Posts Tagged ‘information technology’
Brooklyn: IT's Newest Home
IT staffing agencies and IT headhunters are used to seeing an ever-growing concentration of information technology companies (particularly startups) in California, but Brooklyn seems to be starting its own colony of startups now, too. IT recruiting agencies and IT recruiters are finding more and more interesting opportunities for their IT contractors on the East coast…
Read MoreHow to deal with Distractions in IT
Information technology as a field is already fraught with distractions for IT professionals. Add in the effect of technology itself, including smartphones, social media, and the ever-increasing allure of the internet, and IT contractors and IT managers are constantly under siege from distractions. Some studies show that the average worker is distracted every 3 minutes,…
Read MoreWeird Questions in IT Job Interviews
Periodically all IT professionals and IT recruiters encounter odd questions in interviews for IT Jobs. Questions like “What kind of cereal would you be?” or “What is the color of money?” are common, if not the prevalent in interviews for IT consultants and IT managers. What is their use, though? IT contractors and IT staffing…
Read MoreYahoo and the Country: Looking for a Magic Bullet in IT
IT Professionals, along with professionals in fields other than Information Technology, have been closely watching Yahoo and its semi-celebrity CEO Marissa Mayer for a long time. Its ups and downs took on a whole new level of scandalous when Mayer’s first big hire, Henrique de Castro was fired by the famed CEO herself. While Yahoo’s…
Read MoreSoft Skills IT Professionals Should Acquire
Having strong resumes in the Information Technology field is obviously imperative to nabbing IT jobs. However, having some key soft skills carries a surprising amount of weight in the interview process for IT managers and IT recruiters. While the value of these soft skills is different depending on the IT recruiting companies and jobs, the…
Read MoreProfessional Failure in IT
Failure actually holds a high place in information technology. IT professionals are constantly testing programs, code, potential solutions, etc. Every time a test fails, IT consultants learn something. IT contractors and IT managers could also learn quite a bit from embracing failure as professionals, too. Having pristine resumes certainly attracts IT recruiters and lands jobs…
Read MoreHow to Be a Better IT Leader
The most prized IT professionals that IT recruiters want to work with are the ones with not only stellar resumes, but stellar leadership skills. Because the information technology field is overrun with project-based work, IT managers often prefer to use teams to accomplish tasks. IT contractors that can effectively lead their teams to success are…
Read MoreShould IT Professionals Shake Hands During Cold and Flu Season?
IT recruiters and IT professionals from Boston to Los Angeles are finding themselves in the midst of cold and flu season. While there are plenty of issues that come with cold and flu season, one of the most surprising is dealing with handshakes. Everyone in the Information technology field, from IT headhunters to IT managers…
Read MoreKeeping Your Speech Professional at Your IT Job
IT professionals tend to work behind the scenes in less formal settings, but even those who do can make missteps in their speech and hurt their professional reputations with their IT recruiters, IT managers, or coworkers. Below are a few things for IT contractors to avoid and suggestions to improve the way they communicate at…
Read MoreHow IT Managers Can Deliver Negative Feedback Effectively
One of the toughest duties managers in information technology take on is delivering negative feedback to the IT contractors who report to them. IT jobs can be high stress and difficult in their own right, so the best IT professionals in management positions know how to give negative feedback in a way that does not…
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