Posts Tagged ‘IT consultants’
Taking Risks in Your IT Career
Information technology demands certain certifications and education as entry tickets, but experience counts just as much for IT professionals when it comes to promotions and expanding their careers. IT headhunters would advise IT contractors to be wary of taking IT jobs they aren’t prepared for, but the IT consultant who takes a job or project…
Read MoreStarting a New Job in IT
IT contractors start new IT jobs much more often than their counterparts in other fields. The best IT consultants, the ones IT recruiting agencies love to work with, are the ones who know how to start a new job well. IT headhunters really appreciate IT professionals who know how to make a great first impression…
Read MoreHow to Plan for Holiday Time in IT
IT professionals may have begun trying to figure out their holiday plans and what days to ask for off (or not) from their IT jobs. IT consultants are particularly prone to having tough decisions to make around holiday time because information technology is often a 24/7 kind of field. IT managers often need their IT…
Read MoreMaking Job Interviews Two-Sided in IT
IT consultants and their IT staffing agencies often focus on how to approach interviewers so that IT managers are impressed. While this strategy makes sense, it’s important for IT contractors to be sure that they are also impressed by the company, job description, and the managerial style they will be managed with. IT staffing agencies and…
Read MoreFighting the Right Battles in Your IT Job
IT professionals may come across many inconveniences and deficiencies at their IT jobs. Perhaps they are IT contractors, but would like to be taken on as permanent employees. Perhaps they are lacking software or tools that would make their jobs easier and more effective. Or perhaps they are just frustrated with the way their IT…
Read MoreHow to Give a Great Reference in IT
When IT professionals are looking at new IT jobs, references might not seem quite as relevant as in other fields. After all, information technology tends to require very specific skill sets and certifications on resumes. However, technical recruiters love to work with IT contractors who are prepared with stellar references. IT staffing agencies particularly love…
Read MoreHow to Handle Being Fired in IT
IT professionals, like most other professionals, are just as likely to experience being fired at least once over the course of their working lives. Technical recruiters certainly don’t prefer finding a firing (or two) on their IT consultants’ resumes, but they are not the end of the world. IT headhunters are not thrown if IT…
Read MoreHandling IT Recruiters
IT recruiters are a fact of life for IT professionals. The information technology market is so hot that IT staffing firms and IT headhunters are and probably will be a fixture for a long time. IT consultants tend to have mixed feelings about how to deal with technical recruiters, but here are a few basic…
Read MoreUsing or Avoiding Your Phone in IT
Information technology has gone through a customer-service oriented change in the last 10 years. IT consultants are not attractive to IT recruiters if they only have pristine resumes. IT staffing agencies are now seeking IT contractors who are socially adept and will be great a communicating with their IT managers or co-workers. This means that…
Read MoreEmail curfew in IT?
Information Technology is on a 24-7 kind of schedule to meet the demands of IT managers and their superiors. Would the idea of an email curfew, a period of time when work-related email is frowned upon, ever be a possibility for IT consultants? IT staffing firms may soon be seeing the IT contractors they work…
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