, here are…
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