Using Your School for IT Job Networking

Most colleges and universities have a vast alumni network with professionals in the information technology industry.  These people opt to include their contact information in order to help fellow alumni and recent grads to learn more about their job or about job opportunities with their company. These alumni are often more willing to help an…

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Now is the Time to Begin Exploring New IT Job Options

IT staffing companies have been seeing an increase in IT job orders.  Additionally, IT recruiters are claiming that more and more prospective candidates now have multiple irons in the fire.  Both are good signs in what has been a long, cold IT jobs recession. Therefore, if you’ve been unhappy in your current job, this might…

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Differentiate Yourself From Other IT Job Seekers

In the IT staffing industry, IT recruiters are constantly looking for those candidates that will stick out to a hiring manager.  Our technical recruiters will rummage through applications and search resume databases (like Monster or Indeed) for prospective candidates who appear to have the skills needed for the IT job. Once our IT recruiters compile…

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Elevator Pitches

One of the most essential things you need as an IT job seeker is an elevator pitch.  This tool is used constantly wherever you go.  A job seeker never knows when they will meet an IT recruiter or hiring manager who can help connect them with that perfect IT job. During IT job fairs and…

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Finding a Job in the Recession

Recent reports have concluded that the US recession will continue until 2011.  Therefore, how are we going to get IT jobs for all those unemployed workers in the US? One option that seems to be working for many is turning to IT recruiting agencies. As an IT recruiter for an IT Staffing Company, you will…

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Make Yourself Available for IT Recruiters

When you are a job seeker working with IT recruiters, you need to be easily accessible.  When an AVID Technical Resources’ Account Manager identifies a new IT job opportunity, our IT recruiting team immediately begins looking for prospective candidates.  At AVID Technical Resources we try to submit candidates within the first few days the IT…

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IT Contractor Rates in a Weak Economy

Since the economy has weakened, there have been many efforts to give aid to all the high-tech candidates who were laid off from IT jobs.  Numerous IT professionals have either been living off of aid provided by the government or have resorted to lower wage IT jobs. In addition to smaller budgets, due to the…

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Privacy

In the IT Recruitment Industry, there are stipulations when it comes to teaming up with a well known IT staffing company.  Depending on the type of position, and situation, most clients expect IT staffing firms to maintain some level of confidentiality when it comes to filling one of their IT jobs. There are a number…

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