Posts Tagged ‘IT consultants’
Keeping Workers Productive in IT: It’s About the Big Picture
IT recruiters and IT managers are always on the lookout for IT contractors that are self-starters, focused, and productive. Sometimes the burden of making sure an IT consultant fits that bill might fall upon the IT manager, though. In order to be truly effective as an IT professional, or really a professional in any field…
Read MoreHow to Network Better in IT
Even in a field largely populated with introverts, like information technology, it’s important to know how to network. IT contractors need to be able to network with IT recruiters, IT managers, and other IT professionals. There are ways for even the most introverted IT consultant to network effectively, though, whether with IT recruiting agencies or…
Read MoreHow to Get your Ideas Heard in IT Meetings
IT recruiters, IT contractors, and IT managers alike all have to attend plenty of meetings. Getting through them is easy enough, but making yourself heard can be a challenge. For technical recruiters and IT consultants, the most important challenge of any meeting is making sure their key ideas are heard. Below are a few ways…
Read MoreHow Older IT Consultants Should Job Search
Since the recession started back in the early 2000’s, IT recruiters and IT staffing agencies have seen an influx of older IT consultants looking for IT jobs. Though the information technology market hasn’t suffered quite as badly during the recession, older IT contractors seeking jobs have certainly had a harder time getting hired (while the…
Read MoreWhen Your IT Manager is a Bottleneck
As in any industry, IT professionals are sometimes faced with IT managers that are bottlenecks. Sometimes it’s because there are simply too many things going on—Information Technology is of course a very busy industry. However, sometimes the manager just is disorganized or inefficient. There are a few things that IT recruiters would suggest that IT…
Read MoreBrooklyn: 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 MoreThe First 30 Days of Your New IT Job
The new year is a common time for IT recruiters to be placing IT contractors in new IT jobs. There are plenty of obvious pieces of advice that IT staffing agencies give to their IT consultants starting new jobs. There are a few subtle things that IT professionals can do to really impress their IT…
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