Posts Tagged ‘IT jobs’
Taking Constructive Criticism in IT
The information technology market may be overwhelmingly a candidate’s market, but that doesn’t mean IT professionals aren’t still subjected to criticism from their IT managers. Dealing with constructive criticism is fact of life in IT jobs, but it doesn’t have to be a necessary evil. If IT contractors can approach constructive criticism the right way,…
Read MoreHow IT Professionals Can Safely Talk about the Government Shutdown
Like every other field, the information technology field is attempting to divine whether it will suffer in the wake of the government shutdown. Of course, IT professionals have a lot of reservations about talking about a topic like this at their IT jobs. It’s a deeply uncomfortable thing to discuss with coworkers, never mind the…
Read MoreDoing Your Research Before an IT Interview
IT recruiters and IT staffing companies tend to recommend that IT consultants do their research before interviewing for IT jobs. This might seem straightforward enough, but it’s worth it for IT contractors to review the research they need to do that is not technology-specific as they prepare to meet IT managers. The first step any…
Read MoreWhen to Stay in Your IT Job…and When to Leave
IT consultants must ask themselves a tough question from time to time: Should I start looking to leave my current job? IT professionals who are considering polishing their resumes should consider a few major factors before trying to move on to new IT jobs. The first major fact is the state of the economy and…
Read MoreGoing Over an IT Manager's Head
Sometimes in information technology it’s unclear if you should follow your IT managers or go over their heads. While this situation isn’t enviable, IT contractors and IT headhunters can use a few major rules of thumb to determine if it will hurt or help their IT jobs to go over a manager’s head. There are…
Read MoreAvoiding Conflict in IT
IT jobs tend to require that IT contractors have either teamwork skills or customer service skills. With requirements like these, IT staffing firms find it imperative to ensure that the IT consultants they work with not only have flawless resumes, but can also avoid and defuse conflicts. The best case scenario for IT recruiting agencies…
Read MoreNew Ways to Consider Time Management in IT
The information technology field can be pretty hectic, and IT professionals with time management skills are certainly at a premium. Some new research might help IT consultants, IT recruiters, and IT managers think differently about how they can work at their IT Jobs most efficiently. The first thing IT contractors and technical recruiters can do…
Read MoreInterruptions in IT
As open plan offices become more and more common and information technology departments are less and less often relegated to the basement, IT professionals are experiencing exponentially more interruptions during their IT jobs. After various studies, it seems that most IT contractors are experiencing interruptions so frequently that they spend about 3 minutes at a…
Read More"Failure" in IT Still Tastes Sweet
The information technology field and the IT professionals who work in it have certainly portrayed a different version of ‘economic downturn’ than any other field in the economy. Even as the economy slowly crawls back, IT jobs multiply exponentially, often outnumbering the amount of IT consultants who can take them. All this success means that…
Read More"Fall" Into Your IT Job Search
IT recruiters and IT contractors are just beginning to dive into fall job searching after the slower, vacation-addled Summer season. IT professionals searching for new IT jobs can certainly expect to find IT headhunters and IT managers with arms wide open in a great candidates’ market. It seems that a few factors will be driving…
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