Posts Tagged ‘IT managers’
How 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 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 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…
Read MoreWhen You Have Too Much Work at Your IT Job
The undeniable growth of information technology means that IT professionals are likely to be dealing with an overwhelming amount of work at some time or another. IT recruiters would prefer that IT contractors approach their IT managers with a few things in mind. Firstly, IT headhunters would prefer that IT consultants assess their circumstances in…
Read MoreThe Importance of Taking Your Breaks in IT
Many IT professionals will choose to work through their lunch hours or breaks when their IT jobs get particularly busy. Like any other kind of professional outside of information technology, IT recruiters and IT consultants can get caught up in the rush of deadlines or program releases, forgetting to take their half hour or hour…
Read MoreIT Professionals are Commuting More…and Liking it
Information technology has plenty of telecommuting, but IT professionals and technical recruiters also spend quite a bit of time commuting to their IT jobs, too. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, IT contractors and IT headhunters, among their peers from other fields, tend to find ways to enjoy their commutes far more…
Read MoreTaking 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,…
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