Posts Tagged ‘IT managers’
Soft Skills IT Professionals Should Acquire
Having strong resumes in the Information Technology field is obviously imperative to nabbing IT jobs. However, having some key soft skills carries a surprising amount of weight in the interview process for IT managers and IT recruiters. While the value of these soft skills is different depending on the IT recruiting companies and jobs, the…
Read MoreFactors to Control in Your IT Job Interviews
Technical recruiters prepare the IT consultants (and their resumes) working with them as thoroughly as possible for interviews for IT jobs. However, there are a few things that IT contractors need to control themselves to make sure their job interviews go as well as possible. Time: While IT headhunters will make sure interviews occur at…
Read MoreProfessional Failure in IT
Failure actually holds a high place in information technology. IT professionals are constantly testing programs, code, potential solutions, etc. Every time a test fails, IT consultants learn something. IT contractors and IT managers could also learn quite a bit from embracing failure as professionals, too. Having pristine resumes certainly attracts IT recruiters and lands jobs…
Read MoreHow to Be a Better IT Leader
The most prized IT professionals that IT recruiters want to work with are the ones with not only stellar resumes, but stellar leadership skills. Because the information technology field is overrun with project-based work, IT managers often prefer to use teams to accomplish tasks. IT contractors that can effectively lead their teams to success are…
Read MoreShould IT Professionals Shake Hands During Cold and Flu Season?
IT recruiters and IT professionals from Boston to Los Angeles are finding themselves in the midst of cold and flu season. While there are plenty of issues that come with cold and flu season, one of the most surprising is dealing with handshakes. Everyone in the Information technology field, from IT headhunters to IT managers…
Read MoreKeeping Your Speech Professional at Your IT Job
IT professionals tend to work behind the scenes in less formal settings, but even those who do can make missteps in their speech and hurt their professional reputations with their IT recruiters, IT managers, or coworkers. Below are a few things for IT contractors to avoid and suggestions to improve the way they communicate at…
Read MoreHow to Interview Your Next Boss in IT
Bosses have a surprising amount of power in IT contractors’ lives. Having a good one can make your time at work pleasant. Having a bad one can make your time at work terrible and possibly ruin your time out of work, too (perhaps too many off duty calls or just sleepless nights worrying about his…
Read MoreHow IT Managers Can Deliver Negative Feedback Effectively
One of the toughest duties managers in information technology take on is delivering negative feedback to the IT contractors who report to them. IT jobs can be high stress and difficult in their own right, so the best IT professionals in management positions know how to give negative feedback in a way that does not…
Read MoreUnplugging from Your IT Job During Your Vacation
Information technology can be a 24/7 field, but there are ways for technical recruiters to tactfully unplug from their IT jobs during the holidays and vacations. IT recruiters want their IT contractors to make sure they’re reliable and satisfy their IT manager’s needs. Keeping this goal in mind as you make your plan to unplug…
Read MoreBoost Your Career: Offering and Asking for Help in IT
Asking for help can often be perceived as a last resort in information technology, as can offering help. These actions might either make IT managers and any other IT contractors you work with perceive you as incompetent, or overly confident and having a workload that is unsuitably small. However, when strategically done, IT professionals can…
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